Entrepreneurial orientation, commitment to the Internet and export performance in small and medium sized exporting firms

Rasha Mostafa, Colin Wheeler () and Marian Jones

Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2005, vol. 3, issue 4, 302 pages

Abstract: This paper investigates links between entrepreneurial orientation, commitment to the Internet and export performance in small and medium sized firms. The central argument is that entrepreneurs are more likely to use the Internet to develop export market opportunities, and to have better export performance than less entrepreneurial firms. In testing this proposition, a measure of ‘commitment to the Internet’ was developed and used in a mail survey of UK exporters. The results show that firms with high entrepreneurial orientation are more committed to the Internet and have better export performance than firms with low entrepreneurial orientation. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 2005

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; The Internet; Export performance; SMEs; UK (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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