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Effect of export promotion programs on export performance: evidence from manufacturing SMEs

The Journal of Business Economics and Management

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Title Effect of export promotion programs on export performance: evidence from manufacturing SMEs
 
Creator Wang, Xiaoting
Chen, Aihua
Wang, Huafeng
Li, Shengxiao
 
Subject small and medium-sized enterprises
export promotion programs
export performance
China
dynamic capabilities perspective
marketing capabilities
 
Description The objective of this paper is to examine how a firm’s participation in government export promotion programs (epps) may lead to a better export performance. Based on dynamic capabilities perspective, a mediated moderation model of epps on export performance was proposed and tested in Chinese manufacturing smes. The results show marketing implementation capabilities mediate the effect of information-related programs on export performance, and the financial aid-related epps moderate the process. The results contribute to the studies relating epps and export performance, as the results confirm the instrumental role of epps in enhancing export performance and examine the interplay between different types of epps. This study provides a guideline for managers as to how they can benefit from government epps. The findings also imply that policy makers should develop epps with a specific emphasis rather than a general goal of export performance. This study develops new insights on how export ventures exploit epps to develop useful capabilities. Also, the study expands current thinking on exporting by recognizing that different types of epps affect exporting.
 
Publisher VGTU Press Technika
 
Date 2017-02-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JBEM/article/view/765
10.3846/16111699.2016.1278031
 
Source Journal of Business Economics and Management; Vol 18 No 1 (2017); 131-145
2029-4433
1611-1699
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JBEM/article/view/765/561