TY - JOUR
T1 - An institution-based view of international entrepreneurship
T2 - A comparison of context-based and universal determinants in developing and economically advanced countries
AU - Jafari-Sadeghi, Vahid
AU - Nkongolo-Bakenda, Jean Marie
AU - Anderson, Robert B.
AU - Dana, Leo-Paul
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support of the President's Research SEED Grant at The University of Regina, Canada.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - The objective of this paper is to investigate the institutional characteristics of different geographic contexts that affect the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The study focuses on three categories of factors: (a) sociocultural, (b) political/legal, and (c) economic. Under economic factors, it examines competitive pressures in international markets, the nature of demands in international markets, domestic resources advantages, and domestic general economic characteristics. The paper identifies universal factors that influence the internationalisation of SMEs regardless of the location of the firm. These universal factors are distinguished from context-based factors, which are specific to the particular conditions of the people/location of the firm. A comparative analysis of cases from Italy and Iran allow us to find factors that are universal, others that are Iranian context-based, and one factor specific to the Italian context. Also, our analysis suggests the existence of some factors without significant influence in either country.
AB - The objective of this paper is to investigate the institutional characteristics of different geographic contexts that affect the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The study focuses on three categories of factors: (a) sociocultural, (b) political/legal, and (c) economic. Under economic factors, it examines competitive pressures in international markets, the nature of demands in international markets, domestic resources advantages, and domestic general economic characteristics. The paper identifies universal factors that influence the internationalisation of SMEs regardless of the location of the firm. These universal factors are distinguished from context-based factors, which are specific to the particular conditions of the people/location of the firm. A comparative analysis of cases from Italy and Iran allow us to find factors that are universal, others that are Iranian context-based, and one factor specific to the Italian context. Also, our analysis suggests the existence of some factors without significant influence in either country.
KW - Context-based determinants
KW - Institutions
KW - International entrepreneurship
KW - SME internationalisation
KW - Universal factors
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066809267&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101588
DO - 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101588
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85066809267
SN - 0969-5931
VL - 28
JO - International Business Review
JF - International Business Review
IS - 6
M1 - 101588
ER -