Journal of Small Business Management · 2011 · 54 citations · 58 references
BusinessInternational BusinessInternational ManagementBusiness StrategyExport ManagementInternational StrategyCognitive AbilitiesInternational CompetitivenessInternationalization Of Medium-sized EnterprisesInternationalization Of Small EnterprisesInternationalization ProcessMultinational EnterprisesComplexityExport InternationalizationInternationalizationInternationalization DriversMedium-sized Enterprise ExportingSmall Business ExportingSmall Business InternationalizationSmall Enterprise Exporting
The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of information and cognitive-based capabilities on the international performance as the main rationale behind successful internationalization. The study was conducted on a sample of 125 Croatian exporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and results indicate that there is a significant influence of the cognitive and information-based capabilities on the SME export performance. The results implicate the role of cognitive complexity as a platform for successful processing of foreign market intelligence which has value-added impact on the SME's export performance.
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