Government assistance for exporting firms in Indonesia

This dataset includes 204 exporting firms in Indonesia. Under a resource-based view (RBV) approach, the dataset includes four dimensions of government export assistance through EPP (information, education and training, trade mobility, and financing), three dimensions of organisational resources (managerial, production and R&D, and intellectual), three dimensions related to organisational capabilities (business opportunity identification, relationship building, and innovation), four dimensions related to export marketing strategies (products, prices, distributions, and promotions), three dimensions related to export competitiveness (costs, products, and services), and two dimensions related to export performance (overseas market size and export financial performance). Additionally, firm-level characteristics are included (e.g., firm size, age, location, sector), organisational characteristics (labour intensity, export units), strategic features (partnerships, logistics, and legal support), and market orientation (type of exported goods and export markets). The dataset includes obstacles faced by firms across different dimensions and critical attributes in the different sub-components that integrate each dimension.

The raw data were collected through a web-based survey targeting managers of exporting firms in Indonesia. The survey link and invitation were distributed via email and WhatsApp to more than 2,000 exporter firms obtained from government and public directories. Two hundred and four surveys were completed. Incomplete cases were eliminated.