Das Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn hat in Kooperation mit dem Volkswirtschaftlichen Institut für Mittelstand und Handwerk an der Universität Göttingen (ifh) im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) eine Studie zu den Auslandsaktivitäten...

Both analysis of international trade and the knowledge resource theory of the firm imply that language skills should play a vital role in exporting. This may be apparent to large multinationals with sites in many different linguistic locations, but we show it is less obvious to smaller...

Ideenreichtum, Flexibilität und Agilität - klassische Charakteristika von KMU - sind in einer globalisierten Welt nicht nur erforderlich, sondern werden belohnt. Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen sind damit in einer guten Position sich der Globalisierung zu stellen und davon zu profitieren....

The literature on the internationalisation of firms has paid little attention to SMEs. SME-oriented studies are predominantly descriptive or illustrating theoretical arguments, and those dealing with services are mostly confined to specific industries. The paper aims at correcting some of these...

In our paper we challenge the common notion that small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have to adapt to the international business environment to be successful when acting in an international context. Although we believe in a need for certain adaption, we claim that the possibility that SME...

Models of speed of internationalization have been built on narrowly defined resources, emphasizing the intangibles over the tangibles and relying on controlled resources while overlooking nonterritorial ones. We build an integrative model for both MNEs and SMEs, using four determinants of speed...