HOME COUNTRY INSTITUTIONS AND EXPORT PERFORMANCE: EMERGING ECONOMY SMES

Öz

This research examines the impact of different aspects of home country institutions on export performance of emerging economy SMEs. Specifically, this research explores the influence of developed regulatory institutions and political and legal institutional hardships on export performance of emerging economy SMEs. By focusing on two distinct aspects of institutions, this research differs from prior research that has focused on broad institutional constructs. This research draws its firm-level data from the 2009 and 2013 World Bank Enterprise Surveys. In total, this research has its dataset from 1359 SMEs from 27 Central Asia and Eastern Europe emerging economies to test its hypotheses. Logit and Tobit estimations are used to test its hypotheses. The findings suggest that developed regulatory institutions negatively influence export performance of emerging economy SMEs. The results also show that political and legal institutional hardships negatively affect export performance of such firms. These findings contribute to international business literature by showing the distinct impacts of different institutions on export performance.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Home country institutions
• export performance
• SMEs

KÖKEN ÜLKE KURUMLARI VE İHRACAT PERFORMANSI: GELİŞMEKTE OLAN ÜLKE KOBİ’LERİ

Öz

Bu araştırma, gelişmekte olan ülkelerdeki KOBİ’lerin ihracat performansı üzerinde köken ülke kurumlarının etkisini araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu araştırma özellikle, gelişmiş düzenleyici kurumların ve politik/yasal kurumsal zorlukların, gelişmekte olan ülkelerde faaliyet gösteren KOBİ’lerin ihracat performansı üzerindeki etkisini incelemektedir. Kurumların iki farklı yönüne odaklanan bu araştırma, tek bir kurumsal yapıya odaklanan önceki araştırmalardan farklılık göstermektedir. Çalışma firma düzeyindeki verilerini 2009 ve 2013 Dünya Bankası İşletme Anketlerinden almaktadır. Toplamda, 27 Orta Asya ve Doğu Avrupa ekonomisinden 1359 KOBİ firmasından toplanan anket verilerini kullanarak hipotezlerini test etmektedir. Veri seti Logit ve Tobit yöntemleri ile analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular, gelişmiş düzenleyici kurumların gelişmekte olan ülkelerdeki KOBİ’lerin ihracat performansını olumsuz yönde etkilediğini göstermektedir. Sonuçlar ayrıca politik ve yasal kurumsal zorlukların firmaların ihracat performansını olumsuz etkilediğini göstermektedir. Bu bulgular ışığında, farklı özelliklere sahip kurumların ihracat performansı üzerindeki farklı etkilerini göstererek uluslararası işletme literatürüne katkıda bulunulmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Köken ülke kurumları
• ihracat performansı
• KOBİ

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