TY - JOUR TI - La distancia psíquica y el desempeño exportador: un reto para la PyMe en la era de la globalización JO - ESTUDIOS GERENCIALES, Vol. 27 No. 118 PB - Universidad Icesi PY - 2011 issn 0123-5923 AB - The objective of this research article is to present an empirical analysis of the relation between the company managers’ perception of the psychic distance to international markets and export performance, including a discussion of some of the structural characteristics of companies. A study was carried out in La Araucanía region in Chile with a sample consisting of 88 exporting companies, most of which are small and medium-sized enterprises 8SMEs) in the agricultural and forestry sectors. The data was analyzed using Fisher’s exact test and analysis of variance. The results show that there is a positive relation between psychic distance and export performance, as well as company size. KW - INTERNACIONALIZACIÓN KW - PYMES KW - EXPORTACIONES UR - http://www.icesi.edu.co/revistas/index.php/estudios_gerenciales/article/view/392 ER -