This study examines strategic process and export entry choice of small and medium manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The data was collected from a survey of 72 small and mediumsized manufacturers in Nigeria. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, and Pearson’s product moment correlation analysis. Results show that firms’ strategic choice to enter the export market was associated ...

today the term globalization is associated with concepts such as unity of economies and societies, the merging of civilizations, of manufacturing and trading companies with banks, change of customs’ policies, increase of trading relations, development of cultural and diplomatic relations, worries of developing countries. globalization is in the best interests of a country if that country has fu...

Even though international marketing has been challenged because of theoretical and methodological shortcomings, very few researchers have actually attempted to analyze the weaknesses based on principles of theory evaluation. In this article, the author examines two types of models addressing the individual rirm's internationalization process. A theory evaluation is performed based on the explan...

Bobby is a software product that automatically evaluates the accessibility of a Web site according to the guidelines promoted by the W3C. The internationalization of this software poses a series of challenges to support international web sites to evaluate, to incorporate international design and evaluation guidelines, and to produce evaluation reports that can be read by an international reader...

This article aims to identify and verify the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation innovation of internationalised firms from Poland as a former emerging market. The assesses this in terms internationalisation scope. We adopted quantitative research design conducted CATI survey on sample 355 operating Poland. To various assumed relationships, we used statistical instruments, includin...

Abstract: In the context of internationalization, we study the impact of a firm’s breadth and depth on its performance using quantile regression. Quantile regression allows us to study the effects of internationalization on performance at various quantiles of conditional performance distribution. Our results suggest that breadth (measured by the number of foreign countries where a firm has dire...

The internationalization of firms has reached levels never seen before. As a consequence and in order to face the new competitive challenges of globalized markets, industrial small and medium-sized enterprises must be able to adapt to new organizational approaches, to innovate and to further develop their networks. Based on a case study, this chapter reviews the literature on internationalizati...

Are firms born Global? Because knowledge spillovers that lead to new venture creation are geographically constrained we believe that firms are born local. It follows that the decision to create sustainable new ventures is independent from the decision to internationalize, even if that is the ultimate goal of the firm. We explore two avenues to internationalize new ventures, a direct path descri...

The paper presents the results of a new survey on the international activities of Norwegian enterprises in the service industries. The survey focuses on three main internationalization channels: international sales, international cooperation and R&D outsourcing. The empirical analysis studies the relevance of these channels, and investigates the related strategies, objectives and determinants. ...