This paper reviews and assesses recent empirical research on the internationalisation of
smaller firms, in the context of Foreign Direct Investment theory, the" Stage" models of …

Export performance is one of the most widely researched but least understood and most
contentious areas of international marketing. To some extent, this problem can be ascribed …

Despite widespread research on the export behavior of firms, no integrative review of the
empirical work in relation to export development models exists in the extant literature. This …

Despite the recent increase in'born-global'studies, there has been little research on how the
scale and scope of being a born-global firm affects performance: most of the earlier research …

It has been suggested that there is a lack of consensus regarding the conceptual domain of
cross‐national studies. That said, the theoretical focus of such scholarly activities has tended …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the conceptual frameworks
and concepts with which the research on internationalization patterns of small and medium …

This study operationalised the network model of internationalisation [Johanson, J., &
Mattsson, L.-G.(1988). Internationalization in industrial systems—a network approach. In N …

For many decades global business was considered the preserve of large multinationals and
traditional international business theory was developed to explain the behaviour of these …

The increasing globalization of markets witnessed in recent years has been paralleled by
growing research attention upon the internationalization of small and medium sized firms. In …

Purpose–The purpose of this research is to specifically explore the role of management
characteristics in the international development of SMEs. Design/methodology/approach …