Exporting and innovating among emerging market firms: The moderating role of institutional development

Xie, Zhenzhen; Li, Jiatao

doi:10.1057/s41267-017-0118-4

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“…Second, this study adds to the stock of knowledge in export performance by responding to the call for more study in emerging countries and on how firms improve performance in export market (Chen et al 2016). This is in line with the view that firms from emerging market are different than those of developed country (Xie & Li 2018) Third, this study goes against previous research that examine the aggregate level of LO (Hult et al 2004;Park et al 2017) by investigating the individual effect of each dimension of LO on innovativeness. The results of this study provide valuable insight into LO and confirm that each dimension of LO has difference effect on innovativeness.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…The critical function of intangible resources in export performance is also highlighted by Cadogan and colleagues (2009). Adopting this view, this study asserts that export performance is the outcome of superior value offering to customer which in turn is dependent on foreign market knowledge and thus these resources must also promote knowledge acquisition (Cadogan et al 2012;Xie & Li 2018). This insight leads to the advanced notion of some scholars that the source of competitive advantage of SMEs is linked to the values shared among members of the organization, whereby flexibility and adaptability are implicitly defined (Sapienza et al 2006).…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…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). Therefore, the ability to facilitate knowledge acquisition and dissemination should also be considered in parallel and learning orientation (LO) is pertinent to the process.…”

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“…In the context of knowledge-dependent international business activities (Vahlne & Johanson 2013) such as exporting (Xie & Li 2018), innovative and learning cultures increase the capabilities of firms, resulting in the formation and exploitation of the market know-how (Knight & Cavusgil 2004;Rhee et al 2010). Based on the above discussion, RBV provides salient perspective in the development of our research model whereby relationships between LO, innovativeness and export performance are hypothesized and tested.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In export context, knowledge of foreign market helps firm identify changes in products that will lead to greater acceptance (He et al 2018). From the perspective of learning by exporting, the new knowledge is useful in making the firm to be become more innovative hence superior performance (Xie & Li 2018).…”

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

İsmail¹,

Hamid²,

Senik³

et al. 2018

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This study investigates the role of innovativeness and learning orientation on the internationalisation performance of small and medium entrepreneurial firms. Exporting has been the most appropriate mode of expansion into foreign market for SMEs due to lower risk and less resource commitment. The literature insists that future study should pay more attention on how SMEs improve export performance. Review of literature brings to the conclusion that innovativeness and learning orientation are pertinent in building the success of SMEs in export markets. Notwithstanding the existing investigation on the impact of innovativeness on performance, the results are inconclusive, reinforcing the need for investigation in the context of emerging market and SMEs. In addition, learning orientation composed of three dimensions namely managerial commitment, system perspective and openness and experimentation. Previous studies view learning orientation as summate of all three dimensions. Unlike previous studies, this study investigates the effect of each dimension on innovativeness. A conceptual framework was developed based on the resource-based view. Data were collected from small and medium business exporters in the manufacturing sector of an emerging market. A total of 220 respondents participated in this study. Data were analysed using structural equation modeling to test the hypotheses, and the results show that innovativeness is positively related to export performance. In addition, the findings reveal that managerial commitment is a function of innovativeness. System perspective, and openness and experimentation have no significant effect on innovativeness. Implications and limitations are also discussed in this study.

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Section: Literature Review and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

confidence: 95%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Review and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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

İsmail¹,

Hamid²,

Senik³

et al. 2018

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Export performance in four ASEAN countries: The role of international quality certification, information and communication technology capability, and innovation

Harsanto,

Kirana,

Akbar

et al. 2023

Bus Strat Dev

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The aim of this paper is to examine empirically the relationship between international quality certification, and information and communication technology (ICT) capability with the firm's export performance by considering the variables of the firm's innovation as a mediator. The data used in this research is derived from the Enterprise Survey from the World Bank involving total more than 4000 firms' respondents from four countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) including Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam. Analyzed using the Partial Least Square (PLS) technique, the findings show that both international quality certification and ICT capabilities, mediated by innovation, has a significant effect to export performance. The study's findings can help managers and policymakers in developing economies, particularly in ASEAN, improve their firms' export performance.

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Born globals from emerging economies: Reconciling early exporting with theories of internationalization

McCormick

Somaya

2020

Global Strategy Journal

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Research SummaryWhat explains born global firms who internationalize very early through exports, when theories of internationalization recommend they focus on domestic markets first? While prior research suggests a number of factors that enable exporting by new ventures, empirical tests of these theories have not evaluated if these factors uniquely explain new venture exporting. We propose and empirically test hypotheses that exporting by young (relative to established) emerging‐economy firms increases when they tap into the drivers of modern globalization (Internet technologies, global talent flows) and overcome home‐country institutional constraints (government inefficiencies, location), all of which have bigger impacts on exporting by young firms than established ones. Understanding these unique drivers of born global emerging‐economy firms is critical for reconciling this phenomenon with traditional theories of firm internationalization.Managerial SummaryOur research finds that exporting by young firms are enabled to a greater extent (than established firms) when they use Internet technologies and tap into mobile talent (such as cross‐national entrepreneurs and leaders with international experience), which helps to overcome key constraints in tapping into international markets. We also found that young firms overcome home‐country institutional and infrastructure deficiencies in emerging economies, specifically, by receiving efficient government services and strategically locating in well‐resourced centers such as capital cities, which helps them more in exporting as compared to established firms. Our findings help to explain the modern phenomenon of “born global” firms, who have broken away from the traditional path of focusing first on domestic markets and then engaging in incremental international expansion.A video abstract is available at https://youtu.be/QPIR0CRazgw.

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Exporting and innovating among emerging market firms: The moderating role of institutional development

Cited by 173 publications

References 117 publications

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

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

Export performance in four ASEAN countries: The role of international quality certification, information and communication technology capability, and innovation

Born globals from emerging economies: Reconciling early exporting with theories of internationalization

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