Core Rigidities of Micromultinationals: The Scottish Experience

Ibeh, Kevin; Johnson, Jeffrey E.; Slow, Jonathan; Jones, Mark; Dimitratos, Pavlos; Fletcher, Margaret; Young, Stephen

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“…In effect, mMNEs can seek to take advantage of opportunities in the international marketplace, and follow a different and novel internationalization route than exporting firms through pursuing those modes ). Failure to prioritize opportunities in foreign markets stands out as a key core rigidity that inhibits mMNE growth (Dimitratos et al, 2009). …”

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“…The studies of Dimitratos et al (2003) and Dimitratos et al (2009) are based on limited case research, while other articles (Allison and Browning, 2006;Ibeh et al, 2004) offer some evidence that is rather descriptive in nature. It is only recently that Prashantham (2011) provides evidence that mMNEs employ higher stocks of cross-border coethnic (Indian) social capital than exporters, which assists them to identify opportunities abroad.…”

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SME internationalization: How does the opportunity-based international entrepreneurial culture matter?

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Plakoyiannaki

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International Business Review

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We employ the opportunity-based international entrepreneurial culture (IEC) comprehensive notion that draws upon the opportunity-based view (OBV). The OBV supports the idea that entrepreneurs mold the organizational behavior and characteristics of their firms to pursue opportunities abroad. We set out to explore possible attitudinal differences as regards exploitation of opportunities within firms in each of three internationalization dimensions that are previously identified in the literature, notably time to internationalization, country market presence and international mode. We perform eighteen case studies on high-performing internationalized small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in knowledge intensive sectors. The evidence refines the OBV as it manifests how three IEC characteristics (namely risk attitude, market orientation and networking propensity) matter for firms in the three internationalization dimensions. The study further adds to the international entrepreneurship literature that has until now myopically focused on international new ventures as if they were the sole opportunity-driven group of internationalized SMEs.

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Section: International Modementioning

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SME internationalization: How does the opportunity-based international entrepreneurial culture matter?

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Johnson

Plakoyiannaki

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International Business Review

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“…This is perhaps owing to an assumption that exporting is the default entry mode of smaller firms because exporting is well suited for internationalizing firms with resource constraints (Allison and Browning, 2006;Knight and Cavusgil, 2004). This view, however, has begun to be challenged by scholars who have proposed the concept of the 'micromultinational' (Dimitratos et al, , 2009(Dimitratos et al, , 2010Ibeh, Borchert and Wheeler, 2009;Ibeh et al, 2004). An mMNE is 'a small-and medium-sized firm that controls and manages value-added activities through constellation [i.e.…”

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“…Micromultinationals (mMNEs) are internationalizing SMEs that adopt higher-commitment entry modes beyond exporting (Dimitratos et al, , 2009(Dimitratos et al, , 2010Ibeh, Borchert and Wheeler, 2009;Ibeh et al, 2004). These higher-commitment modes include cooperative alliances, joint ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries.…”

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“…There is growing academic, managerial and policy interest to study the international expansion of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) because they account for the vast majority of firms in virtually every economy (Dimitratos et al , 2009). Although cross‐border activity was traditionally seen as the exclusive domain of large multinational enterprises (MNEs), SME internationalization has attracted considerable research attention (Dimitratos and Jones, 2005; Lu and Beamish, 2001; Wright, Westhead and Ucbasaran, 2007).…”

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Social Capital and Indian Micromultinationals

Prashantham¹

2010

British Journal of Management

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‘Micromultinationals’ are small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) that use higher‐commitment entry modes beyond exporting. The study extends the micromultinational notion by addressing the question: what enables some internationalizing SMEs to become micromultinationals rather than pure exporters? Adopting a connectionist and bonding perspective, its focus is on cross‐border coethnic ties as a valuable source of social capital. A survey of 102 Indian software SMEs indicates that higher stocks of cross‐border coethnic social capital facilitate the adoption of higher‐commitment entry modes by micromultinationals. Also, micromultinationals have a significantly higher degree of internationalization (the percentage of sales from foreign sources) than pure exporters.

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“Where to” micromultinationals? A tribute to Professor Pavlos Dimitratos

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European Management Journal

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Core Rigidities of Micromultinationals: The Scottish Experience

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SME internationalization: How does the opportunity-based international entrepreneurial culture matter?

SME internationalization: How does the opportunity-based international entrepreneurial culture matter?

Social Capital and Indian Micromultinationals

“Where to” micromultinationals? A tribute to Professor Pavlos Dimitratos

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