The evalation of export performance of the firms in manufacturing sector: A research in Konya, Karaman, Aksaray

The purpose of the research is to examine the export performance of the manufacturing firms operated in Konya, Karaman and Aksaray cities and the determinants affect the firms export performance. In this context, the data was collected by a face-to-face survey applied to 160 firms' entrepreneurs and managers. The correlation analysis, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t test were used to test the hypotheses created in line with the surveys obtained from research, research purpose and scope. It is possible to be understood that internal and industrial features such as businesses' characteristics, managerial abilities, dialogue conditions and external features like foreign and local market characteristics and the export marketing strategies affect the export performance according to the findings from the research. Key words: Export, Export Marketing, Performance, Export Performance