SME internationalization beyond exporting: A knowledge-based perspective across managers and advisers

Stoian, Maria-Cristina; Dimitratos, Pavlos; Plakoyiannaki, Emmanuella

doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2018.06.001

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“…There is mounting evidence that certain SME activities can greatly impact their ability to internationalize. Yet, at the same time, our review also reveals that the bulk of the SME literature is very fragmented (Cerchione et al 2016;Nolan and Garavan 2016;Stoian et al 2018), and there are substantial knowledge gaps at subject level, theoretical level, and methodological level. These three levels will now be discussed in more detail.…”

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Pathways of SME internationalization: a bibliometric and systematic review

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Business is dynamic and rapidly changing. Global markets were previously the playing field of multinational corporations (MNCs), while small and medium enterprises (SMEs) were local; however, the removal of imposed barriers and recent technological advances in manufacturing, transportation, and communications have indorsed SMEs and international entrepreneurs (IEs) global access. SMEs and IEs are increasingly fueling economic growth and innovation, and these trends are presenting both opportunities and challenges to both MNCs and SMEs in the global arena. This review systematically examines comparative SME and IE research, analyzing (after fine-tuning) 762 articles published in leading journals from 1992 to September 2018. Our bibliometric and systematic review classifies SME and IE research findings into three echelons: (i) subjects, (ii) theories, and (iii) methods.

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“…Recent survey research has shown that government sources of advice have limited impact and many small businesses make little use of external business advice (Stoian, Dimitratos & Plakoyiannaki, ). Even where government targets for small business engagement in public contracts are set, achieving these targets is problematic (Kidalov & Snider, ), and there are straightforward reasons for this.…”

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Implementing Government Policy in Supply Chains: An International Coproduction Study of Public Procurement

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Public procurement is the commercial arm of governments, contracting for goods, and services to feed public sector service provision. However, mainstream operations and supply chain management journals have published little on supply chains to governments, public procurement, and the significance of engaging small businesses in government supply chains. Policy feedback theory and thirteen coproduced international case studies of public procurement and small business agency dyadic relationships are used to explore this space. The research highlights the importance of both public procurement and small business as areas of policy and supply chain management research. Policy feedback theory is introduced as a means to understand relationships and is applied to a coproduction study to understand how supply chain management research can both explore and change policy.

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“…Prior studies provide ample evidence of the direct effects of human resources on start-ups' internationalization. Highlighting the value of employees in internationalization efforts, Stoian et al (2018) find that tacit knowledge of the products, industries, and markets of international actors, along with functional knowledge, is central to the internationalization of new ventures. Taking a broader perspective of knowledge intensity in internationalization, a meta-analysis Schwens et al (2018) reveals that knowledge intensity improves internationalization speed, whereas a bibliometric study further highlights the value of knowledge-based resources in international new venture studies (Rodríguez-Ruiz et al, 2019).…”

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Related and unrelated industry variety and the internationalization of start-ups

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We study the relationship between industry variety in a start-up's home location and the start-up's internationalization in terms of both the likelihood of and persistence in exporting. Using a unique sample of Swedish start-ups, we find that related industry variety is positively associated with exporting likelihood and persistence, whereas unrelated industry variety is positively associated with exporting likelihood and persistence when the start-ups' employees possess technological knowledge. We also find that employees' international experience strengthens the positive relationship between related industry variety and start-ups' export persistence. We provide auxiliary evidence of the proposed mechanisms through which related and unrelated industry variety affects start-ups' internationalization-that is, through their effects on start-ups' ability to launch novel products in foreign markets. The findings of our study provide policymakers preliminary evidence on the value of developing and sustaining local knowledge conditions and promoting labor recruitment policies in the home country to promote start-up internationalization.

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SME internationalization beyond exporting: A knowledge-based perspective across managers and advisers

Cited by 93 publications

References 82 publications

Pathways of SME internationalization: a bibliometric and systematic review

Pathways of SME internationalization: a bibliometric and systematic review

Implementing Government Policy in Supply Chains: An International Coproduction Study of Public Procurement

Related and unrelated industry variety and the internationalization of start-ups

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