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Trade Finance as a Barrier for Chilean Services Internationalization

López, Dorotea - 2017

This paper intends to analyse trade finance access for Chilean services companies, and whether it is perceived as an obstacle in their internationalization process. Through a survey we try to assess companies' perceptions, controlling for their subsectors, size, export level, amongst other...

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The Effect of Strategic Orientation on the Speed of Internationalization in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in South Korea

Park, Jung-Min - 2020

This study demonstrates the impact of strategic orientation on internationalization speed in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The results of an empirical analysis on 206 SMEs located in the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions of South Korea are as follows. First, export orientation has a...

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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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Analysis of the Internationalization and Value Chain Activities in Chilean Enterprises

Fuentes-Solís, Rodrigo; Hanns, De la Fuente-Mella; … - 2023

An open economy inserted in an environment with increasing participation of global value chains, such as the Chilean economy, requires information about how its business integrates into international markets. The contribution of this study is that it evaluates the stages and patterns of Chilean...

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Think Globally, Act Cooperatively : Entrepreneurial Partnering between International New Ventures and Multinational Enterprises

Prashantham, Shameen - 2017

We examine the international new venture - multinational enterprise interface, specifically the extent and nature of entrepreneurial partnering actions undertaken by internationalization-seeking new ventures vis-a-vis MNEs as an internationalization pathway. Based on three longitudinal cases in...

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Reconceptualizing International Entrepreneurship (IE)

Wu, Jay - 2015

New changes after the pioneer works in Oviatt & McDougall (2005b) and Oviatt & McDougall (2005) suggest that we have now entered Phase II of internationalization, featuring an “IE Capitalism” with three stylized facts: The birth of INVs by MNEs through global value chains; the accelerated...

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Uncovering Missing Links in Global Value Chain Research – And Implications for Corporate Social Responsibility and International Business

Serdijn, Merel; Kolk, Ans; Fransen, Luc - 2020

Purpose—Amidst burgeoning attention for global value chains (GVCs) in international business (IB), this paper identifies a clear “missing link” in this literature, and discusses implications for research and corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy-making and...

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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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The Development Trend of Entrepreneurship in the Globalising Economy : Evidence from Southern Italy

Trotta, Annarita; Mauro, Marianna; Cardamone, Emma; … - 2013

As the world economy becomes more globalised, the internationalisation processes of small and medium-size enterprises … modes, incentives, barriers to internationalisation and relationships among innovation, internationalisation and performance …’ internationalisation. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether and to what extent key features and entrepreneurs’ perceptions …

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Firms’ Internationalization and Productivity Growth

Merino, Fernando - 2012

From a theoretical perspective it is well stated that firms involved in international markets should exhibit higher productivity levels. There is also empirical evidence that supports this result. This paper extends this relationship to a dynamic perspective. It provides evidence on how...

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