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Factors facilitating and impeding the development of export market-oriented behavior : A study of Hong Kong manufacturing exporters
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Cadogan, John W. Cui, C. Morgan, Robert E. Story, Vicky M. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | We test a model of the antecedents to market-oriented behavior in firms' export operations (i.e., export market-oriented [EMO] behavior). Using data from Hong Kong-based industrial manufacturing exporters, we explain 73% of the variance in EMO activity. Our findings confirm the importance of variables such as export coordination, export experience, and the export environment in determining EMO behavior levels. However, several hypotheses are refuted, contradicting previous research findings. For instance, in our sample, centralized decision-making generally is positively related to EMO activity—particularly under conditions of high environmental turbulence: this contradicts findings of studies in Western exporting businesses where centralization generally inhibits EMO behavior. Furthermore, unlike their Western counterparts, market-based reward and training systems and managers' export commitment and emphasis on market orientation do not predict EMO behavior. We suggest that these unexpected findings may be due to differences in culture between Asian and Western businesses. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Centralized computing Decision Making HL7PublishingSubSection |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
