The Effect of Outward and Inward Internationalisation on Different Types of Innovation: Evidence from UK SMEs

Idris, Bochra; Saridakis, George; Khan, Zaheer

doi:10.1016/j.intman.2021.100903

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“…Respondents from the mature-growth firms (Case 8) also identified that working closely and being flexible with customers afforded opportunities to develop institutional knowledge and innovate to meet rapidly changing market demands. This is consistent with prior literature, which argues that customers are not only important for sales but can also represent key resources for organizational learning and innovation (Fjeldstad and Sasson, 2010;Idris, Saridakis and Khan, 2021).…”

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A Typology of Emerging Market SMEs’ COVID‐19 Response Strategies: The Role of TMTs and Organizational Design

Puthusserry

King

Miller

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British J of Management

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The unique challenges posed by COVID-19 call for new insights into how firms respond to multiheaded and multistage evolving global crises. Whilst prior research acknowledges the potential role flexible organizational designs and top management teams (TMTs) have for crisis management, these bodies of literature have evolved separately with limited cross-fertilization. In this study, we seek to provide a contextualized explanation of research phenomena by drawing upon multiple layers of context -namely the environment, TMT and organisational context. Our findings provide vital insights into how emerging market Indian SMEs' organizational designs and TMT configurations led to differential COVID-19 crisis response strategies. We develop a typology that identifies four strategic responses and illustrate that not all emerging market SMEs are vulnerable at the time of crisis. Our findings extend knowledge on how emerging market SMEs can navigate external shocks such as those caused by COVID-19. In particular, our research has implications for policymakers and emerging market firms seeking to understand and implement effective organizational designs and policies that can weather the current COVID-19 pandemic, as well as future multiheaded and multistage black swan crises.

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A Typology of Emerging Market SMEs’ COVID‐19 Response Strategies: The Role of TMTs and Organizational Design

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King

Miller

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British J of Management

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“…Existing research has shown that SMEs can simultaneously engage in inward-focused international purchasing/sourcing and outward-focused exporting to foster higher innovation (Idris et al, 2022). Scholars also suggest that organisational learning occurs due to inward or outward connections, improves firms' activities in international locations, and leads to firm growth (Hern andez and Nieto, 2016).…”

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Fencing or balancing? An exploratory study of Australian and New Zealand exporters’ strategic responses during the US-China trade war

Ren,

Chugh,

Gao

2024

IMR

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PurposeA key challenge for exporters and international marketing/purchasing managers is formulating strategic responses to deal with geopolitical disruptions during a trade war between superpowers. While past studies provide insightful analysis of the influence of changes in the institutional environment (regulatory pressures) on national and firm-level trade activities, they tend to ignore the association between inward (sourcing) or outward (export) international activities of firms during a trade war. In this study, we aim to explore various strategic options employed by third-party SME exporters in response to geopolitical disruptions, institutional pressures and constraints during a trade war.Design/methodology/approachWe adopted a qualitative methodology and applied a hermeneutical approach in collecting, analysing and theorising interview findings. We conducted interviews with 15 owners or senior managers from 12 Australian and New Zealand exporters that exported or sourced significantly from at least one party of the trade war, the USA or China, between 2018 and 2020.FindingsOur study developed a typology of fencing vs. balancing for explaining third-party SME exporters’ response strategies in terms of export market and international sourcing locations during a trade war. Fencing strategy centres on location choice decisions based on a fence or a secure buffer zone. Balancing strategy focuses on leveraging opportunities outside the conflict zone, i.e. third-party countries. Our study finds that exporters’ location choice decisions are influenced by a number of institutional factors during the trade war.Research limitations/implicationsFirstly, our study examined only the early phase of the trade war under the “Trump” era. Future research may consider a longitudinal study design that examines exporters’ responses to global political uncertainty over a longer term. Secondly, we chose Australia and New Zealand as the focal context of this study. Future research could investigate exporters from other third-party countries that have different institutional conditions during the US-China trade war.Practical implicationsFirstly, an exporting firm should monitor and assess closely the wider changes in international relations between their home country’s major security partner and major trading partner, and the impact of these changes on the political risks of operating in international locations. Secondly, as the trade war intensifies, the fencing option needs to be given a greater weight than the balancing option in the strategic decision making of an exporter from a third-party country. Lastly, we encourage marketers and managers to reflect on and differentiate short-term and long-term benefits in strategic market-sourcing location decisions.Originality/valueOur study makes a pioneering effort to theorise the linkages between institutional factors and the combined evaluation of export market selection and sourcing location selection choices under global political uncertainty based on the institution-based view. We present a conceptual framework highlighting the importance of institutional avoidance, embeddedness, comparative institutional advantages and multiple institutional logics for SME exporters’ international location selections during the trade war. Furthermore, we combine these institutional factors into two overarching constructs namely institutional buffer and institutional pluralism.

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“…In addition to being part of economic growth, MSMEs must have a high level of innovation, where innovation and creativity must be an advantage that must be prioritized to increase business growth (Daryanto, 2013). Conducive internationalization can be beneficial in expanding markets and having learning effects (Idris et al, 2022). However, this study did not examine the direct effect of internationalization factors on innovation, such as the research studied by Genc et al (2019) that increasing the growth of internationalization can make businesses grow the level of market orientation and entrepreneurship.…”

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Fostering Innovation in MSMEs through Internationalization: The Mediating Roles of Market Orientation and Entrepreneurship in West Java

Gunawan,

Putri*,

Toni

2023

JURISMA

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This study aims to investigate the effect of internationalization on innovation performance through the mediating factors of market orientation and entrepreneurship in SMEs in emerging markets. The research involved 175 export-ready SMEs in the West Java Province, utilizing a quantitative methodology. The analysis in this study employed Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) and was processed using the SmartPLS software. Based on the findings of this research, it was determined that internationalization can influence innovation through the mediation of market orientation and entrepreneurship. Therefore, it is recommended for SMEs to recognize their unique value proposition by utilizing the value proposition design method. Additionally, SMEs are advised to maintain strategies that meet consumer needs. Keywords: MSMEs; Internationalization; Entrepreneurship Orientation; Marketing Orientation; Innovation

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The Effect of Outward and Inward Internationalisation on Different Types of Innovation: Evidence from UK SMEs

Cited by 8 publications

References 134 publications

A Typology of Emerging Market SMEs’ COVID‐19 Response Strategies: The Role of TMTs and Organizational Design

A Typology of Emerging Market SMEs’ COVID‐19 Response Strategies: The Role of TMTs and Organizational Design

Fencing or balancing? An exploratory study of Australian and New Zealand exporters’ strategic responses during the US-China trade war

Fostering Innovation in MSMEs through Internationalization: The Mediating Roles of Market Orientation and Entrepreneurship in West Java

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