Influence of Innovativeness, Environmental Competitiveness and Government, Industry and Professional Networks on SME Export Likelihood

Chang, Frances; Webster, Cynthia

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12446

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“…Gebrewahid and Wald, (2017), in examining the footwear leather industry in Ethiopia, observed that many SMEs from developing countries do not export due to several challenges which include the level of competition in the international marketplace, and limited marketing knowledge and capital. Chang and Webster (2018) also indicate that there is a relationship between government clusters and the likelihood of SMEs' exports.…”

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The role of government and the international competitiveness of SMEs

Appiah

Osei

Selassie

et al. 2019

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Purpose The nature of international markets and the challenges with respect to the competitiveness of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) makes it imperative to examine government support. This study aims to assess the role and effectiveness of government and the export promotion agencies in supporting exports by non-traditional horticultural SMEs in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach The study used a qualitative research design, which involved semi-structured interviews with senior managers of six export facilitating institutions to gain an understanding of the services offered to SMEs with respect to exports of non-traditional horticultural products. Findings The findings reveal inadequate cost-efficient sources of non-traditional horticultural export financing for SMEs. This is a hindrance to the international competitiveness of exporting SMEs in developing countries such as Ghana. In addition, effective and coordinated support from export promotion agencies was found to be critical. Originality/value The study highlights the importance of government’s role in policymaking and implementation of export-led programmes for horticultural exporting firms in Ghana. Despite their strategic importance, this area of research has not attracted the attention of researchers, with little or no information on the horticultural international competitiveness of non-traditional horticultural products.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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The role of government and the international competitiveness of SMEs

Appiah

Osei

Selassie

et al. 2019

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“…Finally, we contribute to the recent development of learning capability and innovation, and expand the relationship to the complex context. Prior researches focus on the role of external environment (as environmental competitiveness) [58] or internal environment (environmental dynamism) [59] in the organizational management, and they are reflected simultaneously in few studies. Actually, in the practices of organizational management, organizations often face two types of environment with opposite tensions or paradoxes [50].…”

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A congruence perspective on how human and social capital affect learning capability and innovation

Sun

Liu

2020

PLoS ONE

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Human capital and social capital are vital for sustainable development of organization, but existing studies are inadequate to explore the synergistic effect of them on organizational behaviors or organizational outcomes. The research employed multiple-source questionnaire to collect data of more than 400 R&D firms from leaders and corresponding employees in Chinese context. Bootstrapping method and response surface were used to analyze the associations between all the parameters. The results showed that: (1) in the case of the incongruence between human capital and social capital, learning capability of R&D firms is at highest level when human capital is at low level and social capital is at high level; (2) learning capability partially mediates the impact of human capital and social capital on innovation performance; (3) environmental dynamism and environmental competitiveness have a joint moderating effect on the relationship between learning capability and innovation performance.

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“…Internationalization allows firms to increase their total sales and efficiency, learn from foreign markets, and reduce the risk of depending on a single country [10,31]. The most recent literature [32][33][34][35][36][37][38] identifies a model of high-performing small and medium-sized enterprises characterized by the interplay of three fundamental elements of the international strategy. First, this model involves a sequential internationalization process based on the accumulation of experience and learning [39,40].…”

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Configurational Theory in Traditional Manufacturing Industries: A New Model of High-Performing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Barber

Villar

2020

Sustainability

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The goal of this study is to provide a model of high-performing small and medium-sized companies to address the new environmental challenges in traditional manufacturing industries. Adopting a configurational logic and following an inductive approach based on four high-performing firms, this paper provides new empirical evidence on how the steps followed by these firms are adjusted to the high-performance models prescribed by the literature. In doing so, it also offers a dynamic view of the interrelationships between the strategy and the new conditions of the environment. At a practitioner level, the paper illustrates which recipes are more appropriate to prescribe recommendations for a more robust model that reinforces competitiveness in these industries. This research suggests that competitive success in traditional manufacturing industries requires movement along five complementary and interlinked strategic-development axes: the use of cooperation agreements, the combination of local and international manufacturing, the greater control of the distribution channel, the sale of customized products, and an increasing concern for sustainability.

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Influence of Innovativeness, Environmental Competitiveness and Government, Industry and Professional Networks on SME Export Likelihood

Cited by 40 publications

References 132 publications

The role of government and the international competitiveness of SMEs

The role of government and the international competitiveness of SMEs

A congruence perspective on how human and social capital affect learning capability and innovation

Configurational Theory in Traditional Manufacturing Industries: A New Model of High-Performing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

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