scholarly journals Export Performance: Influence of Intangible Resources, Dynamic Capabilities and Entrepreneurial

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-36
Author(s):  
Albertina Paula Monteiro ◽  
Ana Maria Soares ◽  
Orlando Lima Rua
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Business Relationships ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
The North ◽  
Performance Results

Understanding the determinants that influence international performance, in particular exports, is vital to the survival and expansion of enterprises and the consequent economic growth of exporting countries that are heavily dependent of international markets. Thus this study focuses mainly on how resources and capabilities enable companies to achieve competitive advantage and superior performance in foreign markets. This research builds upon the Resource-Based View (RBV) and Dynamic Capabilities View (DCV) premise that companies’ intangible resources influence the development of important capabilities to export performance. Thus, we developed and tested a model entailing knowledge and business relationships positive impact on entrepreneurial orientation and dynamic capabilities, which translates positively in exports’ performance. Results of a survey of a sample of 265 exporting companies in the north of Portugal confirm six out of the ten proposed hypothesis and confirm that export performance is directly impacted by dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation and indirectly by knowledge and business relationships. Contrary to hypothesized, entrepreneurial orientation is influenced directly only by dynamic capabilities, as business relationships and knowledge do not have a direct significant impact but indirectly through dynamic capabilities.

Linking intangible resources and export performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albertina Paula Monteiro ◽  
Ana Maria Soares ◽  
Orlando Lima Rua
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Structural Equations Model ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This research draws upon the resource-based view and the dynamic capabilities view’s premise that a firm’s resources and capabilities determine competitive advantage. Specifically, the purpose of this paper is to develop and test a model entailing simultaneously the impact of intangible resources; and dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation on export performance. Design/methodology/approach Therefore, the authors developed a study based on a survey of 265 Portuguese exporting companies. Data were submitted to a multivariate statistical analysis and a linear regression model was applied in order to predict the influence of the intangible resources on export performance. The structural equations model was used for this purpose. Findings The results show that export performance is directly impacted by dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation. However, intangible resources do not have a significant direct impact on entrepreneurial orientation; they do have an indirect effect through the mediation of dynamic capabilities. These findings highlight the catalyst role of dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation, leveraging the role of intangible resources as antecedents of export performance. These findings are valuable inputs for exporting managers and public entities. Originality/value While previous authors have attempted to analyse certain aspects of this process (linkage between intangible resources and export performance), this research developed a framework that combines these ones with entrepreneurial orientation and dynamic capabilities.

scholarly journals Perspectives of Entrepreneurial Orientation with the Quality of Life

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 388-394
Author(s):  
Salima Hafeez ◽  
Rashid Mehmood Chaudhry . ◽  
Muhammad Aslam Khan . ◽  
H.Mushtaq Ahmad . ◽  
Kashif Ur Rehman .
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Third World ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Entrepreneurial Firms ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The Impact

The characteristics of entrepreneurial orientation is played important role in business. How do an entrepreneurial firms and individuals have taken the advantage in industry? This study explores the dynamic capabilities of the organization according to international performance. Our findings indicates the positive impact on dynamic capabilities of the business with perfectly use of this research framework. The main aspect of this paper is to analyse the impact of entrepreneurial orientation with the quality of life. Distinctive features of entrepreneurs and their contribution to the economy can make it possible for third world countries to grow their economies faster and provide financial means to enhance social, health, and environmental well-being (basic dimensions of quality of life), along with products and services that the poor need in these countries. Entrepreneurial orientation combined with organization learning and Quality of life (QOL) are enhanced the dynamic capability of the organization. Present conceptual research will provide the source of competitive advantage and mainstream line for further development of the business .We suggest that existing literature reconfiguring the different approaches for the entrepreneurial to capture the opportunities in world business. First, quality of life cannot possibly improve in inactive or weakening economic conditions; second, economic development in the third world countries cannot advance in a balanced and desirable manner without a major domestic entrepreneurship movement (Samli 2004, 2008a).

The impact of cognitive and behavioral factors on the export performance: a dynamic capabilities perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Wójcik ◽  
Mariola Ciszewska-Mlinarič
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exporting Firms ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Mind Set

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore how individual-level cognitive and organizational-level behavioral factors influence the level of firms’ export performance as firms adapt to the challenges of foreign expansion. Design/methodology/approach Based on the literature on dynamic capabilities (DCs) and international business, the study introduces a multi-level model of DC to internationalize and test it empirically on a sample of 93 Polish exporting firms using structural equation modeling. Findings The results show a strong and positive impact of the “strategy as stretch” managerial mind-set on two behavioral elements, namely, business modeling and partnering capability. Global mind-set has a strong and positive impact on business modeling and learning about foreign markets and a negative but insignificant effect on partnering capability. Only two of the three behavioral elements of the conceptualized DC have significant and positive impacts on export performance. In contrast to the expectations, the direct path coefficient from learning about foreign markets to export performance was found to be positive but insignificant. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature by offering a coherent, multi-level framework of DCs. The study goes beyond previous conceptualizations of DCs and considers various individual-level cognitive and organizational-level behavioral elements of DC for the internationalization of exporting firms. In particular, this study shows the interplay between them and their combined impact on export performance.

