A Resource-Based View Of Small Export Firms' Social Capital In A Southeast Asian Country

This study empirically examines the social capital that facilitates the flow of export knowledge, thereby supporting the entrepreneurial stance of small export firms. By applying the VRIO (value, rarity, inimitability and organisation of firm resources) framework to the resource-based view (RBV)...

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Main Authors: Roxas , Hernan 'Banjo', Chadee, Doren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2011
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description This study empirically examines the social capital that facilitates the flow of export knowledge, thereby supporting the entrepreneurial stance of small export firms. By applying the VRIO (value, rarity, inimitability and organisation of firm resources) framework to the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm, this study suggests that superior performance is a function of resources that are valuable, rare, inimitable and sufficiently organised to develop and sustain the firm's competitive advantage. This study argues that small, resource-constrained export firms in a developing economy are able to adopt entrepreneurial tactics and reap positive rates of return by exploiting their relational capital to acquire export knowledge. A survey of 175 small export firms in the Philippines was conducted, and the data were analysed using structural equation modelling. The results suggest positive relationships between the firm's social capital and export knowledge. Export knowledge is associated with entrepreneurial orientation, which then correlates with export performance.
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spelling usm-365622017-09-18T04:34:50Z http://eprints.usm.my/36562/ A Resource-Based View Of Small Export Firms' Social Capital In A Southeast Asian Country Roxas , Hernan 'Banjo' Chadee, Doren HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management This study empirically examines the social capital that facilitates the flow of export knowledge, thereby supporting the entrepreneurial stance of small export firms. By applying the VRIO (value, rarity, inimitability and organisation of firm resources) framework to the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm, this study suggests that superior performance is a function of resources that are valuable, rare, inimitable and sufficiently organised to develop and sustain the firm's competitive advantage. This study argues that small, resource-constrained export firms in a developing economy are able to adopt entrepreneurial tactics and reap positive rates of return by exploiting their relational capital to acquire export knowledge. A survey of 175 small export firms in the Philippines was conducted, and the data were analysed using structural equation modelling. The results suggest positive relationships between the firm's social capital and export knowledge. Export knowledge is associated with entrepreneurial orientation, which then correlates with export performance. Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/36562/1/AAMJ_16.2.1.pdf Roxas , Hernan 'Banjo' and Chadee, Doren (2011) A Resource-Based View Of Small Export Firms' Social Capital In A Southeast Asian Country. Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 16 (2). pp. 1-28. ISSN 1394-2603 http://web.usm.my/aamj/16.2.2011/AAMJ_16.2.1.pdf
spellingShingle HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
Roxas , Hernan 'Banjo'
Chadee, Doren
A Resource-Based View Of Small Export Firms' Social Capital In A Southeast Asian Country
title A Resource-Based View Of Small Export Firms' Social Capital In A Southeast Asian Country
title_full A Resource-Based View Of Small Export Firms' Social Capital In A Southeast Asian Country
title_fullStr A Resource-Based View Of Small Export Firms' Social Capital In A Southeast Asian Country
title_full_unstemmed A Resource-Based View Of Small Export Firms' Social Capital In A Southeast Asian Country
title_short A Resource-Based View Of Small Export Firms' Social Capital In A Southeast Asian Country
title_sort resource-based view of small export firms' social capital in a southeast asian country
topic HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
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