The Effect of Export Barriers on Perceived Export Performance in Libyan SMEs
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Muamer Azyadi, Çağın Erbek Alaybeyoğlu
Haliç University, Institute for Graduate Studies
The article focuses on the influence of export barriers on the perceived export performance of SMEs in Libya, a country with unstable political conditions, economic concentration, and weak institutions. Utilizing a descriptive–analytical approach, the research is based completely on secondary data and compiles evidence from peer-reviewed academic sources and reliable institutional ones such as the World Bank, WTO, UNCTAD, and the Libyan Export Promotion Center. The analysis employs the Resource-Based View, Institutional Theory, and Uppsala Internationalization Model as its theoretical basis which leads to an ordered judgment of how competencies and environmental conditions at the firm level work together to decide the outcome of the exports. Among various barriers, the study finds that those from within the company, i.e. limited financial resources, weak managerial capabilities, poor export planning, and low innovation capacity, turn out to be of a much greater extent than the negative impact of external barriers like bureaucratic inefficiencies, unstable regulations, and poor infrastructure. Further comparative evidence points to Libyan SMEs being the least developed in the area of export readiness and competitiveness among their regional counterparts. The research not only adds to the existing literature on export performance but also it does this by providing a detailed analysis of export barriers in a conflict-ridden, resource-dependent economy, and by confirming perceived export performance as an acceptable proxy in data-scarce situations. The implications for policy and management highlight that there is an urgent need for coordinated reforms combining the support of institutions, financial facilitation, and capacity building initiatives.
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