Purpose – This study seeks to examine the empirical link in export market ventures of the relationship between the internet (when it is used for communication, networking, market research, sales, image enhancement, cost reduction and competitive advantage purposes) and export marketing...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and justify a theoretical framework for analyzing the relationship between manufacturing strategy, business strategy, time-based manufacturing competence, capability and competitiveness and their impact on firm performance for firms operating...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to explore the incentives to export that Lebanese entrepreneurs face when engaging in international business. Design/methodology/approach – The study was based on an empirical investigation of the incentives to export that Lebanese firms face when...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact that various incentives to export have on the export marketing performance of Australian export market ventures. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on an empirical investigation of firms involved in exporting to...

Purpose – This article aims to analyze factors impacting international entrepreneurship in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – Interviews were conducted with 71 firms, both in the manufacturing sector and the service sector, across the 12 states of Malaysia. Findings – The interviews...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the relationship between time-based manufacturing competence (TBMC), time-based competitiveness, time-based manufacturing capability, and the performance of SMEs engaged in the steel minimill industry in the USA. Design/methodology/approach...

This article provides a review of Lebanese entrepreneurial business practices since the 1920s. The characteristics of Lebanese culture are covered with special reference to the value systems inherent within Lebanese management practices. The historical development of Lebanese business in the...

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) play a dominant role in emerging economies. However, most studies on buyer-seller relationship behaviour have focussed on the larger firms from developed countries with little attention being given to SMEs' import behaviour, especially those from...

Drawing on the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm this article examines relationships between knowledge, trust, communication, volatility and sustainable competitive advantage as the exogenous and endogenous variables with importer commitment as the dependent variable. The primary data was...