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Antecedents to Export Performance and How Italian and Slovanian SME's Innovate During Times of Crisis

Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research

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Title Antecedents to Export Performance and How Italian and Slovanian SME's Innovate During Times of Crisis
 
Creator Massaro, Maurizio; Udine University
Rubens, Arthur; Florida Gulf Coast University
Bardy, Roland; Florida Gulf Coast University
Bagnoli, Carlo; Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
 
Subject international business; risk strategy; innovation
SME; internationalization strategies and theories; entering foreign markets; radical and incremental innovation; risk preference; export performance; strategic intent
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Description This paper explores how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in Northern Italy and Slovenia used their innovative potential to expan business across the border while their home markets suffered from the great recession that started in 2007.  The background of the study is an analysis of the antecedents to export performance and internationlization, which specifically asked whether innovating incrementally or innovating radically contributes to export performance in foreign markets and how this ultimately interacts with strategic considerations and the propensity to take risks.  The findings of the study showed that export performance is positively influenced by incremental innovation and risk preference and that there is a relationship between innovation and export performance.  These findings contribute to the question whether classical internationalization theories such as the Uppsala Internationalization Model and the Innovation-related Model, can be applied in contingency situations of economic crisis.
 
Publisher Institute of Eastern Europe and Central Asia
 
Date 2017-04-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Peer-reviewed Articles
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ieeca.org/journal/index.php/JEECAR/article/view/153
10.15549/jeecar.v4i1.153
 
Source Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research (JEECAR); Vol 4, No 1 (2017): Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research; 22
 
Language eng
 
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http://ieeca.org/journal/index.php/JEECAR/article/downloadSuppFile/153/17
 
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