Perceived corruption, business process digitization, and SMEs’ degree of internationalization in sub-Saharan Africa

•Perceived corruption and business process digitization examined.•Perceived corruption in home country investigated.•The degree of SMEs’ internationalization explored.•Developing countries’ perspective offered. This paper contributes to international business literature by investigating the relation...

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Published in:Journal of business research Vol. 123; pp. 196 - 207
Main Authors: Adomako, Samuel, Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph, Tarba, Shlomo Y., Khan, Zaheer
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Inc 01.02.2021
Elsevier B.V
Subjects:
Africa
Analysis
Business process digitization
Business schools
Corruption
Degree of internationalization
Developing countries
Digitization
Globalization
Small and medium sized companies
SMEs
Business process digitization
Developing countries
Corruption
SMEs
Africa
Degree of internationalization
ISSN:0148-2963, 1873-7978
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Summary:•Perceived corruption and business process digitization examined.•Perceived corruption in home country investigated.•The degree of SMEs’ internationalization explored.•Developing countries’ perspective offered. This paper contributes to international business literature by investigating the relationship between perceived corruption and the degree of internationalization (DoI) through business process digitization (BPD). Moreover, the paper examines the moderating effect of firm age on the correlation between perceived corruption and BPD. Using data collected from two sub-Saharan African countries—Ghana and Nigeria, the findings show that perceived corruption is positively correlated to BPD and this correlation is stronger among younger firms. Besides, the findings reveal that BPD is positively correlated to DoI. Moreover, the results of our analysis also indicate that BPD mediates the correlation between perceived corruption and DoI. The limitations of the study and the implications of its findings for researchers and practitioners are discussed.
ISSN:0148-2963
1873-7978
DOI:10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.09.065