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 Volume 6, Issue 2 (February 2019), Pages: 48-56

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 Review Paper

 Title: Managerial and firm characteristics: Do they have an impact on export performance?

 Author(s): Jayanty Kuppusamy *, R. N. Anantharaman

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Business, Multimedia University (Malacca Campus), Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama, 75450, Malacca, Malaysia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4782-9441

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2019.02.008

 Abstract:

Exporting enables firms to enter and expand their business internationally. Success in exporting is the goal of these firms. Although previous researchers have looked into managerial and firm characteristics as well as their influence on export performance, the results were mixed. In addition, most of the study has been conducted in the Western countries. The current research aims to fulfill these gaps. The objective of the study is to identify which managerial and firm characteristics have an impact on export performance. Exporting manufacturing firms have been selected as the unit of analysis. This is because the manufacturing industry plays a critical role in the Malaysian economy. The cross-sectional survey is used to collect the data and the respondents consist of executives of exporting firms. Questionnaires were sent to one thousand four hundred and thirty-nine firms and two hundred and twelve responded to the survey. Correlation analysis was used to identify the relationship between the factors tested. The results indicated that education level, size of firm and export experience of the firm has an impact on export performance. The findings provided critical input for export-related research, especially from a developing country. 

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 Keywords: Managerial characteristics, Firm characteristics, Export performance

 Article History: Received 6 August 2018, Received in revised form 15 December 2018, Accepted 17 December 2018

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 Conflict of interest:  The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Kuppusamy J and Anantharaman RN (2019). Managerial and firm characteristics: Do they have an impact on export performance?. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 6(2): 48-56

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