IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ids/ijdipe/v1y2012i1p80-94.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Measuring export support performance in Slovenia

Author

Listed:
  • Gorazd Justinek
  • Tanja Sedej

Abstract

Export support represents one of the many activities in the framework of commercial diplomacy. It has been used by governments for decades in order to boost exports and, consequently, economic growth. However, is governmental involvement in supporting exporters justified? Despite some differing opinions between commentators, many countries have been practising this kind of support extensively, and attempts have been made to measure the outputs of these activities. In this paper, we argue that measuring the direct effects of export support activities can be difficult, and that the results could be distorted for several reasons. We therefore suggest that focus should instead be devoted to the performance of this kind of support. In this light, a new methodology for measuring export support performance is presented, which has been developed to track results in Slovenia - a small and open economy in Central Europe.

Suggested Citation

  • Gorazd Justinek & Tanja Sedej, 2012. "Measuring export support performance in Slovenia," International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(1), pages 80-94.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijdipe:v:1:y:2012:i:1:p:80-94
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=49933
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Yakop, M. & van Bergeijk, P.A.G., 2009. "The weight of economic and commercial diplomacy," ISS Working Papers - General Series 18715, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
    2. Huub Ruel & Robin Visser, 2012. "Commercial diplomats as corporate entrepreneurs: explaining role behaviour from an institutional perspective," International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(1), pages 42-79.
    3. Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, 2009. "Economic Diplomacy and the Geography of International Trade," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 13518, December.
    4. Gorazd Justinek, 2011. "Evaluation of the Economic Diplomacy model in the Republic of Slovenia," International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(4), pages 405-419.
    5. Wilkinson, Timothy & Brouthers, Lance Eliot, 2006. "Trade promotion and SME export performance," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 15(3), pages 233-252, June.
    6. F H Rolf Seringhaus & Guenther Botschen, 1991. "Cross-National Comparison of Export Promotion Services: The Views of Canadian and Austrian Companies," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 22(1), pages 115-133, March.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. (ed.), 0. "Research Handbook on Economic Diplomacy," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 16053, December.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. (ed.), 0. "Research Handbook on Economic Diplomacy," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 16053, December.
    2. Joan Freixanet & Gemma Renart & Alex Rialp-Criado, 2018. "The Impact of Managers’ Global Orientation on SME Export and Economic Performance," Management International Review, Springer, vol. 58(4), pages 571-604, August.
    3. Huub Ruel & Robin Visser, 2012. "Commercial diplomats as corporate entrepreneurs: explaining role behaviour from an institutional perspective," International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(1), pages 42-79.
    4. Ayob, Abu H. & Freixanet, Joan, 2014. "Insights into public export promotion programs in an emerging economy: The case of Malaysian SMEs," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 38-46.
    5. Freixanet, Joan, 2012. "Export promotion programs: Their impact on companies’ internationalization performance and competitiveness," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 21(6), pages 1065-1086.
    6. Kahiya, Eldrede T., 2024. "A problematization review of export assistance: Debates and future directions," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 33(1).
    7. Moons, S.J.V. & van Bergeijk, P.A.G., 2013. "A meta-analysis of economic diplomacy and its effect on international economic flows," ISS Working Papers - General Series 50074, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
    8. Ronald V Kalafsky & William Graves, 2023. "Global connections from the second-tier: The trade performance of smaller southern US cities," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 38(5), pages 443-459, August.
    9. Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, 2013. "Earth Economics," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 14673, December.
    10. Uwizeyemungu, Sylvestre & Poba-Nzaou, Placide & St-Pierre, Josée, 2022. "Back-end information technology resources and manufacturing SMEs’ export commitment: An empirical investigation," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(5).
    11. Aurora Castro Teixeira & Maria João Barros, 2014. "Local municipalities’ involvement in promoting the internationalisation of SMEs," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 29(1-2), pages 141-162, February.
    12. Maria Crescimanno & Claudio Mirabella & Valeria Borsellino & Emanuele Schimmenti & Demetris Vrontis & Salvatore Tinervia & Antonino Galati, 2023. "How Organizational Resources and Managerial Features Affect Business Performance: An Analysis in the Greek Wine Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-14, February.
    13. Preece, Stephen B. & Miles, Grant & Baetz, Mark C., 1999. "Explaining the international intensity and global diversity of early-stage technology-based firms," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 14(3), pages 259-281, May.
    14. Valeska V. Geldres-Weiss & Javier A. Carrasco-Roa, 2016. "Impact evaluation of national export promotion programs on export firms using contrast groups," International Journal of Export Marketing, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(1), pages 77-95.
    15. Tan, Alvin & Brewer, Paul & Liesch, Peter, 2018. "Rigidity in SME export commencement decisions," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 27(1), pages 46-55.
    16. Fuchs, Andreas, 2016. "China’s Economic Diplomacy and the Politics-Trade Nexus," Working Papers 0609, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics.
    17. Carlo Altomonte & Tommaso Aquilante & Gábor Békés & Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, 2013. "Internationalization and innovation of firms: evidence and policy [Managing knowledge within and outside the multinational corporation]," Economic Policy, CEPR, CESifo, Sciences Po;CES;MSH, vol. 28(76), pages 663-700.
    18. Peter Bergeijk & Fabienne Fortanier & Harry Garretsen & Henri Groot & Selwyn Moons, 2011. "Productivity and Internationalization: A Micro-Data Approach," De Economist, Springer, vol. 159(4), pages 381-388, December.
    19. Schembri, Joe & Tang, Yee Kwan & Fletcher, Margaret & Dimitratos, Pavlos, 2019. "How do European trade promotion organisations manage their stakeholders?," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 28(6), pages 1-1.
    20. Angelo Cavallo & Antonio Ghezzi & Cristina Rossi-Lamastra, 2021. "Small-medium enterprises and innovative startups in entrepreneurial ecosystems: exploring an under-remarked relation," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 17(4), pages 1843-1866, December.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ids:ijdipe:v:1:y:2012:i:1:p:80-94. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sarah Parker (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=394 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.