Ownership and the Internationalization of Small Firms

• Main Authors: GEORGE, Gerard, WIKLUND, Johan, ZAHRA, Shaker A.
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• 主題: ownership; international entrepreneurship; family business; agency theory; Business; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; International Business
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4672; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5671/viewcontent/Ownership_Internationalization_2005_afv.pdf

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in international markets. This study argues that the ownership structures of SMEs influence their proclivity to take risks and expand the scale and scope of their internationalization efforts. Data from 889 Swedish SMEs reveal that int...