Internationalization and diversification strategies of companies from emerging economies : the case of fresh fruit export companies from Chile

The food and agricultural value chains have experienced constant changes throughout the last decades having important organizational and economic implications that have shaped global markets. Among these changes, a rapid globalization and the increasingly openness of international trade have pushed firms to intensify their participation in international markets as an alternative to exploit new market opportunities. These changes have exposed firms to higher levels of internationalization, forcing them to adapt and develop strategies to be able to cope with a higher complexity of modern valu...