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Are exporting manufacturing SMEs more efficient than non-exporting ones? Evidence from Australiaùs business longitudinal database

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  • Viet Le
  • Abbas Valadkhani

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This paper examines the efficiency performance of exporting versus non-exporting manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) using the Business Longitudinal Database compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the period 2005ó2006. The results from an analysis of 543 manufacturing SMEs indicate that overall manufacturing SMEs improved their technical efficiency levels over time, particularly the exporting ones nearly reaching 80%. Among firms of the same size and the same narrowly defined industry, we found that the non-exporting SMEs tended to have lower efficiency levels compared to their exporting counterparts. One may attribute these efficiency differences to the inclusion of more exporting firms in the database and/or the better use of production technology by exporting SMEs. This paper calls for a focus on improving SME efficiency performance as an effective way to enhance their success in global export markets by pursuing a number of initiatives/programs already implemented in other OECD countries.

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  • Viet Le & Abbas Valadkhani, 2014. "Are exporting manufacturing SMEs more efficient than non-exporting ones? Evidence from Australiaùs business longitudinal database," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 44(3), pages 310-317.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecanpo:v:44:y:2014:i:3:p:310-317
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    1. Edmund Mallinguh & Christopher Wasike & Zeman Zoltan, 2020. "Technology Acquisition and SMEs Performance, the Role of Innovation, Export and the Perception of Owner-Managers," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-19, October.
    2. Mara Madaleno & Celeste Amorim Varum & Isabel Horta, 2018. "SMEs Performance and Internationalization: A Traditional Industry Approach," Annals of Economics and Finance, Society for AEF, vol. 19(2), pages 605-624, November.
    3. N. Krasnopeeva & E. Nazrullaeva & A. Peresetsky & E. Shchetinin., 2016. "To export or not to export? The link between the exporter status of a firm and its technical efficiency in Russia’s manufacturing sector," VOPROSY ECONOMIKI, N.P. Redaktsiya zhurnala "Voprosy Economiki", vol. 7.
    4. Shafiullah, Muhammad & Selvanathan, Saroja & Naranpanawa, Athula, 2017. "The role of export composition in export-led growth in Australia and its regions," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 62-76.
    5. Gaganis, Chrysovalantis & Pasiouras, Fotios & Voulgari, Fotini, 2019. "Culture, business environment and SMEs' profitability: Evidence from European Countries," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 275-292.

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