Home country institutional context and firms' international performance: a study of SMES in Malaysia

Previous research has mainly focused on the impact of host country institutional context on foreign entrants and yet with the rise of outward internationalization of firms from emerging and developing economies, the empirical findings are relatively scant. Drawing from the institutional perspective,...

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spelling my.ums.eprints.257222021-02-28T14:11:10Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25722/ Home country institutional context and firms' international performance: a study of SMES in Malaysia Chew, Tze Cheng HC Economic history and conditions HF Commerce Previous research has mainly focused on the impact of host country institutional context on foreign entrants and yet with the rise of outward internationalization of firms from emerging and developing economies, the empirical findings are relatively scant. Drawing from the institutional perspective, this study intends to examine the home country's institutional context for encouraging international business activities and performance. Specifically, the study proposes that a supportive home country institutional context will lead to greater outward internationalization and performance of local firms. These predictions are tested on a sample of 203 international SMEs located in Malaysia. The analysis shows that a supportive home country institutional context in terms of regulatory, normative and cognitive dimensional affects significantly on SMEs’ international performance. Significant practical implications are derived accordingly for business practitioners and policymakers to promote SMEs' international business development and growth. 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25722/1/Home%20country%20institutional%20context%20and%20firms%27%20international%E2%80%82performance.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25722/2/Home%20country%20institutional%20context%20and%20firms%27%20international%E2%80%82performance1.pdf Chew, Tze Cheng (2020) Home country institutional context and firms' international performance: a study of SMES in Malaysia. Sci.Int.(Lahore), 32 (2). pp. 169-173. ISSN 1013-5316
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Home country institutional context and firms' international performance: a study of SMES in Malaysia
description Previous research has mainly focused on the impact of host country institutional context on foreign entrants and yet with the rise of outward internationalization of firms from emerging and developing economies, the empirical findings are relatively scant. Drawing from the institutional perspective, this study intends to examine the home country's institutional context for encouraging international business activities and performance. Specifically, the study proposes that a supportive home country institutional context will lead to greater outward internationalization and performance of local firms. These predictions are tested on a sample of 203 international SMEs located in Malaysia. The analysis shows that a supportive home country institutional context in terms of regulatory, normative and cognitive dimensional affects significantly on SMEs’ international performance. Significant practical implications are derived accordingly for business practitioners and policymakers to promote SMEs' international business development and growth.
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title Home country institutional context and firms' international performance: a study of SMES in Malaysia
title_short Home country institutional context and firms' international performance: a study of SMES in Malaysia
title_full Home country institutional context and firms' international performance: a study of SMES in Malaysia
title_fullStr Home country institutional context and firms' international performance: a study of SMES in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Home country institutional context and firms' international performance: a study of SMES in Malaysia
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