Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202653 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Birmingham Business School Discussion Paper Series No. 2013-09
Publisher: 
University of Birmingham, Birmingham Business School, Birmingham
Abstract: 
There has been limited attention to the internationalization of SMEs as a decision, and how the application of contrasting decision modes is associated with different information use and patterns of network attachment. This paper offers a new and systematic analysis of the likely associations between decision modes, information use, and network attachment among internationalizing SMEs. The analysis is applied to three categories of SME, identified in terms of their knowledge domain. By focusing on the relation between a relatively neglected subject - decision modes - and other issues that have been more centre-field, the paper contributes to an analytic synthesis in the field of SME research.
Subjects: 
decision-making
information
SME knowledge domain
network attachment
internationalization
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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