Government support, strategic alliance and internationalization: Evidence from indigenous Ghanaian exporters
Government support, strategic alliance and internationalization: Evidence from indigenous Ghanaian exporters
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2022-02-15
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Takyi, Lydia Nyankom
Naidoo, Vannie
Dogbe, Courage Simon Kof
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Journal of International Entrepreneurship
Abstract
The degree of internationalization requires a symbiotic relationship between, the
state, competitor (as a domestic interfrm alliance) and international/foreign part ner or agent to develop efciency, competency, competitiveness and increase in
international operations. This present study therefore assessed the mediating role
of strategic alliance in the relationship between government support (fnancial and
non-fnancial) and the degree of internationalization of indigenous frms. The study
was a survey, with data gathered from 301 indigenous exporters, identifed from the
Ghana Export and Promotion Authority database. The reliability and validity of the
data were tested using confrmatory factor analysis, with structural equation model ling as the main means of analysis, run using Amos v.23. The study concluded that
both fnancial and non-fnancial government support had a signifcant positive efect
on the degree of internationalization. These relationships were, however, partially
mediated by the strategic alliance. Future studies could explore the same relation ships, but looking beyond the government support, indigenous frms and the study
of internationalization to include other external institutional elements such as socio cultural factors
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Takyi, L. N., Naidoo, V., & Dogbe, C. S. K. (2022). Government support, strategic alliance and internationalization: Evidence from indigenous Ghanaian exporters. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 20(4), 619-638.