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Limited in-house resources and the use of official foreign trade promotion by small businesses

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  • Christian Hauser
  • Arndt Werner

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Small firms face size-specific barriers with respect to entry into and development of foreign markets. To counteract these structural disadvantages, governments across the globe have established a multitude of institutions and instruments to support small firm internationalisation. Grounded in the theoretical framework of the resource-based view, our study analyses the participation patterns of enterprises in foreign trade promotion schemes with respect to firm size. Our study is based on regression analyses using data obtained from an original survey that covers 615 German enterprises across all sectors. Our findings provide strong evidence that: 1) small businesses use foreign trade promotion programmes to a lesser extent than their larger counterparts; 2) the lack of specialised in-house resources of small firms - which should be counter-balanced by public promotion schemes - is the main reason why support measures are not more effectively used by small enterprises.

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  • Christian Hauser & Arndt Werner, 2015. "Limited in-house resources and the use of official foreign trade promotion by small businesses," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 25(2), pages 128-147.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:25:y:2015:i:2:p:128-147
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    1. Christian Hauser, 2022. "Trade-Control Compliance in SMEs: Do Decision-Makers and Supply Chain Position Make a Difference?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 179(2), pages 473-493, August.

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