... Publishing Limited 2004 Managerial grids Export markets Entrepreneurialism Resources Competences Developing countries The status of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as significant actors in international markets is now well established. As recent statistics suggest, they account...

... not received much attention. The study is further motivated by the fact that export performance of developing countries is alarmingly low, and hence there is need for African governments to create an environment that will stimulate small firms’ competitiveness in the current globalized export markets...