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The Speed of Internationalization of SME’s in Peripheral Regions of Europe: A Cognitive Approach

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Innovation, Engineering and Entrepreneurship (HELIX 2018)

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Currently, the pressure to internationalize is big. Selling outside the domestic market is a relevant goal for many Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Being the decision makers’ attitudes and preferences the center of the internationalization activities of SMEs, understanding how the management team’s cognitive system and organizational ambidexterity determine the speed of internationalization, is particularly important. We propose, therefore, to contribute to a better understanding of the factors that influence the speed of internationalization of SMEs.

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  1. School of Technology and Management (ESTG), Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP), Felgueiras, Porto, Portugal

    Carina Silva & Vítor Braga

  2. Center for Research and Innovation in Business Sciences and Information Systems (CIICESI), Felgueiras, Portugal

    Carina Silva, Miguel González-Loureiro & Vítor Braga

  3. University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

    Carina Silva & Miguel González-Loureiro

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  1. School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    José Machado

  2. School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Filomena Soares

  3. Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Germano Veiga

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Silva, C., González-Loureiro, M., Braga, V. (2019). The Speed of Internationalization of SME’s in Peripheral Regions of Europe: A Cognitive Approach. In: Machado, J., Soares, F., Veiga, G. (eds) Innovation, Engineering and Entrepreneurship. HELIX 2018. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 505. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91334-6_141

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