How do SMEs from different countries perceive export impediments depending on their firm-level characteristics? System approach

IF 7.6 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Oeconomia Copernicana Pub Date : 2022-03-30 DOI:10.24136/oc.2022.002

M. Civelek, V. Krajčík

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Research background: The differences in the legal structures, tax rates, and cultural-linguistic issues of various countries have always been a significant concern for SMEs in their exporting activities and internationalization processes. However, since firm-level characteristics might provide some advantages or disadvantages in their operations, their perceptions of export impediments might vary across size, age, and sector groups. Purpose of the article: This paper investigates the perceptions of export impediments by 408 larger-smaller, older-younger, and manufacturing-nonmanufacturing Czech, Slovakian and Hungarian SMEs in a country-based perspective. Methods: The researchers use the random sampling method to create research samples and employ an internet-mediated questionnaire to collect the research data. The researchers use both Independent Sample T-test and ANOVA analyses to find differences between size, age, and sector groups. Findings & value added: While the differences exist between the perceptions of Slovakian larger-smaller and manufacturing-nonmanufacturing SMEs regarding cultural differences, the perceptions of legal and tax-related export impediments by SMEs do not differ depending on their age, size, and sector. This paper contributes to the literature by confirming various perceptions of SMEs in different countries and different characteristics regarding export obstacles and providing an entity-specific and international scope that policymakers and SMEs can benefit from. Awareness of the policymakers regarding the results of this paper that includes differences and similarities in SMEs? perceptions of export barriers might make them have close interactions with SMEs to reduce SMEs? concerns regarding their export risks. On the other hand, SMEs that are aware of the results of this paper can be more interested in having a broader network that includes close relationships not only with intermediary firms, but also with governments to overcome the export impediments.

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不同国家的中小企业如何根据其企业层面的特点来看待出口障碍？系统方法

研究背景：各国法律结构、税率和文化语言问题的差异一直是中小企业在出口活动和国际化过程中关注的重要问题。然而，由于企业层面的特征可能会在其经营中带来一些优势或劣势，他们对出口障碍的看法可能因规模、年龄和行业群体而异。文章的目的：本文从国家的角度调查了408家规模较大、年龄较大、年龄较小、制造业非制造业的捷克、斯洛伐克和匈牙利中小企业对出口障碍的看法。方法：研究人员采用随机抽样的方法创建研究样本，并采用网络中介问卷收集研究数据。研究人员使用独立样本T检验和方差分析来发现规模、年龄和部门组之间的差异。调查结果和附加值：虽然斯洛伐克大型、小型和制造业非制造业中小企业对文化差异的看法存在差异，但中小企业对法律和税收相关出口障碍的看法并不因年龄、规模和行业而异。本文通过确认不同国家中小企业对出口障碍的不同看法和不同特征，为文献做出了贡献，并提供了决策者和中小企业可以从中受益的特定实体和国际范围。决策者对本文结果的认识，包括中小企业的差异和相似性？对出口壁垒的认知可能会使它们与中小企业密切互动，以减少中小企业数量？对其出口风险的担忧。另一方面，了解本文结果的中小企业可能更感兴趣的是建立一个更广泛的网络，其中不仅包括与中介公司的密切关系，还包括与政府的密切关系以克服出口障碍。

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Oeconomia Copernicana ECONOMICS-

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13.70

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5.90%

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24 weeks

期刊介绍： The Oeconomia Copernicana is an academic quarterly journal aimed at academicians, economic policymakers, and students studying finance, accounting, management, and economics. It publishes academic articles on contemporary issues in economics, finance, banking, accounting, and management from various research perspectives. The journal's mission is to publish advanced theoretical and empirical research that contributes to the development of these disciplines and has practical relevance. The journal encourages the use of various research methods, including falsification of conventional understanding, theory building through inductive or qualitative research, first empirical testing of theories, meta-analysis with theoretical implications, constructive replication, and a combination of qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory, and meta-analytic approaches. While the journal prioritizes comprehensive manuscripts that include methodological-based theoretical and empirical research with implications for policymaking, it also welcomes submissions focused solely on theory or methodology.