RT Journal Article
T1 Intangible resources, export channel and performance: is there any fit?
A1 Fernández Olmos, Marta
A1 Díez Vial, Isabel
AB As the resource-based view suggests, firms choose their export channel on the basis of their internal pool of resources. Following this approach, we firstly hypothesize that firms with intangible resources will establish direct export channels to better exploit, protect and develop their firm-specific resources. Secondly, we propose that firms that establish their export channel on the basis of their internal resources outperform those firms that do not. To obtain empirical evidence we used a Heckman two-step model for the DOC Rioja wine industry. The results confirm that firms improve their export performance when jointly considering internal resources and the export channel. Also, human resources are the most relevant intangible resources in our model. This paper contributes by offering empirical evidence on the exporting channel strategies chosen by Spanish wineries. This paper makes a theoretical contribution by examining the performance consequences of following the RBV approach. Likewise, it has important practical implications for managers, who can improve their firm’s export performance by assessing their internal resources before considering which export channel to choose.
PB North-German Academy of Informatology
SN 2029-4433
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34196
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34196
LA eng
NO This project has been supported by the ECO2009-09623 and ECO2011-29445 projects (Ministry of Science and Innovation, National R&D Plan – Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Plan Nacional de I + D + i), the CREVALOR group from University of Zaragoza and CR35/10-A UCM from Complutense University of Madrid.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
NO Universidad de Zaragoza
DS Docta Complutense
RD 22 abr 2025