外文翻译原文 中小型企业国际化：以知识为基础的模型.doc

外文翻译原文--中小型企业国际化：以知识为基础的模型 J Int Entrep 2010 8156– 167 DOI 101007s10843-010-0058-6 Small- and medium-sized enterprise internationalization Towards the knowledge-based model Kais Mejri Katsuhiro Umemoto Published online 16 April 2010 Springer ScienceBusiness 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 Scien