Title: Export performance in Spanish wineries: the role of human capital and quality management system

Authors: José López-Rodríguez; Domingo Calvo Dopico; Angel María Del Castillo Puente

Addresses: Jean Monnet Group of Competitiveness and Regional Development, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of A Coruña, Campus de Elviña, 15.071 A Coruña, Spain ' Jean Monnet Group of Competitiveness and Regional Development, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of A Coruña, Campus de Elviña, 15.071 A Coruña, Spain ' IE Business School, Calle de María de Molina, 11, 28006 Madrid, Spain

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to research the effect of human capital and Quality Management System (QMS) on the export performance of wine firms. The empirical analysis is carried out using data from a sample of Spanish wineries and performing Tobit regression models. In relation to human capital, the results show that only the specific human capital is associated with superior export performance of wineries whereas the general human capital, although it has a positive coefficient, is not statistically significant on the export performance of wine firms. The results related to QMS show that those wine firms certified with the ISO 9000 standard of QMS have better export performance.

Keywords: Galician wineries; international business training; QMS ISO 9000; resource-based view; Tobit models.

DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2018.091372

European Journal of International Management, 2018 Vol.12 No.3, pp.311 - 333

Received: 26 Oct 2015
Accepted: 24 Jun 2016
Published online: 30 Apr 2018 *

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