... to identify other variables explaining export activity in high-corruption contexts, including cluster networks and firms’ competences. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw on the World Bank Enterprise survey to undertake a cross-section analysis including 1,233 small- and medium-sized enterprises...

...Chris Styles; sid Gray; Sharon Loane; Jim Bell Purpose The importance of networks in the internationalisation of entrepreneurial firms is widely accepted. However, while the literature tends to focus on the existing networks of firms, there is growing evidence that many rapid internationalisers...

... enquiry, this research continues the focus on the special breed of small firms, the born globals. We do this to deepen our understanding of IE, and focus on networking in born globals to attempt to develop richer insights directed towards establishing more in‐depth understanding and more robust...

... of business relationships and networks in international markets. After providing a thorough introduction to past, present, and future research on both business relationships and networks, it is divided logically into two sections containing studies reporting contemporary developments in each stream...

...Kimio Kase; James Yu‐Shan Liu Discusses the concept of networking structure for the co‐ordination in the corporate decision‐making process in Japan. Looks at networking at a micro level based on empirical and anecdotal evidence. © MCB UP Limited 1996 This paper focuses on this second...