International networking and knowledge acquisition of Chinese SMEs: the role of global mind-set and international entrepreneurial orientation

Lin, Zhibin; Cao, Xuebing; Cottam, Ed

doi:10.1080/08985626.2019.1640459

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“…The internationalisation process of firms is found to be relatively quickly and their likelihood to be successful is higher when small businesses take advantage of the global networks chain (Felício et al, 2016;Lin et al, 2020). Furthermore, focusing on international SMEs, the literature highlights the entrepreneur's networking capabilities as an indispensable driver of their survival, success, and growth (Garousi Mokhtarzadeh et al, 2021;Karami & Tang, 2019;Lin et al, 2020). In this regard, Andersson and Wictor (2003) found that international entrepreneurs leverage their international experience of living, studying, or working in foreign countries to build formal and informal networks for the international expansion of their ventures.…”

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Context-specific micro-foundations and successful SME internationalisation in emerging markets: A mixed-method analysis of managerial resources and dynamic capabilities

Jafari‐Sadeghi

Mahdiraji

Bresciani

et al. 2021

Journal of Business Research

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Building on the resource-based view, this study aims to address the scant research on the context-specific microfoundations that impact on internationalisation of SMEs in emerging markets. Therefore, the paper explores managerial resources and dynamic capabilities in three categories of international networking, vision, and experience and competence. In this regard, we employ a mixed-method analysis and focus on Iran as representative of a low supportive institutional context for SME internationalisation belongs to emerging markets. Hence, in qualitative analysis, we utilise multiple case study and conduct ten interviews, which led to the identification of fourteen important managerial resources and capabilities. This is followed by expert-based decision-making approaches, taking advantage of interpretive structural modelling (ISM) and Matrix-based Multiplication Applied to a Classification (MICMAC), which contributed to investigation the relative function of identified factors as well as proposing a conceptual framework for the inter-and cross-relationships among explored drivers in three targeted categories and provides theoretical and practical suggestions.

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Section: International Networkingmentioning

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Context-specific micro-foundations and successful SME internationalisation in emerging markets: A mixed-method analysis of managerial resources and dynamic capabilities

Jafari‐Sadeghi

Mahdiraji

Bresciani

et al. 2021

Journal of Business Research

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“…open innovation and social media usage). While recent research explores the impact of the broader concept of international entrepreneurial culture and innovation (Buccieri et al, 2020), or the impact of IEO in knowledge acquisition (Lin et al, 2020), our article focuses in the more specific IEO construct, links in a novel way the different streams of international entrepreneurship, social media and innovation literature, and thus sheds new light on the reasons why some firms are more innovative than others (Hult et al, 2004).…”

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Does international entrepreneurial orientation foster innovation performance? The mediating role of social media and open innovation

Freixanet

Braojos

Criado

et al. 2020

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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This study investigates the relationship between international entrepreneurial orientation (IEO) and innovation performance. It analyzes IEO as a key antecedent of innovation performance by considering the underlying effects of open innovation and social media usage. We test the hypothesized relationships by performing partial least squares analysis for data collected from a survey sample of 128 small and medium-sized enterprises. The results indicate that open innovation mediates the relationship between IEO and innovation performance, while social media usage mediates the relationship between IEO and open innovation. This study contributes to literature on entrepreneurship and innovation by providing new evidence regarding the benefits of IEO in terms of innovation effectiveness and the underlying mechanisms in this relationship. It also contributes to the emerging literature on the antecedents of open innovation and social media usage, as well as their effects on innovation performance. The results additionally have relevant management implications.

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“…Attaining useful resources is necessary for venture growth that can be achieved through managers' EO capabilities and competencies (Cassia & Minola, 2012). EO is essential for obtaining valuable resources such as knowledge, information, and opportunities, especially in the entrepreneurial process (Khodaei, Scholten, Wubben, & Omta, 2021; Lin, Cao, & Cottam, 2020; Yin, Hughes, & Hu, 2020). Coherently with RBV theory, it is advocated that firms' superior growth can be explained in terms of the availability of useful resources.…”

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The role of entrepreneurial orientation in tangible and intangible resource acquisition and new venture growth

Khattak

Ullah

2021

Manage Decis Econ

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This study scrutinizes the mediating role of tangible–intangible resources between entrepreneurial orientation and new venture growth. We analyzed the data of 308 Pakistani manufacturing‐SMEs through the AMOS. The results displayed that risk‐taking and innovation significantly while proactive do not influence new venture growth. Risk‐taking, innovativeness, and proactiveness significantly influence tangible–intangible resources. Tangible–intangible resource acquisition does not mediate between risk‐taking and new venture growth; however, it partially mediates between innovativeness and new venture growth and fully mediates between proactiveness and new venture growth. This research recommends owners/managers of new ventures to emphasize entrepreneurial activities to access external resources for survival.

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International networking and knowledge acquisition of Chinese SMEs: the role of global mind-set and international entrepreneurial orientation

Cited by 28 publications

References 103 publications

Context-specific micro-foundations and successful SME internationalisation in emerging markets: A mixed-method analysis of managerial resources and dynamic capabilities

Context-specific micro-foundations and successful SME internationalisation in emerging markets: A mixed-method analysis of managerial resources and dynamic capabilities

Does international entrepreneurial orientation foster innovation performance? The mediating role of social media and open innovation

The role of entrepreneurial orientation in tangible and intangible resource acquisition and new venture growth

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