the first attempt to examine how Korean SMEs enhance export performance with a mediating role of technology orientation …Despite much literature on the internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), extant studies … examined traditional SMEs, internationalization patterns, and typologies of SMEs entering foreign markets. Therefore, the aim …

utilization in export. Partial least squares structural equation modeling is employed to analyze the data collected from 162 …

We use a unique cross-section survey of manufacturing firms from four European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain …

We use a unique cross-section survey of manufacturing firms from four European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain …

This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm …-level panel data from German manufacturing. We find that only import competition from high-income countries is associated with … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …

This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based … internationalisation effects at the firm level. The results show that export experience and experience in knowledge protection are highly … important for international innovation activities of SMEs. Fierce home market competition turns out to be rather an obstacle …