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• Exploring the Internationalisation Process of Small Businesses: A Study of Dutch Old and New Economy Firms1

The focus of this paper is on the internationalization process of small businesses. This study investigates if, how and why small firms use a cooperative or autonomous strategy to internationalize their activities and the possible changes in this use of strategy over time. It assumes that, because of unique resource constraints, small firms opt for a cooperative internationalization strategy. It examines not only the impact of firm - but also of industry characteristics. The empirical investigation uses a sample of Dutch firms from two different sectors: one that can be labelled as typically "old economy" (i.e. mechanical engineering) and one that can be described as "new economy" (i.e. computer software). Results show that small firms follow an evolutionary internationalization path (w...

...In comparison with other countries, the mid-field of larger SMEs and smaller large co... European Economic Area (European Union plus EFTA) countries, and are thus still heavily anchored in...

• Management International Review
• Band 44 Nr. 2, April 2004

• EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT - CONSEQUENCES AND PROBLEMS.

... limited public enthusiasm in some EU countries. . 1. Introduction . After the fall of the Berlin ... - the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - had failed. In 1981, Greece, which had made its...

• German Policy Studies
• Band 2 Nr. 1, Januar 2002

• EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT - CONSEQUENCES AND PROBLEMS.

... limited public enthusiasm in some EU countries. . 1. Introduction . After the fall of the Berlin ... - the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - had failed. In 1981, Greece, which had made its...

• German Policy Studies
• Band 1 Nr. 4, Oktober 2001