The Impact of Competencies, Information Search, and Competitive Strategy on the Export Performance

This confirmatory study is aimed at analyzing the impact of relationships, information search, and competencies on competitive strategy and SMEs performance in Indonesia. The study used 100 SMEs samples that obtained through mailed questionnaires. The results show: Firstly, the perception of inform...

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Main Author: Lena Elitan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Prasetiya Mulya Publishing 2011-04-01
Series:International Research Journal of Business Studies
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Online Access:http://www.irjbs.com/index.php/jurnalirjbs/article/view/12
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description This confirmatory study is aimed at analyzing the impact of relationships, information search, and competencies on competitive strategy and SMEs performance in Indonesia. The study used 100 SMEs samples that obtained through mailed questionnaires. The results show: Firstly, the perception of information, information sources, and export competence has no significant effect on competitive strategy. However the findings for SMEs in Indonesia, indicated that export related information has negative effects on competitive strategy. Secondly, export competencies has an enormous influence on the company’s capacity and ability to use information appropriately,when the company must deal with challenges or when the company is eager to take advantage of the opportunities to increase growth and profitability. Thirdly, competitive strategy does not directly affect export performance but it is moderated by the environment uncertainty. It indicates that the influence of competitive strategy would be greater in an uncertain business environment. The uncertain business environment will encourage companies to explore competitive strategy to improve their performance.
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spelling doaj.art-48674947af5a49eca22a8167cdfbb2492022-12-21T19:13:16ZengPrasetiya Mulya PublishingInternational Research Journal of Business Studies2089-62712338-45652011-04-014112010.21632/irjbs.4.1.1-20The Impact of Competencies, Information Search, and Competitive Strategy on the Export PerformanceLena Elitan0Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya - IndonesiaThis confirmatory study is aimed at analyzing the impact of relationships, information search, and competencies on competitive strategy and SMEs performance in Indonesia. The study used 100 SMEs samples that obtained through mailed questionnaires. The results show: Firstly, the perception of information, information sources, and export competence has no significant effect on competitive strategy. However the findings for SMEs in Indonesia, indicated that export related information has negative effects on competitive strategy. Secondly, export competencies has an enormous influence on the company’s capacity and ability to use information appropriately,when the company must deal with challenges or when the company is eager to take advantage of the opportunities to increase growth and profitability. Thirdly, competitive strategy does not directly affect export performance but it is moderated by the environment uncertainty. It indicates that the influence of competitive strategy would be greater in an uncertain business environment. The uncertain business environment will encourage companies to explore competitive strategy to improve their performance.http://www.irjbs.com/index.php/jurnalirjbs/article/view/12export performanceSmall and medium enterprisesgrowth and profitability
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The Impact of Competencies, Information Search, and Competitive Strategy on the Export Performance
International Research Journal of Business Studies
export performance
Small and medium enterprises
growth and profitability
title The Impact of Competencies, Information Search, and Competitive Strategy on the Export Performance
title_full The Impact of Competencies, Information Search, and Competitive Strategy on the Export Performance
title_fullStr The Impact of Competencies, Information Search, and Competitive Strategy on the Export Performance
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Competencies, Information Search, and Competitive Strategy on the Export Performance
title_short The Impact of Competencies, Information Search, and Competitive Strategy on the Export Performance
title_sort impact of competencies information search and competitive strategy on the export performance
topic export performance
Small and medium enterprises
growth and profitability
url http://www.irjbs.com/index.php/jurnalirjbs/article/view/12
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