The Internationalization Motives of SMEs from the Czech Republic in the Context of EU Accession

Lea Kubíčková, Martina Toulová (), Marcela Tuzová () and Lucie Veselá ()
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Martina Toulová: Department of Marketing and Trade, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic
Marcela Tuzová: Department of Marketing and Trade, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic
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Society and Economy, 2016, vol. 38, issue 3, 375-386

Abstract: Foreign competition in domestic markets is still strengthening and for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) internationalization may be one way to deal with this growing rivalry. Pan-garkar (2008) states that for SMEs the benefits of internationalization outweigh its disadvantages and that with the increasing degree of involvement in the internationalization process the performance of SMEs also improves. However, for SMEs from some sectors of our economy, involvement in internationalization is more complex than for large enterprises; moreover, they are often inclined to enter foreign markets due to different motives. The authors carried out several surveys among Czech SMEs during the last three years and found that SMEs from some sectors of the Czech economy mentioned the EU accession of the Czech Republic as their motive for internationalization. The aim of this paper is to find out whether EU membership represents the determining factor of the SMEs’ decision to get involved in internationalization, and what its advantages or disadvantages are as perceived by SMEs in connection with their international activities. Conclusions are drawn on the basis of primary data obtained from Czech SMEs through electronic questionnaire surveys.

Keywords: internationalization; motives; SMEs; accession to the EU (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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