The determinants of SMEs’ export entry: A systematic review of the literature

Mohamed Yacine Haddoud, Adah Kole Emmanuel Onjewu, Witold Nowiński, Paul Jones

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    Abstract

    Despite the plethora of studies on SMEs’ export performance and survival, empirical works on export initiation are relatively limited. Thus far, extant literature has fallen short of determining a comprehensive set of factors affecting firms’ entry to export markets. For these reasons, building on from previous reviews involving export entry, we review 82 papers related to the determinants of SMEs’ export entry published between 2008 and 2019, in order to develop a holistic framework. We provide a comprehensive model that encompasses the key factors associated with this behaviour. We also discuss key issues and propose areas of future research.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)262-278
    Number of pages17
    JournalJournal of Business Research
    Volume125
    Early online date26 Dec 2020
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2021

    Bibliographical note

    NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Business Research. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Business Research, 125, (2021)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.12.017

    © 2021, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

    Keywords

    • Export entry
    • Export propensity
    • SMEs
    • Systematic review

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Marketing

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