Environmental Sustainability, Digitalisation, and the Entrepreneurial Perception of Distances as Drivers of SMEs’ Internationalisation

Roland Z. Szabó (), Borbála Szedmák, Anna Tajti and Péter Bera
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Roland Z. Szabó: Department of Leadership and Management, Kautz Gyula Faculty of Business and Economics, Széchenyi István University, 9026 Győr, Hungary
Borbála Szedmák: Doctoral School of Business and Management, Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Corvinus University of Budapest, 1093 Budapest, Hungary
Anna Tajti: Montpellier Business School, Groupe Sup de Co, 34080 Montpellier, France
Péter Bera: Doctoral School of Business and Management, Institute of Sustainable Development, Corvinus University of Budapest, 1093 Budapest, Hungary

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-21

Abstract: The complex relationship between sustainability, digitalization, entrepreneurship and internationalization has received less academic attention, although each of these topics is an important research area on its own. Thus, our research aims to understand the effect of environmental sustainability, the usage of digital systems, and the entrepreneurial perception of distances on the intention to export in the case of SMEs. The authors have developed a survey to examine three main hypotheses. Based on the answers of 315 SMEs, the article highlights that the communication of environmental sustainability, the usage of ERP systems, and the perception of cultural distance as opportunities to foster internationalisation.

Keywords: small and medium-sized enterprises; digital transformation; ERP; ISO 14001; sustainable development goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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