A STUDY ON THE INTERNATIONALIZATION BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES FACED BY DIGITALBASED SMEs
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Junior, Joao Florencio da Costa
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Univ Potiguar UnP, Escola Gestao & Negocios, Natal, BrazilUniv Potiguar UnP, Escola Gestao & Negocios, Natal, Brazil
Junior, Joao Florencio da Costa
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Cabral, Eric Lucas dos Santos
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Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Ctr Tecnol, Natal, Brazil
PPGCEP UFRN, Ciencia & Engn Petr, Natal, BrazilUniv Potiguar UnP, Escola Gestao & Negocios, Natal, Brazil
Cabral, Eric Lucas dos Santos
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Araujo, Afranio Galdino de
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Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Ctr Ciencias Sociais Aplicadas, Dept Ciencias Adm, Natal, RN, Brazil
Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte UFRN, Programa Posgrad Adm, Natal, BrazilUniv Potiguar UnP, Escola Gestao & Negocios, Natal, Brazil
Araujo, Afranio Galdino de
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[1] Univ Potiguar UnP, Escola Gestao & Negocios, Natal, Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Ctr Tecnol, Natal, Brazil
[3] PPGCEP UFRN, Ciencia & Engn Petr, Natal, Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Ctr Ciencias Sociais Aplicadas, Dept Ciencias Adm, Natal, RN, Brazil
[5] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte UFRN, Programa Posgrad Adm, Natal, Brazil
internationalization;
internationalization barriers;
digital SMEs;
international growth;
EXPORT BARRIERS;
PERFORMANCE;
FIRMS;
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C93 [管理学];
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12 ;
1201 ;
1202 ;
120202 ;
摘要:
The current article's goal is to identify and analyse the barriers to internationalization of digital SMEs. It was developed a theoretical framework concerning internationalization barriers in the modern business literature, focusing on strategic management, networking, internal factors and external barriers. 21 digital SMEs were examined; the companies were chosen based on a Snowball sampling. A cluster analysis was developed in order to compare the performance of the firms and their main challenges towards internationalization. External barriers appear to be the most significant barrier for businesses, but those factors are related to a lack of strategic managerial drive, which resulted in dispersed and reactive internationalization initiatives.