internationalization process – Jurnal Pengurusan

A Model for Understanding SMEs Internationalization in Emerging Economies

Nazira Adnan — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 04:56:19 +0000

Understanding the internationalization process of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is imperative for emerging economies to compete globally. Empirical findings of SMEs from emerging countries are still lacking. Thus, this study intends to fill this gap by providing a comprehensive model for the process of SMEs internationalization in Malaysia. Five major internationalization perspectives namely process and stage models, network, born-global and international new ventures, resource-based view, and international entrepreneurship were integrated in formulating a framework for this study. In-depth interviews were carried out with thirty-two Malaysian experts including academics, policy makers, government agencies, chamber of commerce, and research institute. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed manually using thematic coding and frequency counts analysis. Six important factors with distinguished categories and items pertaining to SME internationalization process were identified: 1) triggering factors; 2) internal factors; 3) external factors; 4) networking; 5) barriers and challenges, and 6) operations for internationalization. The main contribution of this study is a generic model of SME internationalization that can provide apertures on researching into SME internationalization in emerging economies.

Strategi dan Corak Pengantarabangsaan Perniagaan Agro di Malaysia

syazahzwni — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 13:11:53 +0000

This article examines the internationalization strategy among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in agro industry. The objectives of this study are to identify the entry mode and market selection strategies in the internationalization of agro SMEs, and to determine how the company’s characteristics affecting the speed of internationalization process. The case study was adopted involving five agro SMEs in Malaysia. The study found that agro SME companies utilised a variety of entry mode strategies such as direct export, joint ventures, and foreign partners to penetrate into international market. The study identified that the characteristics of the company such as types of product, types of business, and ownership are major factors affecting the choice of foreign entry mode and markets selection, which in turn determines the pattern of internationalization that can be either traditional or born-global. This article proposes a typology of internationalization pattern and several propositions regarding the internationalization process. This study provides guidance to owners/ managers of agro businesses to penetrate into global market. Whereas for the policy makers, it could be the basis for establishing guidelines in helping agribusiness industry to compete internationally.