R&amp;D support, technological turbulence, and <scp>SMEs</scp>' degree of internationalization: The mediating role of technological capability

Adomako, Samuel; Amankwah‐Amoah, Joseph; Danquah, Joseph Kwadwo

doi:10.1002/tie.22263

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“…SMEs should utilize their financial resources efficiently to configure their international success. While looking at the importance of IT Capabilities, Adomako et al [49] assessed the mediating role of technological capabilities in the relationship between R&D support, technological turbulence and the internationalization of SMEs. Caputo et al [75] stated that digital platform is an important indicator of international performance in SMEs.…”

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SMEs’ Internationalization: Mapping the Field through Finance, ITC, and Social Ties

Anwar

Al-Omush

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Over the last several decades, the internationalization of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has become an interesting research topic in business and entrepreneurship literature. The massive literature in the field has increased demand for systematic reviews, bibliometric studies and meta-analyses. However, up to date, there has been no systematic literature review, particularly on the role of finance, information technology (IT) and network ties in SMEs’ internationalization. Our research fills the gap and reveals the idiosyncrasies in the literature by conducting a systematic literature review to understand evaluation, scholarly debate, past and current research streams and white spaces for future researchers. We employed 262 documents (1997–2022) and utilized performance analysis and co-occurrence analysis for each area separately and then combined them. The database indicates that research in the particular areas started in 1997, but scholarly interest has been noted since 2006 and onward. We further identified the most influential documents, countries and journals in the fields of finance, IT and network ties and SMEs’ internationalization. Moreover, we conducted a co-occurrence analysis and identified past and current research streams in the fields. Finally, we created an integrated framework to identify white spaces and future research directions. Our insights show that SMEs should use finance, IT and network ties as complementary, rather than exclusive, to boost their internationalization process.

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SMEs’ Internationalization: Mapping the Field through Finance, ITC, and Social Ties

Anwar

Al-Omush

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…In this vein, Iran has been the target of various international sanctions (particularly those related to importing dual‐use items) that limited the ability of local SMEs to take advantage of the most recent technologies. Thus, the lack of technological capabilities serves against seizing foreign market opportunities (Adomako, Amankwah‐Amoah and Danquah, 2022; Zahra, 2020) by driving the shortcomings in other dimensions of SMEs’ dynamic capabilities, and hence this lack has a crucial impact on SMEs’ de‐internationalization.…”

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Understanding the De‐internationalization of Entrepreneurial SMEs in a Volatile Context: A Reconnoitre on the Unique Compositions of Internal and External Factors

Jafari‐Sadeghi

Mahdiraji

Budhwar

et al. 2022

British J of Management

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In recent years, the global business environment has witnessed a wave of deinternationalization not only among multinationals but also among small-and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs). This disengagement of cross-border activities is deemed to be driven by various firm-specific factors, as well as by external factors. Building on the premise of the non-linear internationalization debate and focusing on the dynamic capabilities view and institutional theory, this paper aims to disentangle the extent to which internal factors (IFs) and external factors (EFs) drive SMEs towards deinternationalization. To do this, we take advantage of a hybrid multilayer decisionmaking mathematical modelling approach to explore SME de-internationalization at two levels. Our findings at the exhaustive level contribute to the de-internationalization literature by proposing distinct frameworks that highlight the interrelationship amongst IFs and EFs. And our results at the subordinate level constitute the identification of four unique compositions leading to different de-internationalization modes. In this vein, we define two categories of factors, namely reducing and terminating factors, which drive SMEs into respectively partial and full de-internationalization.

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“…Entrepreneurial firms should recognize the importance of technological capability in developing new products based on network competencies (Yu et al, 2014). The literature also indicates that technological capabilities have a significant mediation effect on different relationships such as R&D support and internationalization (Adomako et al, 2022); and market orientation and product innovation (Aydin, 2021). Thus, leadership style impacts organizational performance both directly and indirectly through varied mediators such as KM, organizational culture, structure and technology (Shahzad et al, 2020).…”

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The impact of entrepreneurial leadership on the project success: the mediating role of knowledge-oriented dynamic capabilities

Tariq,

Wang,

Latif

2024

JEIM

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PurposeThrough the lens of resource-based view (RBV), knowledge-based view (KBV) and DCV, this paper aims to investigate the relationship of entrepreneurial leadership (EL) on the project success (PS) and further examines the mediating effect of knowledge infrastructure capability (KIC), knowledge-based dynamic capability (KBDC) and Big data analytic capability (BDAC).Design/methodology/approach The data were collected from 467 employees working on project in software companies. The data were evaluated using SMART-PLS, a structural equation modeling (SEM) tool.FindingsThe study revealed a significant impact of EL on the PS, the study also found the significant mediation role of KIC, KBDC and BDAC on the EL and PS relationship.Originality/valueThe research gives valuable insight into the effective role of EL as a contemporary leadership style in project-based firms. Also, this research is one of the first to examine knowledge-oriented dynamic capabilities (DC) as a knowledge fulcrum in project execution. These DC have been empirically proven to facilitate EL in achieving PS and support the firm in competing in an uncertain environment.

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R&D support, technological turbulence, and SMEs' degree of internationalization: The mediating role of technological capability

Cited by 8 publications

References 116 publications

SMEs’ Internationalization: Mapping the Field through Finance, ITC, and Social Ties

SMEs’ Internationalization: Mapping the Field through Finance, ITC, and Social Ties

Understanding the De‐internationalization of Entrepreneurial SMEs in a Volatile Context: A Reconnoitre on the Unique Compositions of Internal and External Factors

The impact of entrepreneurial leadership on the project success: the mediating role of knowledge-oriented dynamic capabilities

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