Overview of the articles included in this special issue
| Author(s) article title | Article type | Research question(s) | Country focus of empirical sample(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baier-Fuentes, Hormiga, Amorós, and Urbano The influence of human and relational capital on the rapid internationalization of firms: a comparative study between Spain and Chile | Empirical | What is the influence of the human and relational capital of entrepreneurs that own firms in two economically different countries on the rapid internationalization of their ventures? | Spain and Chile |
| Brache The cooperation mechanisms of trade associations | Conceptual | What are the cooperation mechanisms explaining the effects of trade associations on export performance? How can we categorize such mechanisms? Are the effects of co-location and cooperation through trade associations related? If so, how? What explains the sign of the trade association effect on export performance? | Any Latin American economy |
| Etchebarne and Torres Export behavior in Chilean exporters in service sector | Empirical | What is the impact of market diversification on the export process of Chilean service firms? | Chile |
| Larios-Hernandez Patterns in international ICT entrepreneurship: Mexico’s case | Empirical | What are the antecedents that influence the internationalization patterns of SMEs in the ICT value-added chain in Mexico? | Mexico |
| Lopez and Alvarez Entrepreneurship research in Latin America: a literature review | Literature review | What is the state of research in (international) entrepreneurship in the context of Latin America? | Articles that thematically focus on countries in Latin America |
| Pino Soto Innovation and internationalization on the competitiveness of exporting firms: lessons from South American emerging economies | Conceptual | How can we explain the development of innovations that small South American firms generate in its internationalization process? | Any Latin American economy |
| Torkkeli and Fuerst Country institutional profiles: evidence from Colombian Software exporters | Empirical | What dimensions of a country’s institutional profile comes to determine the export performance of SMEs? | Colombia |
| Author(s) article title | Article type | Research question(s) | Country focus of empirical sample(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baier-Fuentes, Hormiga, Amorós, and Urbano | Empirical | What is the influence of the human and relational capital of entrepreneurs that own firms in two economically different countries on the rapid internationalization of their ventures? | Spain and Chile |
| Brache | Conceptual | What are the cooperation mechanisms explaining the effects of trade associations on export performance? How can we categorize such mechanisms? Are the effects of co-location and cooperation through trade associations related? If so, how? What explains the sign of the trade association effect on export performance? | Any Latin American economy |
| Etchebarne and Torres | Empirical | What is the impact of market diversification on the export process of Chilean service firms? | Chile |
| Larios-Hernandez | Empirical | What are the antecedents that influence the internationalization patterns of SMEs in the ICT value-added chain in Mexico? | Mexico |
| Lopez and Alvarez | Literature review | What is the state of research in (international) entrepreneurship in the context of Latin America? | Articles that thematically focus on countries in Latin America |
| Pino Soto | Conceptual | How can we explain the development of innovations that small South American firms generate in its internationalization process? | Any Latin American economy |
| Torkkeli and Fuerst | Empirical | What dimensions of a country’s institutional profile comes to determine the export performance of SMEs? | Colombia |
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