This article reviews how context has been considered in studies on SME
internationalization. It examines 333 articles published during the period 2010–2020 in …

Despite an increasing number of studies identifying factors that influence the
internationalization process for early internationalizing firms (EIFs), it remains unclear which …

Purpose The paper aims to examine new research on the internationalization of small-and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Pacific Island Nation country Fiji. Design/methodology …

From a study following two sequential on-site data collection stages at 618 internationalising
SMEs in Sweden, Poland and China, we identify and validate four distinct international …

Drawing on the international relations literature, the purpose of this paper is to investigate
whether and when diplomatic relations between countries have an influence on firm …

This study investigates the association between the intensity of innovation activities that
firms perform offshore with host-country inventors (IHCI) and the time before back-shoring, a …

Prior research has analyzed how different ownership types affect firm growth. Yet, so far, we
know little about the effect of foundation ownership on firm growth. This is an important …

Industries with a higher return on invested capital (ROIC), or profit for each unit of assets
invested, could be particularly appealing to entrepreneurs. Yet, why do some ventures in …

The literature emphasises that technological advances have enabled firms to expand
internationally at accelerated speed. Yet, technological advances are treated as a contextual …

This paper investigates whether the decision to internationalize early in a firm's life affects its
later development in new and adolescent venture phases. To observe this post-entry …