â â â  â â â â â  abstract â  the research on social networks and collaborative strategies has highlighted from the mid of 1980 which has contributed to the success and development of firms. the relationship and communication with trade partners in overseas help success of firms in entering to foreign markets and improve new partners and new markets abroad. doing firm internationalization in fo...

 The research on social networks and collaborative strategies has highlighted from the mid of 1980 which has contributed to the success and development of firms. The relationship and communication with trade partners in overseas help success of firms in entering to foreign markets and improve new partners and new markets abroad. Doing firm internationalization in foreign countries faces some ba...

In current global economy with hyper competition in home market, access to foreign markets has become a must for most of SMEs; therefore, SMEs internationalization has received great attention. However, internationalization of SMEs from developing countries in general and rapid internationalization in particular has remained largely unsearched. This longitudinal study was carried out with the a...

Purpose – Due to its specificities, the family Small and Medium Enterprise shows a particular behavior as for the creation, development, sharing, protection and transmission of knowledge. The purpose of this paper is to study the specificities of the processes of knowledge creation and development in family firms. Three variables should influence the processes of knowledge development. The char...

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK This special issue addresses the questions: What is the role and impact of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) on the process of internationalization in higher education? How is this internationalization process related to general models of change that are in motion? In particular, the articles in this special issue explore how the use of ICT influences the futu...

The upsurge of the outward direct investment (ODI) made by the Chinese firms in recent years is one of the main concerns among academic researchers and policy consultants targeting emerging market economies. In this paper, the focus for analysis is the internationalization and ODI initiated by Chinese private-owned enterprises (POEs). Starting with a check of key factors that shape the general ...

Rajah Rasiah This paper seeks to examine the importance of ownership in R&D intensities and export ownership in the automotive parts firms in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Taiwan. Consistent with the portfolio and ownership, location and internationalization theories of foreign direct investment about asset specific advantages, the pooled regressions show higher R&D intensities in...