How effective are government policy attempts to boost firm exports in the short-run? We
answer this question by conducting a review of 33 studies from 26 countries around the …

Export is an important component of national income. It is one of the main determinants of
the development level of countries. Both developed and developing countries formulate …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the differential effects of national export
promotion policies (EPPs) on firms' early internationalization using the institution-based view …

For small open economies, it is essential that many firms find their way to the export market
and most governments provide some form of export promotion assistance. We use detailed …

In the global recession of 2009, exports declined precipitously in many countries. We
illustrate with firm-level data for Belgium and Peru that the decline was very sudden and …

What drives small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to enter export markets? This study
introduces a configuration approach using a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to …

This paper investigates the impact of Export Promotion Programs (EPPs) in Lombardy—one
of the richest region in Italy and one of the four Motors of Europe—on the export …

Purpose Based on an institutional approach to explaining firms' internationalisation, this
paper aims to empirically investigate the role of Export Promotion Programmes (EPPs) in …

This study examines the influence of export promotion programs (EPPs) in Indonesia on
companies' resources, capabilities, strategies, and competitiveness, and whether such …

A growing literature aiming at explaining differences in productivity and access to global
export markets across firms has focused on the internal organization of firms. This paper …