Locus and Revenue of Export Manufacturers: Why Extra-Regional Markets?

Rwehumbiza, Deusdedit

doi:10.1080/15228916.2019.1695186

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“…Moreover, taken into consideration that a company's size is considered to affect its export performance (Faria et al. , 2020; Rwehumbiza, 2020), the study includes the number of local offices owned and the firm's revenue measured in natural logarithm form to measurement standard deviation (Nirino et al. , 2022).…”

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“…First, human capital is considered to be an impacting factor that could rather foster or hinder firms' export performances (Azar and Ciabuschi, 2017;Krammer et al, 2018;Rasiah et al, 2016); therefore, the study includes the number of employees and hiring trend versus the prior year as control variables. Moreover, taken into consideration that a company's size is considered to affect its export performance (Faria et al, 2020;Rwehumbiza, 2020), the study includes the number of local offices owned and the firm's revenue measured in natural logarithm form to measurement standard deviation (Nirino et al, 2022). Furthermore, researchers agree that innovation level also could affect firms' exports (Azar and Ciabuschi, 2017;Brancati et al, 2018;Rasiah et al, 2016).…”

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Exports or public procurement to resist in the post-pandemic world? How e-commerce appeases this food and beverage SMEs ambidextrous dilemma

Ballerini,

Giordino,

Smrčka

et al. 2023

EJIM

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PurposeFood and beverage (F&B) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) must diversify their markets and obtain predictable sources of revenues to withstand difficult and volatile periods such as the post-pandemic geopolitical scenario, recently burdened by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. On the other hand, another strand of the literature suggests that public procurement could be considered a great source of income, enabling solid contracts, revenues and cash-flow stability. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the role of public procurement, the adoption of e-commerce platforms and their interactions in affecting the exporting performances of SMEs operating in the F&B sector.Design/methodology/approachThe study retrieves data from 2,186 Italian F&B manufacturing SMEs relying on Margò by Cribis database. Therefore, it conducts a structured equational model (SEM) to test the developed hypotheses empirically.FindingsThe findings reveal that digital selling platforms positively affect exports, whereas public procurement negatively affects F&B SMEs exports. Nonetheless, findings underline that the interaction between public procurement and the adoption of digital selling platforms dampens public procurement's negative effects on exports.Originality/valueThis study brings an original contribution to the F&B literature by conducting empirical research on an extensive sample of firms from one of the most influential countries in the F&B vertical, Italy, with officially registered data. More importantly, to the best of the authors' knowledge, this study pioneers the investigation of the relationship between public procurement and e-commerce platforms in affecting F&B SMEs' export performances.

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Exports or public procurement to resist in the post-pandemic world? How e-commerce appeases this food and beverage SMEs ambidextrous dilemma

Ballerini,

Giordino,

Smrčka

et al. 2023

EJIM

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“…Moreover, linkages with multinational enterprises, for example, with brand owners, brand marketers, and large retailers may help local firms tap into foreign markets. Normally, firms in low‐income economies have limited resources to overcome foreign market entry barriers, lack of intellectual property rights, and psychic distance related to high‐value markets (Rwehumbiza, 2020; Singh, 2007).…”

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Huawei's linkages with local firms in Tanzania: Idiosyncratic benefits and risks

Rwehumbiza¹

2021

Glob Bus Org Exc

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Multinational enterprises are often characterized as forming a link between domestic firms and the overall welfare effect in host economies. However, there have been few studies of the idiosyncratic benefits and risks of firms in low‐income developing countries. Moreover, existing studies have been mainly based on archival, large‐scale datasets. Hence, based on spillover and linkage theories, this paper employs a triangulation technique to study Huawei in Tanzania to fill this gap. The findings show that concerted efforts need to be made between the host government and local firms to encourage appropriate linkages to avoid risks and to serve as channels for beneficial spillovers. The implications for practice and future research are discussed and a conceptual model is developed which this study suggests could be used to spur welfare effects in low‐income developing countries.

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“…The exact number of case studies, i.e. 10 was determined based on the existence of theoretical saturation and not statistical generalisation (Castro et al, 2010;Rwehumbiza and Donat, 2017;Rwehumbiza, 2020). Saunders et al (2009, p. 235) describe "data saturation" as the state in which additional data collected provides few, if any, new insights.…”

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“…Saunders et al (2009, p. 235) describe "data saturation" as the state in which additional data collected provides few, if any, new insights. Generally, the researcher will have no need to continue with further cases when the marginal utility of additional cases approaches zero (Gummesson, 2000;Rwehumbiza, 2020). Governed by an inductive theory building as opposed to a deductive theory testing approach (Perry, 1998), this study considered "multiple cases" as "multiple experiments" and not "multiple respondents in a survey", and thus a replication logic and not sampling logic was used for the selected 10 cases (Cf.…”

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Economic benefits and the geographic aspect of business behaviour

Rwehumbiza

Sakijege

2021

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PurposeWhile existing research confirms that hazardous locations increase fear and decrease entrepreneurial intentions, there is only limited knowledge on why and how business managers decide to invest in flood-prone areas to create economic benefits. The purpose of this paper is to employ location and protection motivation theories as complementary lenses for this investigation.Design/methodology/approachData were purposively collected from ten businesses. Then, using MAXQDA 2018 software programme for qualitative data, a systematic content analysis was carried out to draw empirical insights from the selected cases.FindingsConsistent with both location and protection motivation theories, research findings show that strategic location, proximity to supporting and related businesses, availability of public goods, lack of alternative locations and proximity to social services are the key drivers related to location decisions. Furthermore, the economic benefits gained from flood-prone areas overshadow the adverse impact of floods, compelling business managers to apply structural and non-structural strategies to overcome flood risks.Originality/valueThis is a pioneering phenomenon-based research contributing to the understanding of the geographic aspect of business behaviour by explaining why and how business managers decide to invest in flood-prone instead of safer areas. It differs from previous studies by building on the overlooked complementarities between location theory and protection motivation theory in explaining the economic benefits accruing from flood-prone areas. Finally, the study calls for business managers and policy advisers to safely align the use of flood-prone areas with income-generating activities.

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Locus and Revenue of Export Manufacturers: Why Extra-Regional Markets?

Cited by 3 publications

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Exports or public procurement to resist in the post-pandemic world? How e-commerce appeases this food and beverage SMEs ambidextrous dilemma

Exports or public procurement to resist in the post-pandemic world? How e-commerce appeases this food and beverage SMEs ambidextrous dilemma

Huawei's linkages with local firms in Tanzania: Idiosyncratic benefits and risks

Economic benefits and the geographic aspect of business behaviour

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