Exporting challenges of SMEs: A review and future research agenda

J Paul, S Parthasarathy, P Gupta - Journal of world business, 2017 - Elsevier
This study seeks to review the literature on the exporting challenges and problems of small
and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in this era of globalization. Besides, we identify gaps …

State ownership and firm innovation in China: An integrated view of institutional and efficiency logics

KZ Zhou, GY Gao, H Zhao - Administrative Science Quarterly, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Using two longitudinal panel datasets of Chinese manufacturing firms, we assess whether
state ownership benefits or impedes firms' innovation. We show that state ownership in an …

CSR 'sustainability'practices and firm performance in an emerging economy

D Sardana, N Gupta, V Kumar, M Terziovski - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper we seek to understand the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR)
environmental and supplier sustainability practices on firm performance within the …

Democratizing entrepreneurship? Digital technologies and the internationalization of female‐led SMEs

A Pergelova, T Manolova… - Journal of Small …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines how digital technologies affect the international expansion of female‐
led small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Digital technologies have the potential to …

The determinants of export performance: a review of the literature 2006-2014

J Chen, CMP Sousa, X He - International marketing review, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to synthesize and evaluate recent studies on
determinants of export performance. Design/methodology/approach Using a vote-counting …

Risks and critical success factors in the internationalization of born global startups of industry 4.0: A social, environmental, economic, and institutional analysis

FL Oliva, PMF Teberga, LIO Testi, M Kotabe… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
Startups in the Brazilian organizational scenario have been growing fast and understanding
these startups' internationalization strategies have been highly relevant. Such startups have …

Home country supportiveness/unfavorableness and outward foreign direct investment from China

AS Gaur, X Ma, Z Ding - Journal of international business studies, 2018 - Springer
What drives the outward foreign direct investments (OFDIs) by emerging market firms
(EMFs)? Drawing on a strategy tripod framework, this article proposes a theoretical model to …

Does market competition dampen environmental performance? Evidence from China

JL Duanmu, M Bu, R Pittman - Strategic Management Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Research Summary: Departing from the extant literature, which assumes that firms pursue
strong environmental performance as a differentiation strategy, we analyze the general …

Innovation capacity, international experience and export performance of SMEs in Brazil

MM Oura, SN Zilber, EL Lopes - International Business Review, 2016 - Elsevier
Innovation capacity and international experience are factors often related to the
internationalisation process of firms, with export activities as the first stage of the process …

The export performance of emerging economy firms: The influence of firm capabilities and institutional environments

SMS Krammer, R Strange, A Lashitew - International Business Review, 2018 - Elsevier
We advance a two-stage theoretical model which contends that the export performance of
emerging economy firms (EEFs) will depend both upon their firm-specific capabilities and …