Purpose A global reach in exporting has been linked to profitability. The purpose of this paper is to answer the influence of EU regulations on exporting decisions of UK manufacturing small- and medium-sized firms (SMEs) by investigating the home and host country-based motivators behind SMEs’...

Purpose Success in export ventures has been linked to managerial capabilities. The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of exporting motivators on managerial perceptions of UK manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by investigating the links between export...

The aim of the paper is to investigate the internationalization (particularly exporting) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) taking a sample of United Kingdom (UK) SMEs for the use in economic policy, academia and management. It focuses on the critical first and less risky step towards...