... have been marginalised in earlier research. Knowledge Small-to-medium-sized enterprises Estonia Internationalization Big-science centre European Space Agency One potential source for resources is collaboration with big-science centres. In Europe, among the best known and most studied...

... entry Small-to-medium-sized enterprises The social and cultural environment includes the attitudes, tastes, beliefs, behaviours, lifestyle and relationships among the people of a particular society in their day to day life. Business activities are to meet the demands of the people, whereas...

... entrepreneurship Small-to-medium-sized enterprises Internationalisation Norway International ventures This study explores the internationalisation patterns of border firms. Border firms are not typical examples of firms competing globally. Rather, they are firms where the core idea is to work across...

... for the study lies in a multiple case study of six high-tech small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The authors selected two firms from each of three high-tech industries: biotechnology (specifically drug development), renewable energy and ICT. The key decision makers in each firms were then interviewed...

... orientation has an effect on business growth. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Finland Growth Business performance Hungary Small-to-medium-sized enterprises Strategic orientation However, the scope of studies so far has been somewhat limited as the majority focus on one...

...Olli Kuivalainen; Sanna Sundqvist; Sami Saarenketo; Rod B. McNaughton; Susanne Sandberg Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize “entry node”, to describe the entry node pattern (i.e. the initial entry node and changes in it) of small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) entering...

...‐enabled international marketing, especially the extent to which the “Net” provides a low cost “gateway” to global markets for small and medium‐sized enterprises. In the absence of such an initiative, the mainstream academic literature will no longer accurately describe the reality of international...