One of the goals of the government is to increase the competitiveness of domestic firms to export goods and services. Moreover, the role of exports in many economic sectors has been emphasized. There are two essential requirements for developing non-oil exports: first, the presence of firms in export markets and increasing their competitiveness; second, the survival of them in international mar...

The Indian footwear industry has developed substantial links in the global production network. But, this industry is still dominated by firms that cater largely to the domestic market through the artisanal production system. Specific footwear centres and sections of firms in traditional footwear clusters have established strong relations with the export market. Still, there are only few firms (...

nowadays, the pioneer companies are trying to increase their profitability through satisfying the needs of their customers by using the best possible way. therefore, market orientation strategy is considered to be the key to organizational success. market orientation is a major issue in management of the market and potential customers and with its positive relation with the business performance...

The present research carried out to study the relationship of market orientation and innovation and their effect on entrepreneurship and value creation for customers. To do so, as the sample was unlimited, 241 active companies in agriculture and food industry were selected as the samples by random sampling method. Via standard questionnaire, we gathered data on managers and senior experts' opin...

This paper reports research on two export networks, Walkshoes and Ivory Trade , that were financially supported by the Portuguese Business Network Program. This paper attempts to describe the use of export networks as a viable internationalization strategy for Portuguese SMEs, and to identify the principal factors that influenced the establishment and development of those export networks. The r...