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Helping SMEs internationalise through trade facilitation

Lopez Gonzalez, Javier; Sorescu, Silvia - 2019

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in generating economic activity and employment in developing and developed countries. However, partly due to remaining at-the-border trade costs, SMEs continue to be less represented in international trade – as direct exporters...

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Participation and benefits of SMEs in GVCs in Southeast Asia

Lopez Gonzalez, Javier; Munro, Laura; Gourdon, Julien; … - 2019

Although global value chain (GVCs) participation in Southeast Asia has been growing, little is known about whether the benefits from participation are accruing to larger firms or if small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up the majority of companies and employ the bulk of the...

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E-commerce and developing country-SME participation in global value chains

Lanz, Rainer; Lundquist, Kathryn; Mansio, Grégoire; … - 2018 - Manuscript date: November 2018

Two far-reaching developments have increased the trade opportunities for SMEs in developing countries. Firstly, the rise of the internet and advances in ICT have reduced trade-related information and communication costs. Secondly, the international fragmentation of production has increased the...

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When Size Does Matter. Trends of SMEs Internationalization Strategies in Chinese Economy

Pontiggia, Andrea; Vescovi, Tiziano - 2013

The strategies of internationalization have been one of hottest topics in managerial literature in the last decade. Interestingly to notice how deep and unexpected changes have challenged the mainstream of international management theories. This paper illustrates a framework and some preliminary...

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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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Labour market policy responses amid globalization : the case of South Africa

Bhorat, Haroon; Lilenstein, Kezia; Steenkamp, Francois - In: Making globalization more inclusive : lessons from …, (pp. 163-182). 2019

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Labour market policy responses amidst globalisation : the case of South Africa

Bhorat, Haroon; Lilenstein, Kezia; Steenkamp, François - 2019

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Determinants of firms' efficiency: do innovations and finance constraints matter? : the case of European SMEs

Bonanno, Graziella; Ferrando, Annalisa; Rossi, Stefania - 2020

This paper aims at investigating the relationship between firms' profit efficiency, access to finance and innovation … efficiency in order to increase profitability. Among firms that have embarked in product innovation, those in the industry and … help to better understand the link between innovation, financial constraints and efficiency, which goes beyond the idea …

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The Internationalization of Spanish SMEs from the Theory of Dynamic Capabilities. A New Management Structure Proposal that Relates the Creation of Competitive Advantage with the Ke...

de Pablos, Carmen - 2016

A new management structure proposal that relates the creation of competitive advantage with the key factors that drive the process.The literature on strategic direction affects the study of the characteristics that define the position of the organizations in the market. In 1997, Teece, Pisano...

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Determinants of Firms’ Efficiency : Do Innovations and Finance Constraints Matter? The Case of European Smes

Bonanno, Graziella - 2020

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