The main purpose of this paper is to enrich social capital theory with a conceptual framework which helps us to understand how firms use, exchange and produce values. The first paper is a critical review of key concepts of social capital. The second part of the paper elaborates a social capital...

This study examines the influence of firm-specific factors, such as international marketing strategy, firm experience, psychic distance, and international commitment, on export performance in Austrian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Using survey data from 220 export ventures, this...

The main purpose of this study is to examine the relations between distinct managerial basic resources and the impact of managerial export capabilities on export performance in internationalizing SME's. Against the background of the resource-based view and the international process school, the...

The main effort set out in this paper is a critique that newer organizational model, largely by introducing flexible employment relations and by dissolving its traditional firm boundaries are loosing the link to a highly effective and motivated work force