Active internationalisation of Brazilian SMEs from the software sector

Maurício Floriano Galimberti and Eric Charles Henri Dorion

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 2011, vol. 11, issue 1, 69-84

Abstract: This paper analyses the theories and models that can give solutions to the process of internationalisation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of the Brazilian software sector. Within the presented contemporary models, four research dimensions and the relevant variables were selected to explain a successful process of active internationalisation. From a multiple case study, this research aims at demonstrating that the constructs of innovation, entrepreneurship, networks and foreign market knowledge constitute the pillars of the internationalisation of Brazilian software SMEs. This study suggests that there is room for future quantitative studies to test the validity of the proposed model of internationalisation.

Keywords: active internationalisation; Brazilian software SMEs; enterprise development; entrepreneurship; innovation; networks; foreign market knowledge; multiple case study; Brazil; small and medium-sized enterprises; software industry; software development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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