An investigation into the use of collaborative ventures in the internationalization of high performing Canadian SMEs

Spence, Martine; Manning, Linda M.; Crick, Dave

doi:10.1016/j.emj.2008.09.006

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“…social capital is seen as a precondition for international growth and may be a factor that explains the rapid internationalization of iNVs Munro 1995, 1997;crick and Jones 2000). Networks act as communication infrastructures (hallén 1992) to help facilitate the acquisition of experiential knowledge (lindqvist 1997) and overcome resources constraints (Luostarinen and Gabrielsson 2006;spence et al 2008). Both weak and dense networks moderate the speed of internationalization (Oviatt and McDougall 2005) so it could be inferred that, although immigrant entrepreneurs may face domestic challenges many bring resources such as networks, foreign language competencies and international work experience to the firm (Reuber and Fischer 1997).…”

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A Comparative Study of International and Domestic New Ventures

2011

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0This paper draws on theories of the SME internationalization process to compare profiles of international new ventures (iNVs) and domestic new ventures (DNVs). 0 the work documents the incidence of iNVs through a large survey of small-and mediumsized enterprises. 0INVs operate across all sectors. Exporting is as common among new firms as among established firms regardless of sector. No gender differences in ownership between the international and domestic cohorts were observed. Compared to domestic firms, INV owners are more experienced, growth-oriented, and are disproportionately more likely to be owned by recent-immigrants.

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A Comparative Study of International and Domestic New Ventures

2011

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“…For example, creating a competitive advantage through learning alliances resources, sharing information and knowledge, networks and making joint strategic and trading decisions can result in reducing PHFL. Moreover, collaboration can foster and extend innovation, entrepreneurship and improve a firm's overall growth prospects and position in the marketplace (Fink et al, 2008;Spence et al, 2008;Cao et al, 2010;Golonka, 2015;De Silva et al, 2017). Barratt (2004) stated that in order to define collaboration it needs to be applied in a specific context.…”

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Does collaboration pay in agricultural supply chain? An empirical approach

Despoudi

Papaioannou

Saridakis

et al. 2018

International Journal of Production Research

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This paper examines the effect of different types of collaboration on the level of Postharvest Food Losses (PHFL) and the proportion of low-quality peaches produced using a unique dataset of Greek peach producers. Quantile regression techniques are adopted to estimate the effects at different points of the conditional distribution of our variables of interest. The findings of this study suggest that high levels of collaboration between producers and cooperatives are associated with both low levels of PHFL and a low proportion of low-quality peaches. We also find that specific types of collaboration, such as 'goal congruence', can play a significant role in reducing PHFL and improving the quality of peach production at the extremes of the distribution. Important policy implications regarding collaborative practices and systems that can be implemented to reduce PHFL and boost a producer's performance together with sustainability credentials are drawn from this study.

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“…In particular, the effectiveness of EPPs for SMEs' export performance has long been the interest of national governments that need international competitiveness for their economies, because export performance plays an important role for firm survival, profitability and longer-term growth [11]. Even though behavioral variables such as trust, commitment and cooperation were found to be significant factors associated with export performance [12,13], the majority of prior empirical efforts have indicated that EPPs enable firms to acquire relevant information regarding exports market conditions, export processes and possible export partners, thereby improving exporting performance as reflected by the export intensity, profitability and international growth [3,6,[8][9][10]14,15].…”

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Sustaining Small Exporters’ Performance: Capturing Heterogeneous Effects of Government Export Assistance Programs on Global Value Chain Informedness

Han

Park

2019

Sustainability

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The previous literature extensively highlighted the importance of export promotion programs (EPPs) provided by governments to enhance small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) export performance. However, the literature still (1) lacks sufficient depth in analysing the way different types of EPPs sustain SME export performance and (2) suffers from the absence of an EPP portfolio that guides an efficient resource allocation for different EPP types. To fill these gaps, our study (1) developed a research model that integrates three different types of EPPs and (2) tested their indirect impacts on sustainable export performance via global value chain informedness, which is a largely ignored but indispensable capability in exporting. Using a partial least-squares equation model (PLS SEM) method to analyze 156 samples collected from 1st of October to 31st of December of 2018 by accessing Korean SMEs’ export managers, our model addresses the different roles of EPP types and also the part of the SME value chain informedness that acts as a critical enabler for sustaining export performance. Furthermore, by complementing the PLS SEM with an importance and performance analysis matrix (IPA matrix), we provide an action plan that guides an appropriate resource allocation to different types of EPPs. In theory, we provide an explanation for how different EPPs work for SMEs via the value chain informedness of SMEs for the export performance. We further capture such EPPs operating over the longer term, with a lasting export performance of SMEs so as to supply a sounder theoretical rationale for the EPP provision. The action plan delivers strategic implications for policy makers dealing with export-assistance programs operations. With the importance of global network involvement and communication with foreign partners, the incorporation of value chain informedness uncovers the necessity of interfirm network-focused informedness in international business literature.

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An investigation into the use of collaborative ventures in the internationalization of high performing Canadian SMEs

Cited by 35 publications

References 53 publications

A Comparative Study of International and Domestic New Ventures

A Comparative Study of International and Domestic New Ventures

Does collaboration pay in agricultural supply chain? An empirical approach

Sustaining Small Exporters’ Performance: Capturing Heterogeneous Effects of Government Export Assistance Programs on Global Value Chain Informedness

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