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AuthorJohn, Child
AuthorNarooz, Rose
AuthorHsieh, Linda
AuthorElbanna, Said
AuthorKarmowska, Joanna
AuthorMarinova, Svetla
AuthorPuthusserry, Pushyarag
AuthorTsai, Terence
AuthorZhang, Yunlu
Available date2022-10-23T06:14:21Z
Publication Date2022-09
Publication NameJournal of International Management
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2021.100924
CitationChild, J., Narooz, R., Hsieh, L., Elbanna, S., Karmowska, J., Marinova, S., ... & Zhang, Y. (2022). External resource provision and the international performance of SMEs–A contextual analysis. Journal of International Management, 28(3), 100924.
ISSN1075-4253
URIhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1075425321001034
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/35271
AbstractThis paper investigates whether different categories of links (core and discretionary) to external resource providers are associated with the international performance of SMEs, as well as the perceived importance of external links for providing specific forms of assistance toward internationalization. A study of 180 internationally active SMEs examines whether these features vary according to the SMEs' contexts, specifically their industry and level of home economy development. The relevance of these two contexts is theoretically informed by resource dependence, environmental munificence and institutional perspectives. SME decision-makers' attribution of importance to discretionary external links predicts stronger international performance, but this is not the case with core market transactional links. Different external parties emerge as important sources of specific forms of assistance toward internationalization. Many of these results are associated with the SME's industry and home economy context. The paper concludes with a new contextually-informed model of SME egocentric networking and implications for practice.
SponsorThe British Academy/Leverhulme Trust [grant numbers: SG090831, SG120531]
Languageen
PublisherElsevier Inc.
SubjectContext
Internationalization
Performance
Resource provision
SME
TitleExternal resource provision and the international performance of SMEs – A contextual analysis
TypeArticle
Issue Number3
Volume Number28
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