Internal resources, local externalities and export performance: An application in the Iberian ham cluster

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 478-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Díez-Vial ◽  
Marta Fernández-Olmos
Keyword(s):  
Export Performance ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Cluster Approach ◽  
Employee Education ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Exporting Firms ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Organizational Experience

AbstractThis research aims to complement resource-based view with a cluster approach in identifying which elements, both internal to the firm and locally available, improve firms’ export performance. While in the resource-based view exporting firms are contingent upon the development of intangible resources, from a cluster approach exporters exploit local externalities, mainly related to local information, knowledge and resource spillovers. We present empirical evidence from the Iberian ham cluster in Spain, which confirms the relevance of intangibles such as R&D and marketing promotion, but also of cluster linkages with local institutions – technological centres, universities and use of Designation of Origins – in improving export performance. Contrary to expectations, employee education, organizational experience, and information and knowledge-based spillovers from proximate exporters have no significant effect. These findings suggest that an augmented framework may improve the predictive elements of export performance in clusters.

scholarly journals INTANGIBLE RESOURCES, EXPORT CHANNEL AND PERFORMANCE: IS THERE ANY FIT?

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 1013-1033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Fernández-Olmos ◽  
Isabel Díez-Vial
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Step Model ◽  
Export Channels ◽  
And Performance

As the resource-based view suggests, firms choose their export channel on the basis of their internal pool of resources. Following this approach, we firstly hypothesize that firms with intangible resources will establish direct export channels to better exploit, protect and develop their firm-specific resources. Secondly, we propose that firms that establish their export channel on the basis of their internal resources outperform those firms that do not. To obtain empirical evidence we used a Heckman two-step model for the DOC Rioja wine industry. The results confirm that firms improve their export performance when jointly considering internal resources and the export channel. Also, human resources are the most relevant intangible resources in our model. This paper contributes by offering empirical evidence on the exporting channel strategies chosen by Spanish wineries. This paper makes a theoretical contribution by examining the performance consequences of following the RBV approach. Likewise, it has important practical implications for managers, who can improve their firm's export performance by assessing their internal resources before considering which export channel to choose.

scholarly journals The influence of relational capability and marketing capabilities on the export performance of emerging market firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 606-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thi Song Hanh Pham ◽  
Lien Le Monkhouse ◽  
Bradley R. Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Market ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Price Setting ◽  
Marketing Capabilities ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exporting Firms ◽  
Market Intelligence ◽  
Export Marketing ◽  
Marketing Intelligence

Purpose Drawing on the resource-based view, the purpose of this paper is to focus on the influence of relational capability and marketing capabilities on export performance. The study also examines the interaction effects of relational capability on the marketing capabilities – export performance relationships. Design/methodology/approach A stratified random sample of 1,047 exporting firms was approached. Survey data were collected from 333 Vietnamese exporting firms and analysed using hierarchical moderated regression. Findings The results reveal that a firm’s relational capability not only strengthens the efficiency of the export pricing capability – performance, marketing intelligence capability – performance, and marketing communication capability – performance relationships, but is also the strongest predictor of export performance amongst those capabilities identified. Whilst engagement in market intelligence, product development, price setting and promotional activities have a positive payoff, the findings confirm that there is less need for exporters to engage in after-sales service and distribution capabilities. Originality/value The study introduces the notion of relational capability alongside export marketing capabilities as predictors of export performance. The authors also examine the moderating influence of relational capability on the link between export marketing capabilities and export performance. By focusing on Vietnam, the study provides fresh insights surrounding the development pathway for firms in emerging markets.

scholarly journals Managerial Ties, Market Orientation, and Export Performance: Chinese Firms Experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 611-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Yan ◽  
Xinming He ◽  
Binwu Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Market Orientation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Exporting Firms ◽  
Market Intelligence ◽  
Managerial Ties ◽  
Market Focus ◽  
Potential Customers ◽  
Positive Effect

ABSTRACTManagerial ties (MT) are important for business performance by providing firms access to valuable resources and protecting them from opportunism. Drawing on the resource-based view and the market orientation (MO) literature, we argue that (1) MT can help exporting firms to enhance export performance; and (2) MO will help strengthen the positive effect of MT as MO directs the value of MT for improvement of competitive strategy and customer experience with a market focus on generation, dissemination, and use of market intelligence concerning existing and potential customers and competitors. Using a sample of 230 Chinese exporting firms, we found that MT is linked to superior export performance, and the link is positively moderated by MO. Therefore, this study expands our understanding of how firms can not only improve their export performance through the development of MT, but also use MO to reinforce MT and export performance association.

