SME internationalization and performance: Growth vs. profitability

By J. Lu, Paul W. Beamish. 2006

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management

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Process innovation in small- and medium-sized enterprises: The critical roles of external knowledge sourcing and absorptive capacity (2020, background): “Scholars have long acknowledged that SMEs are not simply smaller versions of large organizations (e.g., Lu & Beamish, 2006, 2001; Sadeghi et al., 2018); the process and outcomes associated with applying open innovation are likely to differ between SMEs and larger firms, as SMEs are typically…”
Regulatory environments and the location decision: evidence from the early foreign market entries of new-technology-based firms (2008, positive): “On average, the internationalizing NTBF is no longer a classical SME (Lu and Beamish, 2006) but not yet a “born global” corporation.”
From strategic goals to business model innovation paths: an exploratory study (2017, background): “For instance, Lu and Beamish (2006) showed that expanding to foreign markets has a positive impact on the 114 JSBED 25,1 D ow nl oa de d by 8 3.”
SME innovation, exporting and growth: A review of existing evidence (2015, background): “less than 500 employees) found a positive association between exporting and (lagged) sales and asset growth, but a U-shaped relationship between exporting and productivity (Beamish and Lu, 2006).”
Effects of innovation strategies on export performance: New empirical evidence from developing market firms (2020, background): “Exporting is attractive to SMEs in developing economies because of its low level of commitments and investment risks (Lu and Beamish, 2006).”
Trends in production relocation and backshoring activities (2012, background): “new strategic decisions are still relying on existing resources and competences (Lu and Beamish, 2006; van Eenemaam and Brouthers, 1996).”
Earliness of internationalization and performance outcomes: Exploring the moderating effects of venture age and international commitment (2014, background): “Lu and Beamish (2006) provided further support by showing that FDI has a greater impact on firms’ growth performance among those which started to make FDIs at their younger ages.”
SMEs and international entrepreneurship: An institutional network perspective (2015, background): “Thus, internationalization not only provides a competitive advantage to SMEs; it also enhances the economic robustness of all industry sectors, particularly within manufacturing and knowledge-intensive industries (Chiao, Yang, & Yu, 2006; Lu & Beamish, 2006, 2001).”