Explaining Firm Internationalization in Africa Using the Competence Approach

Bakunda, Geoffrey

doi:10.1300/j156v04n01_04

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“…Similarly, Bakunda (2003), focusing on exportation by African firms, identifies four stages. He argues that SMEs start out as family-owned businesses, serving the domestic market.…”

Section: Sme Exportationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this regard, the Internet could be helpful in reducing some of the barriers that are encountered -specifically, the information-related barriers -thereby enabling SMEs to capture the benefits of exportation (Hornby et al, 2002). It could help exporting SMEs to leapfrog the conventional stages of internationalization (Bennett, 1998) and some of the stages of exportation listed by Bakunda (2003) by removing many if not all of the geographical and informational barriers and permitting virtual branches to be established instantly, throughout the world, granting SMEs direct and immediate foreign market entry (Bennett, 1998).…”

Section: Sme Exportationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Exportation from the EAC The EAC encourages exports by SMEs and large enterprises. Similar to other African economies, the governments of the partner states have adopted export promotion strategies (Anderson, 2011;Bakunda, 2003). The establishment of the customs union has catalyzed the expansion of trade.…”

Section: Internet Use In the Eacmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Inability to contact overseas customers: The export promotion strategies adopted in many African countries, including those in the EAC, have enabled some SMEs to make contacts in overseas markets (Anderson, 2011;Bakunda, 2003). However, the challenge is the reliability of accessing such contacts.…”

Section: Information-related Barriers Faced By Exporting Smesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Role of the Internet in Overcoming Information Barriers: Implications for Exporting SMEs of the East African Community

Mori¹,

Munisi²

2012

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Small and medium-sized enterprises play a significant role in the East African Community, contributing highly to the national income and employing a significant number of people. Exportation provides a great opportunity for these enterprises to expand their businesses and improve their performance. However, they encounter a number of informationrelated barriers before and during exportation. Based on literature, this paper identifies these barriers and discusses how the internet could be used to reduce them. Based on the internet, international business and small business literature, the paper provides propositions and develops a model that will be useful for future studies in this area.

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“…Similarly, Bakunda (2003), focusing on exportation by African firms, identifies four stages. He argues that SMEs start out as family-owned businesses, serving the domestic market.…”

Section: Sme Exportationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sme Exportationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Internet Use In the Eacmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Information-related Barriers Faced By Exporting Smesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Role of the Internet in Overcoming Information Barriers: Implications for Exporting SMEs of the East African Community

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Munisi²

2012

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“…Indeed, as Bakunda (2003) rightly pointed out, firms have the tendencies of remaining marginalized in the world export business purely…”

Section: Managerial Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Better Off Out? The Costs and Benefits of Sub-Saharan Africa's Membership of the World Trade Organization

Madichie

2007

Journal of African Business

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Knowledge diffusion in the African context: An institutional theory perspective

Kamoche

Harvey

2006

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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Multinational companies have been increasing their investments in Africa as they become aware of the high returns available there. These investments often require relations with African partners and rely on knowledge transfer for their success. For these relations to be successful, we argue that multinationals must eschew the knowledge‐transfer approaches that reflect the ethnocentric assumption that codifiable knowledge can be disseminated with little regard to the unique circumstances of the African context, and by disregarding culturally embedded tacit knowledge. This article offers the conceptual lens of institutional theory as a way to improve the processes of knowledge diffusion and learning. We show how this theory can lead to a better understanding of the process of knowledge diffusion within the African context by requiring foreign investors and expatriates to improve their understanding of the African business environment. We then assess the role of boundary spanners in the diffusion process and identify some circumstances that might impinge on knowledge diffusion. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Explaining Firm Internationalization in Africa Using the Competence Approach

Cited by 20 publications

References 49 publications

The Role of the Internet in Overcoming Information Barriers: Implications for Exporting SMEs of the East African Community

The Role of the Internet in Overcoming Information Barriers: Implications for Exporting SMEs of the East African Community

Better Off Out? The Costs and Benefits of Sub-Saharan Africa's Membership of the World Trade Organization

Knowledge diffusion in the African context: An institutional theory perspective

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