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The effect of government support on bureaucracy, COVID-19 resilience and export intensity: Evidence from North Africa.

Onjewu, Adah-Kole Emmanuel, Olan, Femi, Nyuur, Richard Benon-Be-Isan, Paul, Salima, Nguyen, Ha Thanh Truc (2023) The effect of government support on bureaucracy, COVID-19 resilience and export intensity: Evidence from North Africa. Journal of business research, 156 . Article Number 113468. ISSN 0148-2963. (doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113468) (KAR id:99077)

Abstract

The literature on the imperativeness of government support for firm survival since the onset of COVID-19 is vast, but scholars have scarcely considered the impact of such assistance on managers' time, nor the extent to which support measures induce resilience and export activity. Accordingly, this study assesses the impact of government support on (1) bureaucracy and (2) resilience using data from 535 Moroccan SMEs. It further evaluates the influence of resilience on direct versus indirect exports, and espouses the institutional voids, resource-based and strategy-creation view to explain the associations through a contingency lens. The results demonstrate that (1) government support increases bureaucracy which, (2) surprisingly triggers and enhances resilience. Furthermore, (3) resilience has a positive impact on direct exports but (4) adversely affects indirect exports. Theoretically, the findings acquiesce extant calls for measurement specificity in export performance. Practically, stakeholders' attention is drawn to the value of managers' time well spent.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113468
Uncontrolled keywords: Indirect Exports, Government Support, Direct Exports, Morocco, Resilience, Bureaucracy
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and International Business
SWORD Depositor: JISC Publications Router
Depositing User: JISC Publications Router
Date Deposited: 13 Feb 2023 15:44 UTC
Last Modified: 10 Jul 2023 15:23 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/99077 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Nguyen, Ha Thanh Truc.

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