 Exploring the exporting-downsizing link: Does the type of export strategy and firm efficiency in foreign markets matter?Irene Campos-García, Fernando Muñoz-Bullón, Maria J. Sanchez-Bueno and José Angel Zúñiga-Vicente Journal of Business Research, 2020, vol. 108, issue C, 324-336 Abstract: This study explores the relationship between exporting strategies, firm efficiency, and downsizing. Drawing on the resource-based view, we first test whether there is a link between export intensity and the propensity of a firm to downsize. Next, we examine the impact of direct/indirect exporting strategies as well as the interactive effects of efficiency and each exporting strategy on the propensity to downsize. We use a sample of Spanish manufacturing firms between 1993 and 2016. Our findings reveal a negative effect of a firm’s level of involvement in foreign markets via exports on the propensity to downsize. Our results also show that the propensity to downsize is lower in firms using a direct export strategy and in more efficient firms opting for this strategy. However, no support for a significant association between the propensity to downsize and the use of an indirect export strategy and efficiency is observed. Keywords: Downsizing; Internationalization; Exporting; Direct and indirect export strategy; Firm efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:108:y:2020:i:c:p:324-336 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.10.074 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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