Establishing knowledge-based and digital cooperation between small and medium-sized businesses, science and the State through a cluster approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 2089-2110
Author(s):  
A.V. Ivanchenko ◽  
E.S. Mezentseva
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Triple Helix ◽  
The State ◽  
Sverdlovsk Oblast ◽  
Cluster Approach ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Cluster Network ◽  
Digital Development

Subject. This article discusses the issues of innovative and digital development of the economy. Objectives. The article aims to justify the benefits of cluster cooperation and networking between different structures. Methods. For the study, we used systems, logical, structural, and comparative analyses, generalization and statistical methods, and the cluster-network and institutional approaches. Results. The article substantiates the role and position of small business in the innovation development of the Sverdlovsk Oblast and identifies trends of innovation and digital advancement. Conclusions. The cluster theory, supplemented with the Triple Helix concept, can be a basis for rationale for effective ways of integrating economic agents. Small innovative business has significant potential for sustainability, but it needs additional financial support from the State.

Das Finanzzentrum – ein Cluster?

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eike W. Schamp
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Cluster Approach ◽  
Financial Centre ◽  
Financial Products ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Financial Geography ◽  
Financial Economy

The financial centre - a cluster? A multiscalar approach and evidence from a case study of Frankfurt/Main: The cluster approach has recently been applied in various studies of financial centres, for example of London or Frankfurt. Its current use in financial geography, however, seems to be more metaphorical than analytical. This paper firstly discusses specific sectoral characteristics which make it difficult to simply apply a concept which was developed for the industrial sector to the financial economy. Secondly, value networks in the production processes of financial products indicate that only certain parts of the production process, i.e. knowledge-based, non-repetitive transactions in the network, require local proximities. Following Gordon/McCann in their reasoning on industrial clusters, it is argued that the cluster approach to financial centres calls for a multi-scalar perspective combining the juridical national territory, the advantages of a large urban agglomeration, and, finally, the network externalities of a district within the urban agglomeration, i.e. the “financial district”. This is demonstrated using the example of the financial centre of Frankfurt/RhineMain, a term which stands for the larger urban agglomeration.

scholarly journals The Effect of Training and Informational Technology Management on Organizational Performance of Sharjah Police

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Abdulla Awadh Abdulla Abdulhabib ◽  
Hassan Al-Dhaafri
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
It Management ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Successful Performance ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Informational Technology ◽  
The Right

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Training and Information Technology (IT) Management on Organizational Performance. Based on a theoretical foundation and a wide review of the literature, the model of the research was proposed.  To achieve the research purpose, this study has integrated different theories such as Resource Based View of the Firm (RBV), Knowledge Based View (KBV) in order to analyze the effect of Training and IT Management on Organizational Performance. 341 Questionnaires were distributed among random selected sample of Sharjah Police departments in Sharjah city in Emirates. 245 questionnaires were returned and used in the analysis using the SPSS system. The results of this study demonstrate that including Information Technology (IT) Management has positive and significant effect on Organizational Performance in Sharjah Police. This study reflects the importance of the right implementation to the Training and IT Management to have successful performance. This study also supported the premises of the resource-based view theory by reaffirming the importance of the including Training and IT Management to enhance organizational performance.

scholarly journals Resources or Capabilities: A Study of Startup Emergence within Applied Research Universities in India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kshitija Joshi ◽  
Krishna H S ◽  
Muralidharan Loganathan
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Capabilities Approach ◽  
National Chemical Laboratory ◽  
Chemical Laboratory ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Academic Environments ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Institute Of Technology

Over the past decade, the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem has witnessed a steep growth in the number of incubators within academic environments. While most of these have focused on provision of tangible and intangible resources, the understanding about processes and routines that transform these resources into capabilities, which ultimately translate into successful start-up emergence has been lacking. Based on the resource-based view and the dynamic capabilities approach and using the cases of two academic incubators in India (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and National Chemical Laboratory, Pune), this paper analyses the pre-incubation level processes that have resulted in their enhanced opportunity recognition potential. This study adds to the literature in the area of dynamic capabilities in the context of academic incubation. The study has important implications for both incubation setups as well as policy makers.

scholarly journals The Theoretical Embedding Of Born Globals: Challenging Existing Internationalization Theories

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Ricarda B. Bouncken ◽  
Felix Schuessler ◽  
Sascha Kraus
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Born Globals ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
A Company

This article examines the embedding of the phenomenon of Born Globals into three existing theories of the firm. The model of Born Globals deals with young companies that begin shortly after their foundation to internationalize. The Uppsala Internationalization Model helps to delimit the concept of Born Globals from existing internationalization models and to highlight their special features. The resource-based view takes up the integration of knowledge as the key resource of Born Globals and explains the underlying mechanism with which a company achieves a sustainable competitive advantage from a bundle of resources. The knowledge-based view is concerned with the generation of knowledge and explains the learning processes that are performed by the entrepreneur. A recurring theme could be identified and contains the following elements which interconnect the three theories of the firm with the concept of Born Globals - knowledge as a key resource, learning, and integration of knowledge into organizations.

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