Collaboration among Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises as Part of Internationalization: A Systematic Review

Luciana Gondim de Almeida Guimarães, Pierre Blanchet and Yan Cimon
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Luciana Gondim de Almeida Guimarães: NSERC Industrial Chair on Eco-Responsible Wood Construction (CIRCERB), Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Pierre Blanchet: NSERC Industrial Chair on Eco-Responsible Wood Construction (CIRCERB), Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Yan Cimon: CIRRELT, Faculty of Business Administration, Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada

Administrative Sciences, 2021, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-27

Abstract: This article performs a systematic review of the research literature on the forms of collaboration among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) so that they reach the foreign market, since there is a lack of research focusing on the collaborative relationship between national companies as a strategic option for accessing the foreign market. In addition, we analyzed the articles to conceptually synthesized the elements that make up the business models of these collaborative forms of operating in the foreign market. Likewise, we analyzed real cases of collaborative processes among SMEs for the foreign market and highlight the contributions of governments in promoting actions to support these collaborations. We also show some directions for future research that were pointed out by the articles.

Keywords: alliance; business model; cluster; collaboration; cooperation; export; governance; internationalization; network; small and medium enterprises (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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