and multinationals to export indirectly; and iii) reducing non-tariff measures that are especially onerous for SMEs … benefits from participation are accruing to larger firms or if small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up the … database and map how SMEs have been participating in GVCs. It then identifies the benefits associated with this participation …

(SMEs). We argue that this is an inverted U-shaped relationship that is negatively moderated by a global (versus regional …) focus. We test our hypotheses on a comprehensive sample of Spanish manufacturing SMEs from 2006 to 2013. Whereas our … linear association between SMEs' number of MIJVs and internationalization and corroborate the negative moderation of a global …

(SMEs) along with state-owned, large corporations are increasingly seeking business opportunities internationally. Little is … suggest that SMEs, while going through the internationalization process, rely extensively on social interaction with foreign …

's governance, generation, and culture on SMEs' export activity. The results, using the F-PEC scale over a sample of 500 Spanish … enterprises (SMEs), examining the effects exerted by the three main dimensions that comprise the concept of familiness: power … firms, show that this multidimensional approach better identifies the determinants of the family SMEs' internationalization …

- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The goal of these policies has been to create successful export-intensive firms …Policymakers in several countries have recently taken steps to promote the rapid export expansion of high-tech small …

regional innovation systems. -- Export ; innovation ; location ; manufacturing SMEs ; selective relocation abroad … manufacturing SMEs. Two modes of foreign market servicing are explored: exporting activity and relocating of selected business … the outputs of SMEs' innovative activities-i.e., product innovations and patent applications-enhance exporting propensity …

agreements (FTAs) has focused attention on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Yet there is scant literature on the … characteristics of SMEs involved in GVCs and FTAs. Malaysia is reputed for its engagement in GVCs and is actively pursuing FTAs …. Drawing on a survey of Malaysian enterprises, this paper examines the characteristics of SMEs in GVCs and FTAs and explores …