Linking intangible resources and export performance

Baltic Journal of Management - Tập 12 Số 3 - Trang 329-347 - 2017
Albertina Paula Monteiro1, Ana Maria Soares2, Orlando Lima Rua1
1Instituto Politecnico do Porto, (CEOS.PP), Porto, Portugal
2School of Economics and Management, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

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PurposeThis research draws upon the resource-based view and the dynamic capabilities view’s premise that a firm’s resources and capabilities determine competitive advantage. Specifically, the purpose of this paper is to develop and test a model entailing simultaneously the impact of intangible resources; and dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation on export performance.Design/methodology/approachTherefore, the authors developed a study based on a survey of 265 Portuguese exporting companies. Data were submitted to a multivariate statistical analysis and a linear regression model was applied in order to predict the influence of the intangible resources on export performance. The structural equations model was used for this purpose.FindingsThe results show that export performance is directly impacted by dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation. However, intangible resources do not have a significant direct impact on entrepreneurial orientation; they do have an indirect effect through the mediation of dynamic capabilities. These findings highlight the catalyst role of dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation, leveraging the role of intangible resources as antecedents of export performance. These findings are valuable inputs for exporting managers and public entities.Originality/valueWhile previous authors have attempted to analyse certain aspects of this process (linkage between intangible resources and export performance), this research developed a framework that combines these ones with entrepreneurial orientation and dynamic capabilities.

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Baltic Journal of Management

Tập 12 Số 3

329-347

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