An investigation of the challenges of internationalization on export performance of manufacturing SMEs: a survey of Lusaka province.
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description: Direct exports to international markets by manufacturing SMEs have been attributed to the challenges of internationalizing SMEs. Challenges of internationalization that act as barriers for internationalization. The study took a quantitative approach to understand the challenges of internationalization on the export performance of manufacturing SMEs. It also aimed at establishing which among the factors could be considered as the best predictor export performance of manufacturing SMEs. This design was carefully selected for the study because it aims to describe the phenomenon with higher statistical accuracy and precision. 92 manufacturing SMEs responded to the questionnaire after a stratified random sampling of the population. The data was analysed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Multiple Regression Analysis with the help of SSPS version 23.0. F – test (1,77) = 67.532 was significant at 0.05 level of significance. Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected and it was concluded that exogenous challenges negatively affect the export performance of manufacturing SMEs. the F-test (1,77) = 91.829 was significant at a 0.05 significance level. The null hypothesis was therefore rejected and it was concluded that government challenges negatively affect the export performance of manufacturing SMEs. The F – test result (1,77) = 45.348 in table 5.18 (b) was significant at a 0.05 significance level. Based on this, the null hypothesis was rejected and it was concluded that procedural challenges negatively affect the export performance of manufacturing SMEs. the F-test (1,77) = 31.725 was significant at a 0.05 level of significance. Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected and it was concluded that competition challenges negatively affect the export performance of manufacturing SMEs. competition challenges can not affect the export performance of manufacturing SMEs. Financial Challenges, according to the coefficient result, the export performance of manufacturing SMEs c…
abstract: Direct exports to international markets by manufacturing SMEs have been attributed to the challenges of internationalizing SMEs. Challenges of internationalization that act as barriers for internationalization. The study took a quantitative approach to understand the challenges of internationalization on the export performance of manufacturing SMEs. It also aimed at establishing which among the factors could be considered as the best predictor export performance of manufacturing SMEs. This design was carefully selected for the study because it aims to describe the phenomenon with higher statistical accuracy and precision. 92 manufacturing SMEs responded to the questionnaire after a stratified random sampling of the population. The data was analysed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Multiple Regression Analysis with the help of SSPS version 23.0. F – test (1,77) = 67.532 was significant at 0.05 level of significance. Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected and it was concluded that exogenous challenges negatively affect the export performance of manufacturing SMEs. the F-test (1,77) = 91.829 was significant at a 0.05 significance level. The null hypothesis was therefore rejected and it was concluded that government challenges negatively affect the export performance of manufacturing SMEs. The F – test result (1,77) = 45.348 in table 5.18 (b) was significant at a 0.05 significance level. Based on this, the null hypothesis was rejected and it was concluded that procedural challenges negatively affect the export performance of manufacturing SMEs. the F-test (1,77) = 31.725 was significant at a 0.05 level of significance. Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected and it was concluded that competition challenges negatively affect the export performance of manufacturing SMEs. competition challenges can not affect the export performance of manufacturing SMEs. Financial Challenges, according to the coefficient result, the export performance of manufacturing SMEs c…
author: Mwansa, Kelvin
language: en
date published: 2024
date modified: 2026-07-27T22:06:13Z
provider: University of Zambia
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: The University of Zambia