Nowadays, globalization as well as the successive economic, political and health crises have changed the rules of the game in terms of competitiveness for companies. In this context, SMEs perhaps more than others are forced to face several upheavals to secure their activities and guarantee their survival. While SMEs have well-known weaknesses linked to their resources, they also have many assets that enable them to constantly renew themselves. Flexibility, responsiveness and resilience are therefore the watchwords to create new opportunities to grow, innovate, and position themselves on international markets. But how do they call into question the dynamics, approaches, and strategies for evolving in the international market? What role does innovation play in pursuing these changes?
Through this collective and multidisciplinary book, we confront the point of view of management scientists, engineers and practitioners, to provide a rich and complementary multifaceted insight into innovation and internationalization in SMEs. We thus highlight key success factors favoring the emergence of new strategies, dynamics and value-creating opportunities.
Author(s): Manon Enjolras, Mauricio Camargo, Christophe Schmitt
Series: Business and Innovation, 29
Publisher: Peter Lang
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 219
City: Brussels
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Table of content
Introduction (Manon Enjolras, Mauricio Camargo, Christophe Schmitt)
Chapter 1 Analyzing SMEs innovation performance: Exploring the role of Degree of Internationalization (DOI), Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO), and firm size (Pascal Wild, Rico Baldegger)
Chapter 2 Enhancing innovativeness through internationalization (Jean-Paul David, Jean-Christophe Gessler)
Chapter 3 Towards a joint approach of supporting innovation and export: Proposal of a decision-making tool (Daniel Galvez, Camila Muñoz, Manon Enjolras, Mauricio Camargo)
Chapter 4 A business model taxonomy for international SMEs in traditional manufacturing industries (Germán Benito-Sarriá, José Pla-Barber, Cristina Villar)
Chapter 5 Characterizing exporting SMEs in Costa Rica: A current overview (Susan Arce, Margie Faith, José Martínez)
Chapter 6 Innovation and export capabilities: Toward a taxonomic approach of companies internal practices (Manon Enjolras, Mauricio Camargo, Christophe Schmitt)
Chapter 7 Collaboration between SMEs: A lever to innovate and expand internationally (Jean-Christophe Gessler)
Chapter 8 Degree of digitalization and entrepreneurial orientation of internationalizing micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises: The mediating roles of self-concept traits (Annaële Hervé, Christophe Schmitt, Rico Baldegger)
Conclusion (Manon Enjolras, Mauricio Camargo, Christophe Schmitt)
List of contributors
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