Exports during the pandemic: enhanced by digitalization

Ahmed Tolba; Esra Karadeniz; Fatima Boutaleb; Chafik Bouhaddioui; Ehud Menipaz; Fernando Pereira; Yolanda Bueno; Mohammed Alsaeed; Thomas Schøtt

doi:10.1080/13215906.2022.2141846

Exports during the pandemic: enhanced by digitalization

Ahmed Tolba, Esra Karadeniz, Fatima Boutaleb, Chafik Bouhaddioui, Ehud Menipaz, Fernando Pereira, Yolanda Bueno, Mohammed Alsaeed, Thomas Schøtt

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How are exports shaped by digitalization? Scholars debate a global digital divide that impacts internationalization. The pandemic disrupted exports, so the pandemic provides opportunity to examine digitalization as a tool for recovery of exports. Analysis of 47 sampled countries shows that wealth, especially in the West, facilitated early digitalization, but that other regions are catching up, externally enabled by resilience in the pandemic. Analysis of 7073 businesses sampled representatively in several countries shows that early digitalization and especially recent digitalization in businesses form capabilities promoting their exports. Findings contribute to accounting for eco-systemic embeddedness of digitalization shaping exporting.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	308-327
Number of pages	20
Journal	Small Enterprise Research
Volume	29
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13215906.2022.2141846
State	Published - 1 Jan 2022

Keywords

Digitalization
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
export
pandemic

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Business and International Management
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Development
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
Strategy and Management
Management of Technology and Innovation

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