中小型企业国际化：以知识为基础的模型外文原文.PDFVIP

J Int Entrep (2010) 8:156– 167 DOI 10.1007/s10843-010-0058-6 Small- and medium-sized enterprise internationalization: Towards the knowledge-based model Kais Mejri Katsuhiro Umemoto Published online: 16 April 2010 # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 Abstract Firm internationalization research has grown throughout the last 50 years resulting in a number of theories and models. Although each theory and model enables us to see some parts of the picture, a holistic approach is needed to provide us a full picture. The so-called knowledge-based models proposed so far drew upon the transaction cost theory, the social capital theory, and the knowledge management models. This paper reviews previous research and builds a more comprehensive knowledge-based model of small- and medium-sized enterprises internationalization. The model includes “knowledge factors”, which we identified from international- ization literature. These include the market knowledge and the experiential knowledge composed of network knowledge, cultural knowledge, and entrepreneur- ial knowledge. Acquisition as well as utilization of each kind of knowledge during the different phases of internationalization is presented. The model is a step towards deeper understanding of the role of knowledge in SME internationalization. Keywords Internationalization . SME . Knowledge-based model . Market . Network . Experience . Culture . Opportunity recognition Introduction Small- and medium-sized enterprise internationalization has been studied from a variety of perspectives. Theories and models have been proposed to explain the international involvement of the firm, including: the economic theory, the process or stages models, the innovation-related models (I-models), the pre-export and export- K. Mejri (*) :K. Umemoto Graduate School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and T