Government support, strategic alliance and internationalization: Evidence from indigenous Ghanaian exporters

Lydia Nyankom Takyi (), Vannie Naidoo () and Courage Simon Kofi Dogbe ()
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Lydia Nyankom Takyi: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Vannie Naidoo: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Courage Simon Kofi Dogbe: Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development

Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2022, vol. 20, issue 4, No 5, 619-638

Abstract: Abstract The degree of internationalization requires a symbiotic relationship between, the state, competitor (as a domestic interfirm alliance) and international/foreign partner or agent to develop efficiency, competency, competitiveness and increase in international operations. This present study therefore assessed the mediating role of strategic alliance in the relationship between government support (financial and non-financial) and the degree of internationalization of indigenous firms. The study was a survey, with data gathered from 301 indigenous exporters, identified from the Ghana Export and Promotion Authority database. The reliability and validity of the data were tested using confirmatory factor analysis, with structural equation modelling as the main means of analysis, run using Amos v.23. The study concluded that both financial and non-financial government support had a significant positive effect on the degree of internationalization. These relationships were, however, partially mediated by the strategic alliance. Future studies could explore the same relationships, but looking beyond the government support, indigenous firms and the study of internationalization to include other external institutional elements such as socio-cultural factors.

Keywords: Government financial support; Government non-financial support; Strategic alliance; International experience; Internationalization; SMEs; Soutien financier du gouvernement; Soutien non-financier du gouvernement; Pacte stratégique; les Expériences internationales (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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