TY - BOOK ID - 14302265 TI - Export assistance : the way back and forward : an empirical investigation into developing country 'born globals' AU - Faroque, Anisur R. AU - Takahashi, Yoshi. PY - 2012 SN - 1461412951 9786613353825 1283353822 146141296X PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Export subsidies -- Developing countries. KW - Exports -- Developing countries. KW - Foreign trade promotion -- Developing countries. KW - Foreign trade promotion KW - Development economics KW - Economic policy KW - International economic relations KW - Exports KW - Management science KW - Commerce KW - Business & Economics KW - International Commerce KW - Exports. KW - Management science. KW - Quantitative business analysis KW - International economics. KW - Economic policy. KW - Development economics. KW - Economics. KW - International Economics. KW - Economic Policy. KW - Development Economics. KW - Management KW - Problem solving KW - Operations research KW - Statistical decision KW - International trade KW - Economics KW - Economic development KW - Economic nationalism KW - Economic planning KW - National planning KW - State planning KW - Planning KW - National security KW - Social policy KW - Economic policy, Foreign KW - Economic relations, Foreign KW - Economics, International KW - Foreign economic policy KW - Foreign economic relations KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International economic policy KW - International economics KW - New international economic order KW - International relations KW - Economic sanctions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14302265 AB - “Born global” (BG) firms have attracted many researchers throughout the last decade. The emergence of this phenomenon initially posed a serious challenge to the validity and applicability of the traditional “stage” theory of internationalization; however, scholars have more recently been able to reconcile traditional and new theories into a single framework for studying the process of internationalization.  This volume applies both network theory and knowledge-based theory to analyze export assistance in the context of internationalization of low-tech BG firms in developing countries (with an in-depth study of the apparel industry in Bangladesh).    The findings that non-governmental network partners provide more useful advice than government agencies is one that may resonate through other countries, including developed economies.  Government’s more useful role is confined to the financial support and incentives that are provided to such firms.  It is, however, the commitment to exporting that emerges as critical for performance, more so than export strategy, suggesting that enhanced export performance is to attract, reassure and motivate entrepreneurs in ways that strengthen their commitment to international expansion. . ER -