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Commitment to exporting as an antecedent of organizational skills and firm performance
- Source :
- Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer, 2021.
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Abstract
- This study proposes the role of leader’s commitment to export activities as an antecedent of specific organizational skills. In particular, this research investigates whether the leaders’ commitment to exporting affects firm performance, through the mediating effect of entrepreneurial orientation, network competence, and dynamic capabilities of a firm, using survey data collected from 976 companies in Portugal. Results from the structural equation model show that leaders’ commitment to exporting, defined as a positive attitude towards the internationalization of their firms, acts as an antecedent of entrepreneurial orientation and network competence. Additionally, we conclude that the relation between this commitment and firm performance is mediated through entrepreneurial orientation, network competence, and dynamic capabilities. This study contributes to the understanding of the mediating effect of these specific organizational skills in the proposed relationship between leaders’ commitment to exporting and firm performance and provides a new insight into the important role of the entrepreneur or top manager. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
- Subjects :
- Economics and Econometrics
050208 finance
Dynamic capabilities
Entrepreneurial orientation
Business administration
Performance
05 social sciences
Structural equation modeling
Structural equation model
Antecedent (grammar)
Internationalization
Leaders’ commitment to exporting
Human resource management
0502 economics and business
Survey data collection
Business
Business and International Management
Competence (human resources)
050203 business & management
Network competence
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5ae165009c74f38fde05f5f202f26e04