Linking intangible resources and entrepreneurial orientation to export performance : the mediating effect of dynamic capabilities
Albertina Paula Monteiro, Ana Maria Soares, Orlando Lima Rua
This study investigates the effect of intangible resources and entrepreneurial orientation in export performance, by examining the mediating effect of dynamic capabilities. A framework of export antecedents is developed and empirically tested. A survey of 265 Portuguese exporting companies shows that dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation directly impact export performance while financial, informational and relational resources have an indirect impact in export performance through dynamic capabilities. These results point to the important role of dynamic capabilities, sheding light on how intangible resources can be used by companies to enhance export performance, highlighting also the role of entrepreneurial orientation to leverage business' export performance. Our findings have relevant theoretical implications. For the Dynamic Capabilities View (DCV) literature, given the support for the impact of dynamic capabilities in performance by leveraging the impact of resources, and for the entrepreneurship literature, given the finding that entrepreneurial orientation potentiates export performance. More importantly, our study provides support for these relationships in the context of international markets. Practical implications for export supporting policies are also noted.
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2019
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Authors: | Monteiro, Albertina Paula ; Soares, Ana Maria ; Rua, Orlando Manuel Martins Marques de Lima |
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Journal of innovation & knowledge : JIK. - Amsterdam : Elsevier, ISSN 2444-569X, ZDB-ID 2885454-8. - Vol. 4.2019, 3, p. 179-187
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Subject: | Dynamic capabilities | Entrepreneurial orientation | Export performance | Intangible resources | SEM | Dynamische Kompetenzen | Ressourcenorientierter Ansatz | Resource-based view | Unternehmenserfolg | Firm performance | Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurship approach | Immaterielle Werte | Intangible assets | Immaterielle Güter | Intangible goods | KMU | SME | Export |
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freely available
Type of publication: | Article |
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Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.1016/j.jik.2019.04.001 [DOI] hdl:10419/260904 [Handle] |
Classification: | M10 - Business Administration. General ; M16 - International Business Administration ; M19 - Business Administration. Other ; M20 - Business Economics. General ; M29 - Business Economics. Other |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037048