Paper Title :The Role of the Business Network on Internationalization Performance of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Turkish Furniture Industry

Author :Nida Platin, Goksel Ataman

Article Citation :Nida Platin ,Goksel Ataman , (2023 ) " The Role of the Business Network on Internationalization Performance of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Turkish Furniture Industry " , International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) , pp. 71-73, Volume-9,Issue-2

Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine the role of the sub-dimensions of business network on internationalization performance. Informations about demographic characteristics is also provided.The answers are obtained from a questionnaire which is applied to SMEs that manufacture and export and are also part of a business network in Turkish furniture industry. The research questionnaire consists of Business Network Scale (Gündoğdu, 2015) and the internationalization performance scale (Gündoğdu, 2015; Kurt,2016). In our study,the hypotheses were tested by analysing 160 valid questionnaire data by using SPSS.According to the results of the research, the strength of tie as the sub-dimension of the business network variable predicted the internationalization performance positively and significantly, while the structure of the network and the contribution of the network did not have a significant effect on the internationalization performance. Keywords - Business Network, Internationalization Performance, SMEs

Type : Research paper

Published : Volume-9,Issue-2

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