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The main purpose of this research is to understand and identify the variables, which significantly affect the firm's export performance. To do this, I utilized the resource-based view(RBW) and network theory as theoretical backgrounds. I proposed eleven hypotheses to verify what kinds of resources and capabilities of the firm can significantly affect the export performance mostly based on the previous studies. The results are as follows: The results show as follows: First, most of factors in small firms except some factors affects the firm's export performance significantly(reject hypothesis 4and 7). Second, the fresults shows that the general competitive advantages based view factors that is, the strategies, capabilties, resurces regarding export activities, product differentiation, cost variables except technological capabilities, but FTA consulting variables in some categories can not significantly affect the firm's export performance. Third, the variables of the strength of alliance relationship are most important facots in export performance, but some variables does not affect significantly in performance of export.