The central issues with which this study is concerned revolve around the major determinants of agricultural export instability in Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined the relationship between oil export and the agricultural export performance in Nigeria. In trying to achieve this objective, an ordinary least square multiple regression approach was adopted for the data analysis. Some statis...

Using comparable plant-level surveys we demonstrate significant differences between the determinants of export performance among UK and German manufacturing plants. Innovation, however, measured has a strong and systematic effect on the probability and propensity to export in both countries. The scale of plants' innovation activity is positively related to export propensity in both countries. I...

The impact of relational variables on export performance is tested across two countries—the UK and Australia. The key drivers are shown to be two kinds of commitment: to the market (country), and to the relationship with the distributor, both of which begin with experiential data gathering, or social learning. The constructs are operationalised and tested with data from the early stages of expo...

Knowledge-based view (KBV) theory posits that the acquisition and use of relevant knowledge is key to understanding organizational performance. However, there is relatively little empirical evidence to support or refute several important propositions underlying KBV theory explanations of organizational performance. In particular, the extant literature has focused on individual technical and sci...