Factors That Foster Export Commitment: an Empirical Study in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Authors

  • Rubén Fernandez-Ortiz University of La Rioja (Spain)
  • Jesus Arteaga-Ortiz University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)
  • Mónica Clavel San Emeterio International University of La Rioja (Spain)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.26.3.6456

Keywords:

export commitment, structural equations, systemic model, SME

Abstract

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) committed to exporting require resources and capacities that can position them efficiently in a complex international environment. Based on resources and capacities theory, this study examines the relationship between resources (material and immaterial) and capacities (technological, business, financial, human and commercial) and the international commitment of SMEs. The study also examines the relationship between these capacities and the level of export commitment using structural equation techniques. The study is based on a sample of internationally-diversified 128 SMEs from the Spanish region of La Rioja. Using different modelling techniques, the results of the study confirm the existence of a significant relationship between different SME resources and the export policies of SMEs. Finally, we consider some of the potential implications of the results obtained in this study in both research and business practice.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.26.3.6456

Author Biographies

Rubén Fernandez-Ortiz, University of La Rioja (Spain)

Departmen of Business and Management

Jesus Arteaga-Ortiz, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)

Economics and Commerce

Mónica Clavel San Emeterio, International University of La Rioja (Spain)

Faculty of Socials Sciences

Additional Files

Published

2015-06-29

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 3 (2015)

Section

THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF ENTERPRISE FUNCTIONING