... Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only SMEs Networks Internationalisation Barriers Institutional voids Systematic review In recent decades, the institutional theory has risen to prominence as a popular and powerful explanation...

... to have a major role in defining export performance (Aaby and Slater, 1989; Zou and Stan, 1998). Yet, the relationship between perceived obstacles and export performance showed contradictory results. In fact, empirical studies during the 1980s indicated that the perception of trade barriers tended...

... that the increasing competitive pressures in the world market constituted the most severe impediment to the export initiation process. A number of organizational determinants exhibited a discriminating effect on certain export barriers. Specifically, there was a tendency by firms with no prior export experience...