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The Export Competitiveness Of Social Economy Enterprises. The Case Of Southern Spain

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  • PEREZ-SUAREZ, M.
  • BELDA ALVAREZ, J.I.

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This work was performed in order to quantify the export competitiveness of internationalised Social Economy enterprises. To achieve this objective, we have quantified the strengths and weaknesses of the sector and first applied Rasch’s logistic model to measure the latent variable called export competitiveness. This is defined by the following items: size, cooperation, number of target markets, competitive advantages, years abroad and percentage of sales abroad. The article presents empirical evidence of 121 Andalusian Social Economy enterprises. The results show the export competitiveness of social enterprises reflected in a standard type of organisation with identified strengths: number of destination markets and competitive advantages.

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  • Perez-Suarez, M. & Belda Alvarez, J.I., 2019. "The Export Competitiveness Of Social Economy Enterprises. The Case Of Southern Spain," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 19(2), pages 57-74.
    • Handle: RePEc:eaa:aeinde:v:19:y:2019:i:2_4
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    Keywords

    Competitiveness; Strengths; Internationalisation; Social Enterprises.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
    • M16 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - International Business Administration
    • P13 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Cooperative Enterprises

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