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Foreign market-related knowledge absorption and the international financial performance of SMEs

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  • Raluca Mogos Descotes

    (CEREFIGE - Centre Européen de Recherche en Economie Financière et Gestion des Entreprises - UL - Université de Lorraine)

  • Björn Walliser

    (CEREFIGE - Centre Européen de Recherche en Economie Financière et Gestion des Entreprises - UL - Université de Lorraine)

Abstract

This study uses the absorptive capacity framework of Zahra and George (2002) to explain how exporting SMEs can achieve higher international financial performance. Based on the survey of 107 SMEs from the steel industry, results show that the impact of export knowledge processing on international financial performance is indirect, depending on the organizational process devoted to export knowledge absorption. The acquisition and assimilation of export knowledge have a direct influence on the export responsiveness capacity of SMEs, which ultimately allows them to derive higher turnover rates and profits from foreign market operations.

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  • Raluca Mogos Descotes & Björn Walliser, 2013. "Foreign market-related knowledge absorption and the international financial performance of SMEs," Post-Print hal-01369462, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01369462
    DOI: 10.7202/1020676ar
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    Cited by:

    1. Hezron Mogaka Osano, 2019. "Global expansion of SMEs: role of global market strategy for Kenyan SMEs," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 8(1), pages 1-31, December.
    2. Mariola Ciszewska-Mlinarič, 2016. "Foreign Market Knowledge and SME’s International Performance: Moderating Effects of Strategic Intent and Time-to-Internationalization," Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, Centre for Strategic and International Entrepreneurship at the Cracow University of Economics., vol. 4(4), pages 51-66.

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