...Karikari Amoa-Gyarteng; Shepherd Dhliwayo Purpose This study clarifies the intricate nature of globalization's impact on unemployment rates in South Africa. Given the heterogeneous views on globalization's effect on economic development, this study aims to offer a nuanced perspective. Furthermore...

... perceptions/owner-managers’ global vision and the moderating forces of foreign market knowledge and tie strength in networks. Practical implications – The empirical evidence has several implications for managers and policy regarding influencing the speed of internationalisation process. The enabling...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 --> Best practice Globalization Multinational companies Performance appraisal Workplace training Article Type: 2012 Awards for Excellence From: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Volume 20, Issue 1...

... than the concepts using traditional terminology such as: “international new ventures” and “born globals.” It is argued that the “early internationalizing firms” concept is more descriptive of the actual phenomena and explicitly considers the crucial short timeframe involved in the process...

... in SMEs. Originality/value This article identifies common pressures and challenges facing SMEs when going global, and uses causal loop diagramming to capture the drivers and consider longer‐term dynamic implications. The following sections describe some of the emerging structures that summarise...

... and innovative sector, parts of which are global, is revealed as having existed in Orkney for some time. There are, inevitably, some stresses and strains between the main players and different directions in which policy could develop. However, a framework based on businesses at different levels of experience...