Factors Influencing the Export Commitment of SMEs: Algerian Case
This chapter aims to analyse the main factors influencing the export engagement of Algerian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by relying on data from a survey of 43 exporting companies. To achieve this, we favoured an exploratory study based on pr
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Introduction
For many authors, quality research in developing countries is difficult to achieve (Daoud 2010; Haddoud et al. 2019). Indeed, researching SME exporters in a country like Algeria, where information is a major barrier, represents a real challenge for researchers. The analysis of the different dimensions of Algerian export SMEs, namely, characteristics such as the commitment to export or their performance, is made difficult due to lack of information and availability of reliable data (Kadi 2019). In Algeria, although the economy is dominated by 97% of SMEs, their participation in non-hydrocarbon exports remains marginal. In this sense, based on the statistics of the National Agency for Promotion of Foreign Trade and those of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of 2018, the Algerian economy has nearly 800 SME exporters concentrated mainly in the petrochemicals, agri-food and agriculture sectors. These Algerian export companies regularly encounter difficulties. Moreover, the M. Kadi (*) Centre for Research in Applied Economics for Development (CREAD), Algiers, Algeria © The Author(s) 2021 S. M. Apitsa, E. Milliot (eds.), Doing Business in Africa, Palgrave Studies of Internationalization in Emerging Markets, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50739-8_4
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scarcity of theoretical and empirical work on the theme of the internationalisation of SMEs in developing countries, especially in Algeria, makes any attempt to identify the factors of commitment and success of these companies with regard to export difficult. This research sheds light on this theme in a developing country like Algeria. As part of this work, what are the factors influencing the engagement of Algerian exporting SMEs? Our objective in this chapter is to identify and analyse the factors influencing the engagement of Algerian SMEs in export. To achieve this, we have structured our chapter into four parts. The first one is dedicated to state-of-the-art concepts with regard to SMEs’ exports. The second part is dedicated to the research methodology. The third part is devoted to the main results obtained. The last part is devoted to the examination of the main results obtained, the discussion as well as the main scientific and managerial implications expected.
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xport for SMEs: Different Ways to Meet E Specific Needs
For Cavusgil (1980), going to foreign markets (export) is innovation. Large companies maintain research and development departments at great expense, while SMEs do not always have the financial and human resources. This search for international performance is then carried out through the learning of managers and/or executives belonging to the different departments of the exporting SMEs. The latter form of learning is particularly popular among SMEs (Julien et al. 1999). This adaptation in the strategy to conquer international markets allows the SMEs to maintain their specificity (Bayad and Nebenhaus 1994). This makes it possible to know under which conditions have the notion of the specificity of the SME been a
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