EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON EXPORT PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM INTERNATIONAL FIRMS IN GAZIANTEP PROVINCE

Year 2025, Volume: 27 Issue: 49, 663 - 684, 29.08.2025

Ömer Doru , İslam Altun , Gazi Kurnaz

https://doi.org/10.18493/kmusekad.1496886

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the relationship between the international entrepreneurship (IE) and export performance (EP) of businesses in Gaziantep province. For this aim, data were gathered from companies operating in different sectors in Gaziantep province using convenience sampling method from non-random methods. 263 valid questionnaires were used in the analysis. The data obtained in the study were analyzed using the techniques of the structural equation model. Research shows that IE has a positive and significant effect on EP. In addition, there is a positive relationship between export performance and the sub-dimensions of "international entrepreneurship", "international market orientation", "international learning orientation", "international motivation" and "international network (cooperation) orientation with competitors and non-competitors".

Keywords

International Entrepreneurship , Export Performance , Turkish Firms

ULUSLARARASI GİRİŞİMCİLİĞİN İHRACAT PERFORMANSI ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİNİN İNCELENMESİ: GAZİANTEP İLİNDEKİ ULUSLARARASI FİRMALARDAN KANITLAR

Abstract

Bu çalışmada amaç, Gaziantep ilinde ihracat faaliyetinde bulunan işletmelerin uluslararası girişimcilik eğilimi ile ihracat performansları arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektir. Bu amaç kapsamında Gaziantep ilinde farklı sektörde faaliyette bulunan firmalardan tesadüfi olmayan yöntemlerden kolayda örneklem yöntemiyle veriler toplanmıştır. Geçerli olan 263 anket formu analizlerde kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada elde edilen veriler, yapısal eşitlik modellemesi teknikleri ile analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma uluslararası girişimciliğin ihracat performansını pozitif yönde ve anlamlı etkilediğini göstermektedir. Ayrıca, uluslararası girişimciliğin “uluslararası girişimcilik yönelimi”, “uluslararası pazar yönelimi”, “uluslararası öğrenme yönelimi”, “uluslararası isteklendirme” ve “rakip olanlarla ve olmayanlarla uluslararası ağ (işbirliği) yönelimi” alt boyutları ile ihracat performansı arasında da pozitif yönde bir ilişki olduğu anlaşılmıştır.

Keywords

Uluslararası Girişimcilik , İhracat Performansı , Türk Firmaları

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