Entrepreneurial orientation and SME international performance: The mediating role of networking capability and experiential learning

By Masoud Karami, Jintong Tang. International Small Business Journal, 2019

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This article extends knowledge of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) by examining EO in the context of international performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We enhance understanding of foreign market entry of SMEs by taking into account the mediating mechanisms (i.e. networking capability and experiential learning) through which firm EO leads to superior performance across borders. A sample of 164 internationalising SMEs in New Zealand supported the direct impact of EO on international performance as well as the mediating role of experiential learning and networking capability in this focal relationship. These findings reveal the importance of EO in internationalisation of SMEs.

Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

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• Collaboration and Internationalization of SMEs: Insights and Recommendations from a Systematic Review (2020, background): “EO is a widely studied antecedent in the literature (Karami and Tang 2019; Villena Manzanares 2019); researchers argue that entrepreneurial firms are able to gain foreign market knowledge (Karami and Tang 2019) that is conducive to international success (Acosta et al. 2018), international speed…”