Effect of market orientation, network capability and entrepreneurial orientation on international performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

By Alexander S. Acosta, Á. H. Crespo, Jesús Collado Agudo. 2018

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This study contributes to literature on the internationalization of SMEs by analysing the influence of International Market Orientation, Network Capability, and International Entrepreneurial Orientation on the International Performance of this kind of businesses. Particularly, both the direct effects of explanatory variables of International Performance and interdependence relations between them are analysed. Results obtained from a sample of 161 Mexican SMEs using SEM-PLS analysis show that the International Performance of this kind of businesses is favourably influenced by their Network Capability and International Entrepreneurial Orientation, but not by their International Market Orientation. Similarly, it is verified that interdependence relations exist among the explanatory variables of International Performance of SMEs, where positive impact of International Entrepreneurial Orientation is observed on Network Capability and the International Market Orientation of SMEs.

Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management

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• How entrepreneurial SMEs compete through digital platforms: The roles of digital platform capability, network capability and ambidexterity (2019, background): “The literature shows that network capability allows firms to gain access to different resources, identify opportunities, and respond quickly to fast-changing market needs (Gulati, Nohria, & Zaheer, 2000; Solano Acosta, Herrero Crespo, & Collado Agudo, 2018).”