Small firms contribute to the economy by creating new vacancies and are the most common business form in the EU. However, small firms are not tended to expand internationally and only a limited number of small firms export to the countries outside the EU. The study aims to investigate...

This study investigates the effect of intangible resources and entrepreneurial orientation in export performance, by examining the mediating effect of dynamic capabilities. A framework of export antecedents is developed and empirically tested. A survey of 265 Portuguese exporting companies shows...

This research studies the perception of innovation by managers of small and medium enterprises in Montemorelos, Nuevo León. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the engine that drives the economy in Mexico and play a fundamental role in the creation of new sources of income. Therefore,...

Purpose: This study seeks to discover how a firm's size and its use of both market and non-market strategies (MS and NMS) impact firm performance in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach: We used the Prolific platform to gather survey data from 247 executives and managers across the country...

This paper investigates organisational-level attributes that allow European SMEs to choose equity-based modes of entry to foreign markets, thus becoming micro-multinationals. We hypothesize that international R&D cooperation (hypothesis 1) and using digital marketing (hypothesis 2) by SMEs...

Las pequeñas y medianas empresas –en adelante las pyme– son actores fundamentales de la economía colombiana, tal como ocurre en otros países. El acelerado ritmo de la globalización impone retos para estas compañías a partir de las nuevas oportunidades y amenazas que se gestan en el...

Innovation is usually associated with the use of new technology or with important research and development departments, leaving micro and small enterprises (MSE) lacking. Our research shows that MSE can find success by doing things differently, better, quicker and more cost efficiently....

Having to comply with the regulations and schemes of a trade environment, it is important for firms to assess the benefits and risks involved with TPP participation. It is the aim of this study to examine to the effectiveness of TPP participation from the perspective of SMEs, focusing on the...

Purpose – Without question, globalization has presented different opportunities to entrepreneurs seeking to expand their companies in foreign markets. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial activity, information...

This paper investigates organisational-level attributes that allow European SMEs to choose equity-based modes of entry to foreign markets, thus becoming micro-multinationals. We hypothesize that international R&D cooperation (hypothesis 1) and using digital marketing (hypothesis 2) by SMEs...