Drivers of and Barriers to the SME Internationalisation Process in a Small Open Economy

Ana Brochado (), Carla Azevedo lobo (), Luis Pacheco and Isabel Maldonado ()
Additional contact information
Ana Brochado: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), DINÂMIA´CET – IUL
Carla Azevedo lobo: Universidade Portucalense, Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies (REMIT)
Isabel Maldonado: Universidade Portucalense, Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies (REMIT)

Economics Bulletin, 2020, vol. 40, issue 4, 2932-2942

Abstract: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have actively increased their participation in international markets. This research's primary objective was to identify, based on 11 case studies, the main barriers to and drivers of the SME internationalisation process in a small open economy. Content analysis of in-depth interviews used Leximancer software to identify 7 themes that describe both internal and external barriers and 12 themes that characterise drivers, which were classified into five groups: SME human capital, technology, institutional support, networks and other drivers. Designation : Empirical

Keywords: SMEs; internationalisation process; barriers; drivers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-11-14
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2020/Volume40/EB-20-V40-I4-P255.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-20-00839

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Economics Bulletin from AccessEcon
Bibliographic data for series maintained by John P. Conley ().