Export propensity, export intensity and firm performance: The role of the entrepreneurial founding team

• Published in: Journal of international business studies Vol. 43; no. 8; pp. 693 - 718
• Main Authors: Ganotakis, Panagiotis, Love, James H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Palgrave Macmillan 01.10.2012; Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Subjects: Business and Management; Business innovation; Business Strategy/Leadership; Business structures; Education; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Evidence; Export-oriented industry; Exports; Globalization; Human capital; Hypothesis; International Business; Management; Organization; Productivity; R&D; Research & development; Small & medium sized enterprises-SME; Small businesses; Startups; Studies; Technical education; Technological innovation; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; human capital; entrepreneurial founding team; exporting; export intensity; productivity

We investigate how the characteristics and experience of the entrepreneurial founding team (EFT) affect the export orientation and subsequent performance of the businesses they establish, while allowing for the mutually reinforcing relationship between exporting and productivity. Using a sample of U...