Networks, Serendipity and SME Entry into Eastern Europe

By K. Meyer, Ane Skak. 2002

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Network ties in the international opportunity recognition of family SMEs (2011, background): “Intermediary ties such as professional forums (Ozgen & Baron, 2007) and trade exhibitions (Ellis, 2008; McAuley, 1999; Meyer & Skak, 2002; Reid, 1984) have also been found to be sources for information that can facilitate international opportunity recognition.”
Social ties and international entrepreneurship: Opportunities and constraints affecting firm internationalization (2011, background): “While previous market entry studies have attributed a heavy hand to the null hypothesis of luck (e.g., Meyer & Skak, 2002), virtually all of the exchange ventures observed in this study could be explained as a consequence of one of the methods of opportunity identification described in this measure.”
The impact of relationships on changes in internationalisation strategies of SMEs (2007, background): “The extant research often concludes that SMEs' internationalise in unforeseeable ways, often determined by serendipitous and uncontrollable events ( Meyer and Skak, 2002”
International Opportunity Recognition among Small and Medium‐Sized Family Firms* (2011, unknown): “…the primary context in which the family SMEs recognize the opportunity for foreign market entry is that of trade exhibitions.2 This is consistent with earlier literature indicating the important role of trade exhibitions for opportunity recognition (Ellis 2000; McAuley 1999; Meyer and Skak 2002).”
Paths to foreign markets: Does distance to market affect firm internationalisation? (2007, background): “FMEs may also arise serendipitously and as a consequence of chance meetings between potential exchange partners, such as may happen at an international trade fair (Ellis, 2000; Meyer & Skak, 2002).”
The FDI location decision: does liberalization matter? (2007, background): “Country-specific knowledge tends to be passed from firm to firm, and Italian firms often pursue a follow-my-leader strategy (Meyer and Skak, 2002).”
Do International Networks and Foreign Market Knowledge Facilitate SME Internationalization? Evidence from the Czech Republic (2014, background): “First, they should mitigate the high level of mistrust that managers in the Czech Republic (and in other CEE countries) often exhibit toward foreigners (Meyer & Skak, 2002), instilling in them greater confidence in the knowledge acquired from such ties.”