International social SMEs in emerging countries: Do governments support their international growth?

Scuotto Veronica; Del Giudice Manlio; Tarba Shlomo; Messeni Petruzzelli Antonio; Chang Victor

doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2019.05.002

International social SMEs in emerging countries: Do governments support their international growth?

Scuotto Veronica^*, Del Giudice Manlio, Tarba Shlomo, Messeni Petruzzelli Antonio, Chang Victor

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International Business School Suzhou

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Abstract

Through an empirical research developed based on a sample of five international social SMEs in a Chinese city, this study examines the internationalization of social enterprises. Its purpose is to evaluate the role played by governments in supporting international growth. This is done using behavioural theory dimensions of prevalence, relevance, urgency, accessibility, and radicalness. From our analysis, local government supports the launch of social SMEs but this is limited to their growth stage. Entrepreneurial skills and external networks, thus, become crucial factors in the development of a new international business development model, encouraging further scholarly investigation.

Original language	English
Article number	100995
Journal	Journal of World Business
Volume	55
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2019.05.002
Publication status	Published - Aug 2020

Keywords

Behavioural theory
Emerging countries
International SMEs
International growth
Local government support
Social SMEs

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