Export performance as a function of market learning capabilities and intrapreneurship: SEM and FsQCA findings

Abstract

This study draws on the resource-based, dynamic capabilities, and organization learning theories to investigate the internal mechanisms through which intrapreneurship influences current and future export performance. Specifically, this approach views the four distinct dimensions of intrapreneurship, namely new business venturing, innovativeness, self-renewal, and proactiveness, as critical resources, and export market exploitation and exploration as important market learning capabilities. The study posits that such resources and capabilities collectively contribute to improve export performance outcomes. The study develops a theoretically anchored model and employs both structural equation modelling and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to test the model relationships. These two techniques have different foci: the net effect of an independent variable on an outcome variable and the conditions that lead to a given outcome, respectively. The study results provide substantial support for the theoretical framework and a valuable addition to the scant literature on the roles of intrapreneurship and market exploitation and exploration in exporting.

Managing intrapreneurial capabilities: An overview

“…Moreover, Arend (2014) finds that most entrepreneurial ventures exhibit specific dynamic capabilities, which in turn positively affect firm performance. Dynamic capabilities combined with entrepreneurship inside firms facilitates export performance - four distinct dimensions of intrapreneurship (new business venturing, innovativeness, self-renewal, and proactiveness) are proposed as critical resources ( Skarmeas et al, 2016 ).…”

“… Effects: performance, sustainability. Early studies Teece (2012 , 2014 , 2016) Zahra et al (2006) Teece (2012 , 2014 , 2016) Zahra et al (2006) Hornsby et al (2009) Antoncic and Hisrich (2001) Turró et al (2014) Klofsten et al (2019) Guerrero et al (2016) Arend (2014) Caloghirou et al (2004) Skarmeas et al (2016) Leih and Teece (2016) Heaton et al (2019a) Heaton et al (2019b) Papers in this SI Masucci et al (2020) , Honig and Samuelsson (2020) , Kör et al (2020) Audretsch et al (2020) , Guerrero et al (2020) Yildiz et al (2020) Some research questions How can we approach the concept of intrapreneurial capabilities? What theoretical foundations are about intrapreneurial capabilities?…”

SMEs’ Export Performance: The Effect of Learning Orientation and Innovativeness

“…Second, LO is multi-dimensional construct and despite the empirical investigation reported in many studies, the insight into LO construct implying the individual role of the dimension is still lacking. Following previous studies (Skarmeas, Lisboa & Saridakis 2016;Dess, Lumpkin & McGee 1999), this study insists that each dimension may differ individually and its relationship with other variable can vary hence inadequate representation of aggregate measure. Therefore, unlike previous research (Park et al 2017), this study investigates the relationship between each of the dimensions of LO and innovativeness.…”

“…Previous studies in internationalization give raise to learning concept within the realm of knowledge development which aids firm to reconfigure resources and capability to compete successfully in foreign market (Vahlne & Johanson 2017). Others conceptualize learning as strategic orientation (Park et al 2017) and capabilities (Skarmeas, Lisboa & Saridakis 2016) and hold the view that learning is key to sustainable advantage and performance, particularly among SMEs (Juhdi, Hong & Juhdi 2015). In export context, literature converges on the critical function of overseas market knowledge (Casillas et al 2009) which is more diverse than knowledge in domestic market and critical to export performance (Xie & Li 2018).…”

Intrapreneurship and expectations restrictions

“…In the literature, however, intrapreneurship is usually studied as behaviors (Rigtering & Weitzel, 2013). As a result, intrapreneurship has been developed through individual components (Skarmeas et al, 2016). Another gap in the literature that to make the fruits of intrapreneurship a reality, intrapreneurship is seen as depending on pushing mechanisms by either the entrepreneurs' characteris� cs or characteris� cs of entrepreneur organiza� ons (Antoncic & Hisrich, 2003).…”