Despite the plethora of studies on SMEs' export performance and survival, empirical works
on export initiation are relatively limited. Thus far, extant literature has fallen short of …

The literature on early internationalization has evolved rapidly in the last few decades. Firms
that achieve early and rapid internationalization have emerged as newcomers in the …

SMEs attempt to accelerate and diversify their international expansion strategies. The
purpose of this article is to identify the internationalization stages followed by traditional …

This study investigates the performance implications of the distinct mechanisms represented
by business and social networks in the effectual internationalization. Our hypotheses …

Purpose Recognising the increasing relevance of digital platforms in socio-economic
dynamics, the paper aims at investigating in which ways digital platforms can influence the …

While international entrepreneurship (IE) recognizes opportunity recognition (OR) as a
central activity and the prominent role of network capabilities in OR, it is not informative as to …

The opportunity has become a central concept in International Entrepreneurship (IE)
literature, and there is now a critical mass of literature focused on entrepreneurial behaviors …

Economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has led to a dramatic increase in
CEE firms' participation in international markets. This applies to different types of firms–from …

Purpose This study aims to examine the role of the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation
(EO) under turbulent market conditions and reveal the role of an entrepreneur's perception …

Despite considerable research, the international entrepreneurship (IE) literature lacks
systematic knowledge of how early internationalizers use networks to overcome their …