International entrepreneurship of small firms and their export market performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aytug Sozuer ◽  
Gultekin Altuntas ◽  
Fatih Semercioz
2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 4685
Author(s):  
İpek Kurt ◽  
Hürriyet Bilge

In recent years, the rapid development of the communication Technologies, the World trade which is developing and becoming easy with globalization, have been pushing the firms to the international trade. The entrepreneurship activities of the firms are not only cover their operating business in foreign market but to discover and evaluate all kinds of cross-border opportunities as well. The research was applied above the small-scale and large-scale businesses which are active along the Manisa Organized Industrial Zone. The goal of the research is the researching the effects of the international entrepreneurship activities to the export market performance. In this context, the research has carried out above the 120 people who give clear answer to the 200 questionnaire and who work in the departments of the foreign trade of the firms. On the result of the questionnaire, it is analyzed that whether the data set available for the factor analysis or nor and 8 factor are obtained. However, the 8th Factor couldn’t be created because of containing 2 variance. After that, one-way variance analysis and correlation analysis are applied to the data set. On the result of the research, it is seen that there is a relationship between export market performance and sub-dimension of international entrepreneurship in different ways and strengths. ÖzetSon yıllarda iletişim teknolojilerinin hızlı gelişimi, küreselleşmeyle birlikte kolaylaşan ve gelişen dünya ticareti, firmaları uluslararası ticarete itmektedir. Firmaların uluslararası girişimcilik faaliyetleri, sadece dış pazarda işletme açmalarıyla ilgili olmayıp her türlü sınır ötesi fırsatları keşfedip değerlendirmelerini kapsar. Araştırma Manisa OSB’de faaliyet gösteren orta ve büyük ölçekli işletmeler üzerinde uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın amacı, uluslararası girişimcilik faaliyetlerinin ihracat pazar performansına etkilerinin araştırılmasıdır. Bu bağlamda araştırma firmaların dış ticaret departmanlarında çalışanlara dağıtılan 200 ankete sağlıklı cevap veren 120 kişi üzerinde uygulanmıştır. Anket sonucunda veri setinin faktör analizi için uygun olup olmadığı incelenmiş ve 8 faktör elde edilmiştir. Ancak sekizinci faktör 2 değişkeni içerdiği için oluşturulamamıştır. Veri setine daha sonra tek yönlü varyans analizi ve korelasyon analizi uygulanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda ihracat pazar performansı ve uluslararası girişimcilik alt boyutları arasında çeşitli yön ve kuvvetlerde ilişki olduğu görülmektedir.


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Monika Bužavaitė ◽  
Renata Korsakienė

Internationalization of SMEs is encouraged by the advantages of new environmental conditions and appealing business opportunities, but remains a challenging process. Top management teams and more specifically board of directors appear to be a critical determinant in addressing internationalization issues. In recent years, investigation of boards in small firms’ context has been an interest of scholars, however few investigated characteristics of human capital. This study aims to investigate whether board usage of knowledge and skills is a mediator linking characteristics of human capital of board and internationalization performance of SMEs in Lithuania. The results revealed that usage of knowledge and skills mediates the relationships between international business skills and internationalization performance. Obtained results contribute to international entrepreneurship and upper-echelons theories by highlighting the role of the board in SMEs and linking it to higher internationalization performance through their usage of knowledge and skills. This study fills the research gap and extends the extant studies in internationalization of SMEs. First, the study responds to the need to investigate how board’s capital affect internationalization. Secondly, the study responds to the need to go beyond input-output models.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 3172-3177
Author(s):  
Ng Kim-Soo ◽  
Mousa Rahil Mostafa ◽  
Abd Rahman Ahmad ◽  
Ali Abusalah Elmabrok ◽  
Abdel Hafiz Ali Hasaballah

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ng Kim-Soon ◽  
Muosa Rahil Mostafa ◽  
Ali Abusalah Elmabrok Mohammed ◽  
Abd Rahman Ahmad

<p class="History"><span lang="EN-US">Exporters exporting to the Arab Countries should focus on market orientation and organizational knowledge activities to enhance their export performance. Marketing concept suggests that the long term purpose of an organization is to satisfy customer needs for the purpose of maximizing profits. Thus, this study investigated the relationship between export market orientation, organizational knowledge and export market performance. The hypothesized relationships between export market orientation, organizational knowledge and export market performance were empirically tested through structure equation modeling. A total of 223 duly completed self-administrated survey questionnaires collected from each representative manufacturers who export to the Arab market were analyzed. The result shows that export market orientation and organizational knowledge positively influence export market performance. The square multiple correlations between the exogenous constructs and endogenous construct was found to be 49%. It means that when there is one unit of increase in export market orientation and organizational knowledge, there will be 49 units of increase of export market performance for Malaysian manufacturers exporting to Arab countries. Result implies that exporters exporting to Arab countries should focus on market orientation and organizational knowledge activities in their organization to enhance export performance.</span></p>


2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 105-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Servais ◽  
Antonella Zucchella ◽  
Giada Palamara

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