TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding decisions to internationalize by small and medium-sized firms located in an emerging market
AU - Fabian, Frances
AU - Molina, Henry
AU - Labianca, Giuseppe
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - • We examined perceptions differentiating key Colombian decisionmakers in 168 SMEs who decided to either internationalize or remain domestic. An integrative model compares managerial perceptions of competitive, macro-environmental and neo-institutional factors. • Foreign MNEs in the home market significantly differentiated decisions to internationalize, as well as the presence of internationalizing domestic competitors, anticipated product acceptance, and internationalizing suppliers. • The lack of findings for some institutional and macro-environmental factors may reflect important contextual features of the Colombian business environment.
AB - • We examined perceptions differentiating key Colombian decisionmakers in 168 SMEs who decided to either internationalize or remain domestic. An integrative model compares managerial perceptions of competitive, macro-environmental and neo-institutional factors. • Foreign MNEs in the home market significantly differentiated decisions to internationalize, as well as the presence of internationalizing domestic competitors, anticipated product acceptance, and internationalizing suppliers. • The lack of findings for some institutional and macro-environmental factors may reflect important contextual features of the Colombian business environment.
KW - Decision making
KW - Emerging markets
KW - Internationalize
KW - MNEs
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U2 - 10.1007/s11575-009-0007-6
DO - 10.1007/s11575-009-0007-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77955044846
SN - 0938-8249
VL - 49
SP - 537
EP - 563
JO - Management International Review
JF - Management International Review
IS - 5
ER -