Industry characteristics and internationalization processes in small firms

Boter, Håkan; Holmquist, Carin

doi:10.1016/s0883-9026(96)89166-x

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“…Industry conditions affect firms' strategic behaviour (Boter & Holmquist, 1996;Porter, 1980), including their internationalisation strategy (Yamakawa et al, 2008). These conditions, such as entry barriers and industry R&D, may shape the extent to which 12 exporting firms are likely to achieve COAs and expand to OFDI.…”

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confidence: 99%

Expanding to outward foreign direct investment or not? A multi-dimensional analysis of entry mode transformation of Chinese private exporting firms

Wei¹,

Zheng²,

Liu³

et al. 2014

International Business Review

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This research examines the factors determining whether or not exporting firms expand to outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) as part of their internationalisation strategy, using a recent survey of Chinese private-owned enterprises. We carry out a multidimensional analysis to investigate the impact of firm productivity, internal resources and the external environment on OFDI decisions, including both the decision to undertake OFDI and the volume of OFDI flows. It is found that productivity, technology-based capability, export experience, industry entry barriers, subnational institutions and intermediary institutional support affect firms' OFDI decisions. The findings have important policy and managerial implications.Key words: OFDI, Chinese private-owned enterprises, productivity, heterogeneity theory, the integrated 'strategic tripod' framework. 1 We are grateful for the valuable comments and suggestions of three referees. 2 We thank one of the referees for suggesting the term 'entry mode transformation'.

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Section: Industry-based View (Ibv)mentioning

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Expanding to outward foreign direct investment or not? A multi-dimensional analysis of entry mode transformation of Chinese private exporting firms

Wei¹,

Zheng²,

Liu³

et al. 2014

International Business Review

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“…At the company level, the process of internationalization is affected by the commitment of the management (Solberg et al, 2002;Loane et al, 2007), export management experience (Leonidou, 2000), managerial education level (Wang et al, 2008), quality of exports staff (Pinho and Martins, 2010), domesticglobal corporate focus (Boter and Holmquist, 1996), company networks established with foreign markets (Chetty and Holm, 2000;Rundh, 2001), corporate characteristics (Kling and Weitzel, 2011;Perçin, 2005;Canıtez and Yeniçeri, 2007;Danışman and Sökmen, 2007), dynamics of the company . Furthermore, the level of maturity of the industry of the companies (Andersson 2004) is another factor affecting the internationalization process.…”

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The Effects of the Degree of Internationalization on Export Performance: A Research on Exporters in Turkey

Özdemir¹,

Altıntaş²,

Kılıç³

2017

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The level of internationalization of companies in developing countries is an important factor in the economic success of both businesses and the developing countries. The aim of the present study is to dimension the internationalization of export companies and to determine the effect of these dimensions on the export performance of the companies. The study data were collected from export companies in Turkey with a web-based questionnaire. In the study, structural equation modeling was utilized and in addition to elements in the degree of internationalization (DOI) measurements available in the literature, the speed component was added to the research model. As a result of the research, it was found that the dimensions grouped as sales, country and human factors as the second-order DOI and these dimensions positively affected the export performance of the companies. It was observed that the DOI measurement of the dimensions included in the study supported the results of other studies in the literature

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“…The managerial resources of SMEs and the constraints related to them also have to be taken into considera#on. This narrow resource base is not limited solely to produc#on technologies but also to organiza#onal ac#vi#es (Boter, Holmquist, 1996). Due to constraints of management #me, smaller firms might "take short-cuts in decision-making and informa#on gathering" (Buckley, 1999), lacking the informa#on necessary for exploi#ng any interna#onal opportuni#es (Buckley, 1999, Qian, 2002, managerial exper#se and competence (Karagozoglu and Lindell, 1998), comprehensive market research and expert knowledge (Musteen and Da&a, 2006).…”

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The Importance of Locally Embedded Personal Relationships for SME Internationalisation Processes From Opportunity Recognition to Company Growth

Ratajczak‐Mrozek

2015

SSRN Journal

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Industry characteristics and internationalization processes in small firms

Cited by 222 publications

References 6 publications

Expanding to outward foreign direct investment or not? A multi-dimensional analysis of entry mode transformation of Chinese private exporting firms

Expanding to outward foreign direct investment or not? A multi-dimensional analysis of entry mode transformation of Chinese private exporting firms

The Effects of the Degree of Internationalization on Export Performance: A Research on Exporters in Turkey

The Importance of Locally Embedded Personal Relationships for SME Internationalisation Processes From Opportunity Recognition to Company Growth

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