We explore entrepreneurial enablers of emerging market (EM) small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) internationalization, since existing frameworks are insufficient to explain this phenomenon. To carry out our research, we conducted 25 semi-structured interviews and concluded that three...

Research on the internationalization of small and medium enterprises based in emerging markets (EM-SMEs) is gaining momentum, yet, less is known about the specific factors that deter EM-SMEs’ from internationalizing via foreign direct investment (FDI). In this paper, using institutional and...

In spite of the world wide lowering of trade and investment barriers and increasing globalization in the last decade, internationalization activities of small and medium sized enterprises from emerging economies (ESMEs) have been limited. Drawing from the internationalization and...