How Small Is Too Small? Firm Size as a Barrier to Exporting from the United States*

By John D. Mittelstaedt, George N. Harben, W. Ward. 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management

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The Role of Systematic International Market Selection on Small Firms’ Export Performance (2005, background): “They include: firm size, international experience, dependence on exports, and adaptation of product for sale in foreign markets (Mittelstaedt, Harben, and Ward 2003; Calof 1994; Cavusgil and Zou 1994; Bonaccorsi 1992; Diamantopoulos and Inglis 1988; Cooper and Kleinschmidt 1985; Reid 1983).”
The Past and the Future of International Entrepreneurship: A Review and Suggestions for Developing the Field (2009, background): “…(2000) McDougall, Shane, and Oviatt (1994) McGaughey (2006) McGaughey (2007) Minguzzi and Passaro (2000) Mitchell, Smith, Seawright and Morse (2000) Mittelstaedt, Harben, and Ward (2003) Moini (1995) Moini (1998) Molero (1998) Moodley (2003) Mudambi and Zahra (2007) Mueller and Thomas (2000)…”
The internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises: the effect of family management, human capital and foreign ownership (2010, result): “size, as in other studies on SMEs (Dhanaraj and Beamish, 2003; Fernandez and Nieto, 2006; Mittelstaedt et al., 2003 ).”
Why Don't We Use the Same Export Barrier Measurement Scale? An Empirical Analysis in Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises (2010, background): “For small enterprises wishing to internationalize, the most common and most straightforward route is exporting (Mittelstaedt, Harben, and Ward 2003) since it offers greater flexibility of management actions, entails fewer business risks and requires fewer resources to be committed than other ways…”
Firm size, business experience and export intensity in SMEs: A longitudinal approach to complex relationships (2005, methodology): “Following the study of Mittelstaedt, Harben, and Ward (2003) who found that a minimum size that firms must achieve in order to export successfully exists, we also test a possible threshold effect in our sample through the insertion of a dummy variable for firms with less than 20 employees.”
Collaborate at Home to Win Abroad: How Does Access to Local Network Resources Influence Export Behavior? (2013, background): “Firm size and important explanatory variables for export behavior (Calof 1994; Bonaccorsi 1992; Mittelstaedt et al. 2003), were measured by the number of employees because turnover figures were not available for all firms.”