Small firm internationalisation and the objective characteristics of managers: An importer's relationship marketing perspective
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2015
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As a result of competitive pressures, firms are transitioning to international sourcing and initiating complex relationships with suppliers. Despite a lack of inward internationalisation research, there is progressive support for the importance of importing. Heavier focus has been placed on downstream efforts in past years, despite the fact that many factors affecting exporting also influence importing. For small and medium sized enterprises (SME), the psychic distance construct is especially important for internationalisation behaviour but there is little evidence on how perceptual psychic distance, that is the individual’s experiences, influences the buyer-seller relationship. This study draws on internationalisation process theory and commitment-trust theory, in an effort to describe the relationship between objective characteristics (i.e. language, cultural background, education and international experience) and relationship marketing (trust and commitment). The study utilises a holistic, multiple case study design to gain a deeper understanding of the inherent complexities of the relationships in dyads and how objective characteristics, which reduce psychic distance, can facilitate trust and commitment development between importers and exporters. |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/93146/3/93146.pdf Kauter, Dominic, Tan, Alvin, & Wickramasekera, Rumintha (2015) Small firm internationalisation and the objective characteristics of managers: An importer's relationship marketing perspective. In Academy of International Business Australia and New Zealand Chapter (AIB - ANZ) Annual Symposium, 20-21 November 2015, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld. (Unpublished) |
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Copyright 2015 The Author(s) |
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QUT Business School; School of Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations |
Palavras-Chave | #150308 International Business #Internationalisation #Psychic distance #Importing |
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Conference Paper |