The Resource-based View and SME Internationalisation: An Emerging Economy Perspective

Kazlauskaitė, Rūta; Autio, Erkko; Gelbuda, Modestas; Šarapovas, Tadas

doi:10.15678/eber.2015.030205

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“…Later, it has become an influential approach in internationalization research [86]. Hoskisson et al [87] claimed that RBV is considered as one of the top three most useful theories helpful for understanding firms' strategy in emerging economies [88].…”

Section: Internationalization: Resource-based Viewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women Entrepreneurship in International Trade: Bridging the Gap by Bringing Feminist Theories into Entrepreneurship and Internationalization Theories

Akter¹,

Rahman²,

Radičić³

2019

Sustainability

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Participation of women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in international trade is gaining more importance in the transformation of institutional changes. Although women entrepreneurs contribute to the social and economic development, the role of social, cultural, and legal institutions in fostering women entrepreneurship is still debatable. This argument remains controversial as there is no single theory that has explained the phenomenon of women-owned firms in international trade. Because of the missing link between gender sensitivity and the existing theories of entrepreneurship and internationalization, there is a significant research gap. To fill up this research gap, this study revisited existing theories from three research domains: feminism, entrepreneurship, and internationalization. Factors derived from revisiting theories of entrepreneurship and internationalization were evaluated based on findings from the review of the feminist theories. Finally, key parameters were selected to assess the internationalization of women-owned SMEs, which require future empirical investigation.

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Section: Internationalization: Resource-based Viewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women Entrepreneurship in International Trade: Bridging the Gap by Bringing Feminist Theories into Entrepreneurship and Internationalization Theories

Akter¹,

Rahman²,

Radičić³

2019

Sustainability

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“…While our findings support this importance for the entry phase, this is particularly true for traditional SMEs as initially, they rely on their network to gather information and identify the relevant and specific support services that they may need. As shown by Kazlauskaitė et al (2015), networks influence gradual internationalisation efforts into Asia. For INVs, the business network appears to be more a complement to public support services during the intensification stage.…”

Section: Support Services and Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

How do SMEs use support services during their internationalisation process: A comparative study of French traditional SMEs and INVs in Asia

Belhoste

Bocquet²,

Favre‐Bonté³

et al. 2019

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurs

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This article integrates research on the internationalisation processes of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and export assistance services to investigate how such firms use support services drawing upon a large, qualitative study of 32 French traditional SMEs and international new ventures (INVs) that have entered Asia. Our key contribution is to consider the time to internationalisation (gradual or rapid) and the stage of internationalisation (entrance or intensification) rather than export intensity alone, and to examine how support services can help SMEs internationalise. The identification of different configurations of uses leads to the development of theoretical propositions that extend existing models pertaining to support services and firm internationalisation. These findings have several important managerial implications for support services to target their offer more precisely to two types of SMEs; they also provide useful guidance for SMEs to determine which tailor-made offerings from private and public actors are most applicable to their internationalisation efforts.

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“…Poor information systems, limited access to venture capital, and scarce qualified human resources are also important constraints for their business expansion; also EMs' SMEs usually neither benefit from cluster advantages nor receive public support to develop their businesses (Lingelbach, De La Vina, andAsel 2005, Cardoza et al 2016). Kazlauskaitė et al (2015) added that the international expansion of SMEs from emerging economies is burdened by a lack of international ties and argued that this expansion is more likely to be driven by the motivation to gain new knowledge that is unavailable domestically.…”

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Internationalization of Chinese SMEs: The Perception of Disadvantages of Foreignness

Fornés

Cardoza

2018

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

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The paper aims at extending previous research on the specific barriers experienced by emerging markets-based SMEs expanding internationally and the necessary corporate resources and capabilities to support the first stages of their expansion. Framed within resource-based theory (RBV) and liability of foreignness perspectives, the study focuses on four main areas: limited knowledge of external markets, socio-cultural differences, unfamiliarity with foreign contexts and business practices, and limited local business contacts, reliable representatives, and control systems. The data was collected from more than 500 Chinese SMEs and then analysed using multivariate and stepwise regressions. The research results show that external factors, both at the domestic level and in host markets, ranging from local regulations and distribution facilities to cultural differences and exchange rates, are perceived to be critical for the performance of business expansion. The research provides deep insights on the barriers faced by SMEs from emerging economies when doing business abroad and especially to discriminate among its different sources of liabilities. The results also suggest that the RBV approach is insufficient to analyse the barriers associated with liabilities of foreignness, newness and outsidership.

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The Resource-based View and SME Internationalisation: An Emerging Economy Perspective

Cited by 25 publications

References 41 publications

Women Entrepreneurship in International Trade: Bridging the Gap by Bringing Feminist Theories into Entrepreneurship and Internationalization Theories

Women Entrepreneurship in International Trade: Bridging the Gap by Bringing Feminist Theories into Entrepreneurship and Internationalization Theories

How do SMEs use support services during their internationalisation process: A comparative study of French traditional SMEs and INVs in Asia

Internationalization of Chinese SMEs: The Perception of Disadvantages of Foreignness

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