Factors Hindering Export Development in Africa: Empirical Evidence ...
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The result of this study is that sound export strategies (firms) and policies (governments) shouldconsider all the potential barriers identified from this research before an export venture can beundertaken. <strong>Export</strong> markets may provide many promis<strong>in</strong>g opportunities and prospects; however,the challenge is to engage <strong>in</strong> export activities while solv<strong>in</strong>g the major export barriers.REFERENCES1. Aharoni, Y. (1966). The Foreign Investment Decision Process. Boston, MA: HarvardGraduate School of Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Adm<strong>in</strong>istration, Division of Research.2. Andersson, S., Gabrielsson, J., Wictor, I. (2004). International activities <strong>in</strong> small firms:Exam<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g factors <strong>in</strong>fluenc<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>ternationalization and export growth of smallfirms, Canadian Journal of Adm<strong>in</strong>istrative Sciences, Vol. 21 No.1, pp.22-34.3. Bauerschmidt, A., Sullivan, D. and Gillespie, K. (1985) ‘Common <strong>Factors</strong> Underly<strong>in</strong>gBarriers to <strong>Export</strong>: A Comparative Study <strong>in</strong> the US Paper Industry’, Journal ofInternational Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Studies 16(3): 111–23.4. Bilkey, W. (1978), "An attempted <strong>in</strong>tegration of the literature on the export behavior offirms", Journal of International Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Studies, Vol. 9 pp.33-46.5. Bilkey, W. J. and Tesar, G. (1977) ‘The <strong>Export</strong> Behavior of Smaller-sized Wiscons<strong>in</strong>Manufactur<strong>in</strong>g Firms’, Journal of International Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Studies 8(1): 93–8.6. Bitner, M., Nyquist, J., Booms, B. (1985), "The critical <strong>in</strong>cident as a technique for analyz<strong>in</strong>gthe service encounter", <strong>in</strong> Bloch, T., Uptah, G., Zeithaml, V. (Eds), ServiceMarket<strong>in</strong>g for a Chang<strong>in</strong>g Environment, AMA, Chicago, IL, pp.48-51.7. Cavusgil, S.T. (1990), "On the <strong>in</strong>ternationalization process of firms", European Research,Vol. 8 No. 6, November, pp. 273-80.8. Central Intelligence Agency (2006), The World Factbook, available at:www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/vm.html.9. Jaffe, E.D. and Pasternak, H. (1994, "An attitud<strong>in</strong>al model to determ<strong>in</strong>e the export <strong>in</strong>tentionof non-export<strong>in</strong>g small manufacturers", International Market<strong>in</strong>g Review, Vol. 11No. 3, pp. 17-32.10. Johanson, J. and Vahle, J. (1990), “The Mechanism of Internationalization," InternationalMarket<strong>in</strong>g Review, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 11-24.11. Karafakioglu, M. (1986) ‘<strong>Export</strong> Activities of Turkish Manufacturers’, InternationalMarket<strong>in</strong>g Review 3(4): 34–43.12. Kaynak, E., Ghauri, P. N. and Olofsson-Bredenlöw, T. (1987) ‘<strong>Export</strong> Behavior of SmallSwedish Firms’, Journal of Small Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Management 25(2): 26–32.
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