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Strategic choices of SMES on foreign markets: someevidence from an Italian sample
No full textInternationalisation has become part of the daily life of most small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Consequently, literature has emphasized the role of this strategic choice focusing on several as-pects, such as motivations, entry mode choices, internationalisation trajectories etc.
The main focus in international business research thus has been on “why” those firms become international, on “which patterns” they follow in their international experience, while the strategic aspects, the “how” side of internationalisation of SMEs has received less at-tention (Bell et al. 2004).
This paper wants to focus on this literature gap, analysing how inter-nationalised SMEs behave strategically abroad (from developing competitive advantage to designing market strategies to adapta-tion/standardisation decision in marketing mix) and how the strategic choices combine to high export performance measured as export in-tensity.
We are going to present the Italian results of an international re-search program, involving European SMEs and European research-ers in International Business. The study is still at the explorative level, so the methodology is based on descriptive and correlation analysis. The findings constitute research hypotheses that need fur-ther development. The results underline preference for strategic flexibility, which involves a market widening rather than a market deepening attitude and the typical trait of Italian family businesses, focused on customers and not on markets, ready to respond to each customer needs but not to adapt to foreign market requirements
International performance of SMEs: a strategic approach
No full textInternationalization has become part of the daily life of most SMEs, and literature has emphasized the role of this strategic choice focusing on several aspects. Current research aims at understanding the change in internationalization behavior, trying to identify the drivers of the phenomenon and at describing the strategic dimensions of internationalisation. Literature, however, presents a gap in describing and analyzing international strategic choices that SMEs pursue in internationalisation. Earlier studies in the field are heterogeneous and inconclusive as far as a firm's strategic and competitive situation and its expressions in strategy is concerned. This article wants to focus on this gap, analyzing how international SMEs behave strategically abroad, in relation to their export intensity. The study is still at the explorative level, so the methodology is based on descriptive and correlation analysis. The results underline preference for strategic flexibility, which involves a market widening rather than a market deepening attitude and the typical trait of Italian family businesses, focused on customers and not on markets, ready to respond to each customer's need but not to adapt to foreign market requirements
Internationalization and management of foreign operations
No full textKirjoittajat: Kuivalainen Olli, Lindqvist Jani,
Saarenketo Sami, Äijö Toivo, Laanti Riku,
Gabrielsson Mika, Gabrielsson Peter, Nummela Niina,
Pukkinen Tommi, Vissak Tiia, Söderqvist Anette,
Servais Per, Zucchella Antonella,
Maccarini Maurizio Ettore, Palamara Giada,
Mäkelä Kristiina, Hennart Jean-François, Zeng Ming,
Jussi Hätönen, Schmid Stefan, Daub Matthias,
Roolaht Tõnu, Machulik Mario, Hitzemann Kristin,
Ghauri Pervez N., Hadjikhani Amjad,
Pekkanen Tuomas, Salmi Asta, Larimo Jorma,
Huuhka Ari, Jakobsen Kristian, Smale Adam,
Suutari Vesa, Reiljan Elefi=vertaisarvioimaton|en=nonPeerReviewed|ei tietoa saavutettavuudest
Perspectives on internationalization and international management
No full textKirjoittajat: Zettinig Peter, Jones Marian V.,
Vlachos Georges, Wheeler Collin, Dimitratos Pavlos,
Vapola Terhi J., Rasmussen Erik, Jensen Jan Møller,
Servais Per, Gabrielsson Mika, Gabrielsson Peter,
D'Angelo Alfredo, Hagen Birgit, Palamara Giada,
Zucchella Antonella, Österåker Maria,
Cerrato Daniele, Schmid Stefan, Daniel Andrea,
Salonen Anna, Scott-Kennel Joanna, Vissak Tiia,
Smyczek Slawomir, Dianoux Christian,
Linhart Zdenek, Kettnerová Jana, Kontkanen Minnie,
Jakobsen Kristian, Larimo Jorma, Pynnönen Seppo,
Smale Adam, Suutari Vesa, Huovinen Pekka,
Glowik Mariofi=vertaisarvioimaton|en=nonPeerReviewed|ei tietoa saavutettavuudest
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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