 Survival in the agri-food industry: internationalisation and manager gender in Spanish SMEsPablo Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, M. Dolores Guerrero-Baena and Mercedes Luque-Vílchez International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2021, vol. 44, issue 4, 359-385 Abstract: An analysis is presented of the survival patterns of both small and medium-sized firms in Spain, as well as the effects of the internationalisation of the firm and manager gender on firm survival. The study aims to shed some light from a gender perspective on the field of SME internationalisation and SME performance, examining the role of manager gender as a key determinant of business survival. The data comprise a sample of 5,095 agri-food SMEs. The Kaplan-Meier method is employed for a univariate analysis of survival, applying a linear regression for multivariate analysis. The results revealed that the SMEs were more likely to survive if internationalised and/or if their managers were women. The findings of this research may help provide a better understanding of the influence of manager gender on the internationalisation process of SMEs, which would assist policymakers in developing relevant and targeted export promotion policies and programmes. Keywords: firm survival; internationalisation; gender; agri-food industry; Kaplan-Meier; small and medium-sized enterprise; SME; Spain; manager gender; Cox-regression; multivariate analysis. (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:ids:ijesbu:v:44:y:2021:i:4:p:359-385 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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