NDLI: Internationalisation Processes, Networking and Local Embeddedness in Technology-Intensive Small Firms

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Keeble, David Lawson, Clive Smith, Helen Lawton Moore, Barry Wilkinson, Frank
Copyright Year	1998
Abstract	The paper argues that technology-intensive small firms often need to internationalise their activities, and especially sales, at a very early stage of their development because of the limited and global nature of the technological market niche which they have been set up to exploit. From a survey of 100 such firms in the Cambridge and Oxford regions, it demonstrates that many technology-based smaller firms are engaged in a range of international networks and internationalisation processes, including internationalisation of markets, research collaboration, labour recruitment, ownership and facilities location. Technology-intensive firms reporting high levels of internationalisation also differ significantly from those which are more nationally-oriented, for example in terms of size, age, research intensity, university links, and innovativeness. There are also differences with respect to recent growth rates. Finally, the paper demonstrates that far from substituting international for local networks, technology-intensive firms which have achieved high levels of internationalisation in fact also exhibit above-average levels of local networking with respect to research collaboration and intra-industry links. Internationalisation therefore appears to be grounded or embedded in successful local networking and research and technology collaboration.
Starting Page	327
Ending Page	342
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0921898X
Journal	Small Business Economics
Volume Number	11
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15730913
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	1998-01-01
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Industrial Organization Microeconomics Management Entrepreneurship
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Economics and Econometrics Business, Management and Accounting

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