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Key determinants of SMEs’ export performance: a resource-based view and contingency theory approach using potential mediators
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Emerald Publishing Limited
, 2020 , Article)
Purpose: Various barriers discourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from entering or expanding their export activities in the international markets, especially SMEs in emerging markets. The purpose of this study ...
Breaking down the export barriers for small and medium-sized enterprises: Focus group study across Vietnam
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Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
This paper attempts to empirically analyse the motivations and barriers among Vietnamese businesses in undertaking export activities. The study applies thematic analysis method and categorisations developed from extant ...
Enhancing the export activities of small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets
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Emerald Publishing Limited
, 2022 , Article)
Purpose: This study aims to examine a conceptual integrated framework for small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) export performance that comprises all potential export determinants and inhibitors. This study also ...
How Do SMEs Decide on International Market Entry? An Empirical Examination in the Middle East
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2022 , Article)
This study contributes to the scant literature that scrutinises the decision-making process preceding foreign entries, particularly in the Middle Eastern context. While considerable research has examined the content and ...
SMEs and artificial intelligence (AI): Antecedents and consequences of AI-based B2B practices
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is a key approach to achieving economic growth in the Middle East and successful adoption of technology is vital for SMEs' success and continuity. Artificial intelligence ...
Contextualizing Internationalization Decision-making Research in SMEs: Towards an Integration of Existing Studies
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European Academy of Management
, 2020 , Article)
This paper advances research on SME internationalization decision-making through considering the relevance of its context. It systematically reviews empirical studies, together with conceptual papers and other reviews in ...
Impact of skill on bi-dimensional trust within small-to-medium sized enterprises upstream relationships
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: This paper examined the deterministic and moderating impacts of skill on the behavioural (benevolence) and cognitive (credibility) dimensions of trust within small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) upstream (i.e. ...
The effects of complementarity of knowledge and capabilities on joint innovation capabilities and service innovation: The role of competitive intensity and demand uncertainty
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Service innovation has become increasingly important for the growth of developed and developing countries. Despite an extensive body of literature on the role of joint innovation capabilities in improving a firm's ...
Foreign market involvement, entry-mode learning potential and SME internationalization outcomes
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Emerald Publishing
, 2023 , Article)
Purpose: Drawing on an organizational learning perspective, this paper examines the effect of levels of foreign market involvement (intensity and geographic spread) on internationalization outcomes recognizing that the ...
International entrepreneurial SMEs in the muslim world: The role of religion in the GCC countries
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2022 , Article)
Recent studies examining the internationalisation of SMEs in emerging economies have observed that religion affects international market entry, which suggests that specific cultural aspects, such as religion, have not ...