Internationalisation process, SMEs and transitional economies: a four-country perspective

Lloyd-Reason, Lester and Damyanov, Atanas and Nicolescu, Ovidiu and Wall, Stuart (2005) Internationalisation process, SMEs and transitional economies: a four-country perspective. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 5 (3-4). pp. 206-226. ISSN 1741-5098

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Abstract

This paper is based on a research project which has, on the demand side, investigated how entrepreneurs at the head of small and medium sized, domestically owned private enterprises are coping with the problem of internationalising their business operations within the changing business environment of central and eastern Europe. On the supply side, we have examined the extent to which an infrastructure of formal and informal provision is developing to match such demand in four countries in central and eastern Europe. The research project was funded by the Open Society Foundation Research Support Scheme, Grant No. 72/2000. The key functional areas of concern identified involve a lack of appropriate financial instruments, problems with market intelligence and market access, a lack of professionalism within the business support infrastructure and poorly developed management skills within the organisations interviewed. In response to these issues, the paper will discuss a number of policy recommendations.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	small and medium sized enterprises, SMEs, Eastern Europe, internationalisation, economic transition, tranistion economies, infrastructure, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, management implications, public policy implications
Faculty:	ARCHIVED Lord Ashcroft International Business School (until September 2018)
Depositing User:	Repository Admin
Date Deposited:	24 May 2011 15:33
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2021 16:18
URI:	https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/131883

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