Enhancing Organizational Performance of International SMEs through Inter-Firm Marketing Collaborations
(2015) In Advances in International Marketing 26. p.109-133- Abstract
- Purpose
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of three key inter-firm orientations often regarded as central and challenging capabilities within the marketing literature namely (i) market orientation, (ii) entrepreneurial orientation and (iii) brand orientation and their effects on the business performance of a focal international SME.
Methodology/approach
The study is based upon a sample of 104 Swiss international firms and a questionnaire is used to capture their inter-firm marketing collaborations. Existing, well-established scales for market, brand, and entrepreneurial orientation were used and modified to capture the inter-firm dimension. The data was analysed using regression... (More) - Purpose
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of three key inter-firm orientations often regarded as central and challenging capabilities within the marketing literature namely (i) market orientation, (ii) entrepreneurial orientation and (iii) brand orientation and their effects on the business performance of a focal international SME.
Methodology/approach
The study is based upon a sample of 104 Swiss international firms and a questionnaire is used to capture their inter-firm marketing collaborations. Existing, well-established scales for market, brand, and entrepreneurial orientation were used and modified to capture the inter-firm dimension. The data was analysed using regression analysis.
Findings
Inter-firm market and entrepreneurial orientation have a significant positive influence of both market and financial performance. However, no significant impact was found for inter-firm brand orientation.
Originality/value
We show that collaboration within the marketing area is of critical importance for international SME in order to enhance their performance. Dealing with the increasing complexity and uncertainty in the global environment, we argue that international SMEs are especially dependent on improving their marketing collaborations in order to strengthen their competitive advantage. One main contribution is also to conceptualize and operationalize inter-firm marketing collaborations into a measurable empirical phenomenon, including scales that can also be used by other researchers in future studies. (Less)
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- author
- Tajeddini, Kayhan LU ; Elg, Ulf LU and Pervez N, Ghauri
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- international SMEs, brand orientation, entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation, Inter-firm collaboration
- categories
- Higher Education
- Popular Science
- host publication
- International Marketing in the Fast Changing World
- series title
- Advances in International Marketing
- editor
- Stöttinger, Barbara ; Schlegelmilch, Bodo B. and Zou, Shaoming
- volume
- 26
- pages
- 109 - 133
- publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84945263360
- wos:000371499700007
- ISSN
- 1474-7979
- ISBN
- 978-1-78560-233-7
- 978-1-78560-232-0
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 6f299bf7-4367-410f-beda-fdd0a7dcb66d (old id 8166908)
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- 2016-04-01 13:22:34
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author = {{Tajeddini, Kayhan and Elg, Ulf and Pervez N, Ghauri}},
booktitle = {{International Marketing in the Fast Changing World}},
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title = {{Enhancing Organizational Performance of International SMEs through Inter-Firm Marketing Collaborations}},
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