The aim of the paper is the analysis of the relationship between the perception of the success factors in international collaborative relationships and firm’s international experience. The results of an empirical study on the sample of 278 Polish exporters and importers cooperating with partners from China and Germany are presented and both the differences in success factor perception depending on foreign partners’ home country, and the correlation of the perception of the success factors with the international experience of the firms are discussed. The study revealed that the firms working with partners in China have somewhat more international experience. The importance of the majority of the success factors in relationships with German partners did not differ significantly from those in collaboration with Chinese firms. However, some consequential differences were observed. Internationalization experience is not strongly related with the perception of international cooperation success factors.
The purpose of this paper is to identify the role that contemporary international fair conforms to the exhibitors and how Polish exporters perceive and utilize its informative role. International fairs are among the most complex and effective ways of prospecting foreign markets. Among the many advantages of participating in a specialized international fair, maintaining, updating, and intensifying relations with existing customers and distributors, and finding new customers are some of the key features. Furthermore, the participation itself is a perfect pretext for carrying out a market research, getting information about the competition, and testing the acceptance of a new or innovative product among visitors. The participation in an international fair can prove highly beneficial for the company. Nevertheless, it is usually a costly activity, and for this reason the selection from the multitude of fairs of the most relevant for the participating company is an action to be done wisely and bearing in mind several selection criteria. The results of a research conducted in Poland offers valuable insights into how Polish exporters perceive and utilize nonselling activities during the international fair including carrying out general market research and meeting existing and new customers and distributors.
The aim of the paper is to analyze the relationship between the perception of the barriers in establishing an international cooperation and information sources applied while looking for foreign partners. The paper presents the results of the study on 278 Polish exporters and importers cooperating with partners from China and Germany. The companies were divided in two clusters differing in the perception of the barriers in establishing the cooperation with partners from China and Germany. The analysis revealed that these clusters differ only to a modest extent regarding the information sources applied to find a foreign partner. However, significant differences regarding the way of verifying the partner’s reliability were shown. This effect did not depend on the partner’s country of origin.
PL
Celem artykułu jest analiza związku postrzegania barier w nawiązywaniu współpracy międzynarodowej oraz źródeł informacji wykorzystywanych podczas poszukiwania partnera zagranicznego. Zaprezentowano wyniki badania 278 polskich eksporterów i importerów współpracujących z partnerami z Chin i z Niemiec. Przedsiębiorstwa podzielono na dwa skupienia w zależności od postrzegania przez nie barier w nawiązywaniu współpracy z partnerami z Niemiec i z Chin. Analiza wykazała, że skupienia te w niewielkim stopniu różnią się między sobą jeśli chodzi o źródła informacji wykorzystywane podczas poszukiwania partnera zagranicznego, natomiast występują między nimi istotne różnice dotyczące sposobu weryfikacji wiarygodności potencjalnego partnera. Efekt ten występował niezależnie od kraju pochodzenia partnera.
Rynki zagraniczne stają się obecnie miejscem działania coraz większej liczby polskich przedsiębiorstw. Jednakże w związku z tym zwiększa się także konieczność zwracania uwagi na wiarygodność podmiotów zagranicznych funkcjonujących na tych rynkach. Rezultaty przeprowadzonych badań pokazują, że znaczny jest odsetek przedsiębiorstw polskich sprawdzających partnerów zagranicznych. Większość badanych eksporterów samodzielnie gromadzi informacje na temat podmiotów zagranicznych, głównie poprzez analizę danych dostępnych w Internecie. Mniejsza liczba firm korzysta z usług profesjonalnych instytucji, jakimi są wywiadownie gospodarcze.
EN
Foreign markets are becoming a place for business activity of increasing number of Polish companies. However, because of this, the need to pay attention to the credibility of foreign companies operating on these markets increases as well. The study’s results show that a high percentage of Polish companies check the foreign partners. Majority of the Polish exporters gather the information about foreign companies alone, primarily through the analysis of the data available in the internet. A smaller number of surveyed companies use the services of professional institutions.
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