Decision mode, information and network attachment in the internationalization of SMEs: A configurational and contingency analysis

By J. Child, Linda Hsieh. 2014

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There has been limited attention to the internationalization of SMEs as a decision, and how the use of contrasting decision modes is associated with different information use and patterns of network attachment. This paper offers a new and systematic analysis of the likely associations between decision modes, information use, and network attachment among internationalizing SMEs. The analysis is subsequently contextualized in terms of two contingencies – the knowledge domain of the SME and the international experience of its key decision-maker. By focusing on the relation between a relatively neglected subject – decision modes – and other issues that have been more center-field, the paper contributes to an analytic synthesis in the field of SME internationalization research.

Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

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In Management of Technology and Innovation

1. Katrina M. Brownell
2. Joel Adams
3. Jeffery S. McMullen
4. Rose Narooz
5. J. Child
6. Dean A. Shepherd
7. Dimo Dimov
8. Matthew S. Wood

In Strategy and Management

1. Katrina M. Brownell
2. Joel Adams
3. Rose Narooz
4. Jeffery S. McMullen
5. J. Child
6. Dimo Dimov
7. N. Pangarkar

Citations in the corpus

• Networking responses to different levels of institutional void: a comparison of internationalizing SMEs in Egypt and the UK (2017, background): “…SMEs should extend beyond present emphases on the individual and firm levels in terms of factors such as entrepreneurial experience and firm sector (Child & Hsieh, 2014), and take into account as well the socioeconomic environment in which the SME is embedded (Lu, Liu, Wright & Filatotchev, 2014).”
• What Makes an Entrepreneurship Study Entrepreneurial? Toward A Unified Theory of Entrepreneurial Agency (2020, background): “…1997, 2005; Zahra & George, 2002); ability—for example, some agents have resource availability (Evers & O’Gorman, 2011) and access to information (Child & Hsieh, 2014); institutions—for example, variance across agents in perceptions of regulatory differences and institutional pressures…”