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Compressed internationalisation: New internationalisation behaviour of small New Zealand firms

journal contribution
posted on 2021-03-22, 22:25 authored by Manuel OysonManuel Oyson
Two important phenomena have increasingly been noted in relation to small firms: they are internationalising more often and early in their life-cycle. However, less is known about the other process dimensions of small firm internationalisation, particularly about the number of international markets small firms venture into, their choice and geographic scope of international markets, and levels of commitment in these markets. If we follow the internationalisation process models, we can assume that small firms will gradually internationalise and increase their commitments to psychically close international markets. However, as this empirical study using multiple case study methodology shows, recent internationalisers are internationalising to multiple and distant markets across a broader and global geographic scope with a low and fluctuating international market commitment. This internationalisation behaviour reflects “compressed internationalisation” involving the compression of internationalisation processes across distances and geographic markets. Although compressed internationalisation has largely been enabled by the new international environment, internationalisation strategy and international entrepreneurial orientation influence whether a firm engages in compressed internationalisation.

History

Volume

18

Issue

4

Start Page

444

End Page

472

Number of Pages

29

eISSN

1573-7349

ISSN

1570-7385

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Language

en

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Journal

Journal of International Entrepreneurship