TY - GEN
T1 - SME internationalization in challenging contexts
AU - Jafari Sadeghi, Vahid
AU - Mallet, Julie
AU - Jongwe, Antony Itayi
AU - Anderson, Robert B.
AU - Nkongolo-Bakenda, Jean-Marie
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - This paper reports on the results of a research project built on two streams of work. The first is a well-established framework for the participation of Indigenous peoples in the global economy through entrepreneurship in the pursuit of development on their own terms (Colbourne and Anderson, 2017). The second is research into the structural and competitive determinants of successful participation by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the global economy (Nkongolo-Bakenda et al., 2006, 2010). Combining these two streams, the project involves case studies on SMEs in challenging contexts struggling to participate internationally to increase the well-being of the enterprises' owners, families, and communities. The communities are (1) the Kanak People in New Caledonia and (2) the San People from South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana with (3) SMEs from Iran all struggling to compete internationally.
AB - This paper reports on the results of a research project built on two streams of work. The first is a well-established framework for the participation of Indigenous peoples in the global economy through entrepreneurship in the pursuit of development on their own terms (Colbourne and Anderson, 2017). The second is research into the structural and competitive determinants of successful participation by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the global economy (Nkongolo-Bakenda et al., 2006, 2010). Combining these two streams, the project involves case studies on SMEs in challenging contexts struggling to participate internationally to increase the well-being of the enterprises' owners, families, and communities. The communities are (1) the Kanak People in New Caledonia and (2) the San People from South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana with (3) SMEs from Iran all struggling to compete internationally.
KW - Development
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - International networks
KW - Internationalisation
KW - Motivations toward internationalisation
KW - Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073360624&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.34190/ECIE.19.067
DO - 10.34190/ECIE.19.067
M3 - Conference publication
AN - SCOPUS:85073360624
T3 - Proceedings of the European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ECIE
SP - 909
EP - 917
BT - Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ECIE 2019
A2 - Liargovas, Panagiotis
A2 - Kakouris, Alexandros
T2 - 14th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ECIE 2019
Y2 - 19 September 2019 through 20 September 2019
ER -