Examining the role of international entrepreneurial orientation, domestic market competition, and technological and marketing capabilities on SME’s export performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 585-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byoungho Jin ◽  
Hyeon Jeong Cho
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
External Environment ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Domestic Market ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Marketing Capabilities ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to extend our understanding of the development of small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) organizational capabilities and their contributions to export performance by incorporating two antecedents: one from the internal environment (international entrepreneurial orientation) and another from the external environment (domestic market competition).Design/methodology/approachA proposed framework built on resource-based view and contingency theory was tested using partial least squares with data collected from 470 Korean SMEs.FindingsInternational entrepreneurial orientation and domestic market competition both prompted SMEs to develop their technological and marketing capabilities, leading to enhanced performance in international markets. Full mediating effects of technological and marketing capabilities were discovered between international entrepreneurial orientation and export performance.Practical implicationsGiven the direct effect of organizational capabilities on export performance, SMEs should facilitate the spirit of international entrepreneurial orientation and heightened managerial awareness of domestic market competition to efficiently cultivate organizational capabilities.Originality/valueUnique findings indicate that SME capabilities can be optimally cultivated under the coexistence of an internal impetus (i.e. international entrepreneurial orientation) and a harsh external environment (i.e. domestic competition), demonstrating the significance of context in developing organizational capabilities.

The effect of international intrapreneurship on firm export performance with driving force of organizational factors

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luu Tien Dung ◽  
Huynh Thi Thuy Giang
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
The Body ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Renewal ◽  
New Business

Purpose This study aims to reveal the effect of the two international intrapreneurship activities of employee strategic renewal behaviour and new business venture behaviour on small and medium enterprises (SMEs)’s export performance with the direct and indirect effects of transformational leadership, international entrepreneurial orientation and internal corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices. Design/methodology/approach The study sample consists of 461 employees at 168 Vietnamese import and export SMEs in the Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam. The data is analysed by structural equation modelling. Findings The paper reveals that the two international intrapreneurship activities of employee strategic renewal behaviour and new business venture behaviour significantly contribute to SMEs’ export performance. Transformational leadership, internal CSR practice and international entrepreneurial orientation positively and significantly direct influence the two international intrapreneurship activities. The effects of transformational leadership on international intrapreneurial behaviours are partially mediated by firm internal CSR practices and international entrepreneurial orientation. Research limitations/implications Firms would have to form the architecture and mechanisms to apply internal CSR and international entrepreneurship orientation for supporting the dedication of international intrapreneurship with a transformational leadership base. Originality/value The study contributes to the body of knowledge on international business by integrating resource-based view theory and dynamic capabilities theory in a way that benefits entrepreneurship and SMEs’ export performance.

scholarly journals SMES INNOVATION CAPABILITIES AND EXPORT PERFORMANCE: AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION VIEW

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 920-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cláudia P. RIBAU ◽  
António C. MOREIRA ◽  
Mário RAPOSO
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
External Stimuli ◽  
The Impact

Although there are several studies analysing how innovation capabilities influence export performance, this study aims to present the impact of a set of internal innovation capabilities on export performance of small and medium-sized firms (smes), with the mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation contingent upon the proactive or reactive behaviour of the firms to external stimuli. The study involves the analysis of 147 questionnaire‐based survey of managers from plastic manufacturing smes operating in Portugal that were subjected to a Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) technique. The results show that proactive firms to external stimuli are not only better at innovating but also their entrepreneurial orientation capabilities underpin a better performance in international markets when compared with firms that react to external stimuli. This study has implications for smes aiming at increasing their export performance and innovativeness. For practitioners the findings of this study should enable smes owner/managers to better understand the possible impacts of innovation capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation on export performance, and thus lead to more effective smes management.

scholarly journals The Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation, Reconfiguring Capability and Moderation of Environmental Turbulence on Export Performance of SMEs in Nigeria

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3(J)) ◽  
pp. 76-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abiodun Tope Samson
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Strategic Orientation ◽  
Environmental Turbulence ◽  
Turbulent Environment ◽  
First Order ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Level Process

Entrepreneurial orientation encapsulate the firm –level process, practice and strategic orientation while dynamic capabilities view of firm consists of the structure routine and processes that constitute its ability to reconfigure its asset base to match the requirement of the changing environment. The aim of this research emanated from the fact that only few studies examined how entrepreneurial strategic orientation and reconfiguring capability impact on export performance of SMEs in turbulent environment. In order to fill this vacuum, this study delineated relationship among these constructs and employed PLS-SEM on data collected from 201 exporting SMEs in Nigeria. The findings of the study suggest that entrepreneurial orientation, reconfiguring capability, and environmental turbulent significantly related to export performance. Environmental turbulence moderates the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, reconfiguring capability and export performance. This suggests that SMEs could benefit from reconfiguring and renewal of their asset base and act in response to opportunities and threat to realize first order transformation in growth and export performance. Besides, this study also provides research conclusion to the appropriateness of entrepreneurial orientation and reconfiguring capability when there is environmental turbulence and their lack of effectiveness when there is stability.

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