The effects of institutions, innovation and business strategy on indigenous Ghanaian firms’ degree of internationalisation: determining the symbiotic relationships. Imiphumela yesikhungo, ubuhlakani kanye neqhinga lebhizinisi kumafemu omdabu aseGhana nezinga lomhlaba. Isinqumo sobudlelwano obuvuna nhlangothi zonke.
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2021
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Studies involving indigenous firms’ international operations, the role of institutions and
symbiotic relationships in export activities in developing economies, particularly in the Sub-
Saharan African countries, are underexplored in the extant literature, which, however, takes
a normally developed country perspective. The general discourse in the literature is the
crucial role the external environment plays in firms’ international operations. This study
examines how the relationship between government financial and non-financial support and
its associated effect on innovation and strategic alliances enhances the foreign market
operations of indigenous internationalising firms in the non-traditional crops industries in
Ghana. In addition, the study examined the synergistic influence of symbiotic relationships
in moderating the association between innovation, strategic alliances and the degree of
internationalisation.
Drawing on an institutional-based view and using a mixed-method approach (quantitative
and qualitative), the study develops a complex model using survey data from 301 indigenous
Ghanaian exporters. Data were explored using structural equation modelling and content
analysis. The findings from the thesis show and confirm that formal institutional dimensions
(government financial and non-financial) have a significant positive (direct and indirect)
effect on firms' internationalisation. In addition, the symbiotic relationship was found to have
a direct effect on internationalisation and a strong moderating impact on innovation and
business strategy, while informal institutional dimensions revealed varied direct and
mediating effects on internationalisation. The study builds strong arguments for institutional
theory, resource dependency theory and symbiotic relationships. In addition, this study's
findings contribute to the international entrepreneurship theory by explaining the mediating
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(innovation and strategic alliance) and moderating (symbiotic relationship) role in a
developing market like Ghana. This study's originality lies in its use of a rigorous analytical
tool, the SEM method, to validate a complex mediated-moderated conceptual framework on
indigenous firms internationalisation. The thesis recommends an extensive collaborative
relationship with government; family and friends; experienced exporters; successful
importers and local firms to establish comprehensive symbiosis factors to reinforce the
association of innovation and DOI, and business strategy and DOI. İn addition, the study
recommends an implementation of single corridor method of export for the non-traditionaly
crops. Such implementation of a single corridor method will help control pricing and
volumes of export products to the international market and thereby avoid spoilage of
products and goods. Lastly, the thesis suggests that government should consider increasing
exporters’ capacity and capabilities to spur innovation and improve the degree of
internationalisation. Iqoqa
Izinga lomhlaba lifuna ubudlelwano obukhombisa ukusizana phakathi kombusi, noncithisano, kanye nokomhlaba noma ingede ezothuthukisa ngokufanele, ukwazi, nobuncintiswano kanye nokwandisa okwenzekayo emhlabeni. Lolu cwaningo luhlola ukulamula okuneqhinga kobudlelwano phakathi kukahulumeni nezinga lomhlaba ezinkampanini ezizimele. Okufundwayo kwabe kuwukuhlola ulwazi oluqoqiwe kubahwebi abangumsinsi abangama-301, abatholakale engosini yaseGhana Export and Promotion Authority database.
Ukuthembeka kanye nobuqiniso bolwazi kwavivinywa kusetshenziswa uhlelo oluqinisekisa imbangela sakuhlaziya, uhlaka lokulinganisa isilinganiso sokuhlaziya, lwahamba lusebenzisa, i-Amosv23. Okufundwayo kwaphetha ngokuthi kokubili ukusekelwa ngezimali noma ngokunye uhulumeni kwaba nokubaluleka okusezingeni eliphezulu. Lobu budlelwano balanyulwa ngokuvunwa iqhinga lokuhlanganyela. Okufundwayo kwakusasa kungahlola ubudlelwano obufanayo, kodwa bubuke ngale kokusekelwa nguhulumeni, izimboni zomdabu kanye nesifundo somhlaba esifaka nezinye izikhungo eziqhamuka ngaphandle ezinezithako ezifana nezimbangela ezinobunhlasiko.
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Doctoral Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.