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Firm size, technological capability, exports and economic performance: the case of electronics industry in Malaysia

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  • V. G. R. Chandran
  • Rajah Rasiah

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This paper examines the joint effects of technology and exports on the economic performances of electronics firms in Malaysia. The empirical results based on the Partial Least Square (PLS) estimate procedure show that technological capability plays a multiple role in that it influences both the exports and performance of a firm simultaneously. More importantly, we find evidence that exports act as a mediating variable between technological capability and firm performance. Size is found to influence all three: product capabilities, exports and firm performance but not process capabilities. This paper concludes that researchers, in future studies, need to examine the dynamism between size, technology, exports and performance.

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  • V. G. R. Chandran & Rajah Rasiah, 2013. "Firm size, technological capability, exports and economic performance: the case of electronics industry in Malaysia," Journal of Business Economics and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(4), pages 741-757, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jbemgt:v:14:y:2013:i:4:p:741-757
    DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2012.668860
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    1. Gitana Dudzeviciute & Agne Shimelyte & Jurate Antanaviciene, 2017. "Causal Nexus Between Export and Economic Growth in the European Union Countries," Montenegrin Journal of Economics, Economic Laboratory for Transition Research (ELIT), vol. 13(2), pages 107-120.
    2. Rasiah, Rajah & Shahrivar, Rafat Beigpoor & Yap, Xiao-Shan, 2016. "Institutional support, innovation capabilities and exports: Evidence from the semiconductor industry in Taiwan," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 69-75.
    3. Chen Wang & Lincoln C. Wood & Hamzah Abdul-Rahman & Han Biao Ng, 2017. "Triggering the internationalization of Malaysian quantity surveying firms," Service Business, Springer;Pan-Pacific Business Association, vol. 11(3), pages 631-663, September.
    4. Stavros Kourtzidis & Nickolaos G. Tzeremes, 2019. "Investigating the determinants of firm performance," European Journal of Management and Business Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 29(1), pages 3-22, June.
    5. repec:mje:mjejnl:v:12:y:2017:i:2:p:107-120 is not listed on IDEAS
    6. Figueiredo, Paulo N. & Cabral, Bernardo P. & Silva, Felipe Q., 2021. "Intricacies of firm-level innovation performance: An empirical analysis of latecomer process industries," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).

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