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Domestic Business-to-Business Relationships and the Internationalization of SMEs : Evidence from Switzerland
Beier, Michael - 2016
Relationships and networks are commonly understood to play an important role in firms' internationalization. With this proposition in mind, this paper investigates the link between domestic business-to-business ties and firm internationalization in a sample of 502 small and medium-sized...
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Effect of ITC on the International Competitiveness of Firms
Peña-Vinces, Jesús - 2020
Purpose – This paper's aim is to evaluate the effect of the use of information technology and communications (ITC) on the international competitiveness of firms in developing countries. The study also seeks to evaluate other factors that allow or condition the use of ITC such as: human...
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Measuring the Impact of Internationalization on Firms’ Ability to Serve Existing Markets : A New Analytical Tool for Manufacturing SMEs
Arcuri, Angelo - 2021
Firms expanding into foreign markets are confronted with a complex transformation process, affecting their organization and business activities. The present paper explores the main organizational changes stemming from an international growth process and attempts to assess their potential effects...
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Determinants of export performance of SMEs in the Kyrgyz Republic
Karymshakov, Kamalbek - 2020
markets through increasing sales in these markets. This study aims to examine factors affecting export performance of SMEs in …
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Trade, global value chains, and small and medium-sized enterprises in Thailand : a firm-level panel analysis
Korwatanasakul, Upalat; Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat - 2020
of GVC participation and firms' performance. The main estimation method for both analyses is a panel fixed …, both backward and forward participation, is positively associated with firms' performance. Our results imply that being an … SME is associated with a lower degree of GVC participation, but GVC participation can help firms (both SMEs and large …
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On the Relationship between Firm Size, Resources, Age at Entry and Internationalization : The Case of Slovenian SMEs
Ruzzier, Mitja - 2017
Export marketing and international business literature support the view that firm size–a reflection of number of employees, and sales–is positively related to export intensity and is a distinguishing factor between internationalized and non-internationalized firms. According to the...
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Greater risk and a smaller opportunity : The opportunity space of SME internationalization in lower-income countries
Ng’ombe, Chikondi; Mans, Theunis; Barnard, Helena - 2023
Why do small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from lower-income countries internationalize using high-commitment modes? In this exploratory, qualitative study of 22 SMEs from South Africa (a middle-income country) and Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe (low-income countries), we document that the...
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Franchising as Strategy for Internationalization of Family Firms : An Exploratory Study
Rosado-Serrano, Alexander - 2018
Family business is the most prevalent form of business thru out Latin America. Franchising has been a strategy used by many firms to expand domestically and internationally. Internationalization theories indicate that firms tend to expand to culturally close markets/countries. Family Business...
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Internationalisation motives and the multinationality-performance relationship : the case of Polish firms
Barłożewski, Krystian; Trąpczyński, Piotr - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 9 (2021) 2, pp. 85-104
multinationality-performance relationship of Polish firms. Research Design & Methods: Our article uses panel regression models on a … study. Findings: We found that Polish firms show an inverted U-curve relationship between multinationality and performance …-institutional motives positively moderate the multinationality-performance curve for sales growth, while efficiency-seeking motives have a …
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Global value chains, the rise of the robots and human capital
Marin, Dalia - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 98 (2018), pp. 46-49
It is often argued that robots will lead to the reshoring of activity from low wage countries to rich countries - the revival of manufacturing in rich countries. But smart robots are a capital biased technology which could potentially replace smart people. As a result the skill premium - the...
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