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What is Absorptive Capabilities

Chapter 13
Handbook of Research on Corporate Restructuring and Globalization
Firm’s ability to identify, assimilate, and exploit new knowledge.
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Export Performance: Exploring the Linkage With Absorptive Capabilities
Orlando Lima Rua (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8906-8.ch013
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the influence of absorptive capabilities on export performance. The author uses a quantitative research approach by conducting a study based on a survey data from 247 Portuguese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the textile industry. Findings suggest that absorptive capabilities have a positive and significant influence on export performance. This chapter presents further evidences of the strategies that SMEs managers should pursue and policy makers should promote. This study deepens our understanding and provides novel insights into strategic management literature, since it combines multiple factors and has obtained the importance of each construct in SMEs business growth.
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