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Taking a time-out from exporting: Implications for the likelihood of export re-entry and re-entry export performance

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Drawing from Organizational Learning Theory, we explain how the “time-out period” from exporting affects a) the likelihood of re-starting exporting and b) re-entry export performance. We also explain how foreign collaboration influences these two relationships. We show that the time-out period has an inverted U-shaped relationship with the likelihood of re-starting exporting, and a U-shaped relationship with re-entry export performance. Foreign collaboration enhances managerial confidence and thereby increases the likelihood of re-starting exporting during the earlier phases of the time-out period. It also enhances re-entry export performance by accelerating new knowledge accumulation in the later phases of the time-out period.

Source: Journal of World Business

DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2022.101349

Authors: Panagiotis Ganotakis, Palitha Konara, Mario Kafouros, James H. Love

Institutions: University of Liverpool, University of Sussex, University of Manchester, University of Leeds, University of Tartu

Language: English

Topic: International Business and FDI

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,010