Dynamic Capabilities, Internationalization and Growth of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Roles of Research and Development Intensity and Collaborative Intensity

DOI zum Zitieren der Version auf EPub Bayreuth: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006669
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Fredrich, Viktor ; Gudergan, Siegfried ; Bouncken, Ricarda B.:
Dynamic Capabilities, Internationalization and Growth of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Roles of Research and Development Intensity and Collaborative Intensity.
In: Management International Review. Vol. 62 (25 August 2022) . - pp. 611-642.
ISSN 1861-8901
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-022-00480-3

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Abstract

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can benefit from internationalization. However, there is little evidence of the extent of the benefit and its dependence on both research and development (R&D) intensity and collaborative intensity. Drawing on data of 262 SMEs, this study illuminates why some SMEs benefit more from internationalization than others, thereby illustrating an advanced application of partial least squares structural equation modeling by demonstrating conditional mediation analysis with two interdependent exogenous moderators (i.e., testing a second-stage three-way conditional mediation). Our findings substantiate that an SME’s dynamic capabilities affect its degree of internationalization and indirectly its growth, and suggest a positive marginal growth impact of internationalization provided that an SME’s R&D and collaborative intensities are proportional; when they are disproportional (i.e., one is “greater” than the other), SMEs do not experience positive marginal growth.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Keywords:	Dynamic capabilities; Internationalization; Growth; SME; R&D intensity; Collaborative intensity; PLS-SEM; Conditional mediation
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration > Chair Business Administration VI - Strategic Management and Organization > Chair Business Administration VI - Strategic Management and Organization - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ricarda Bouncken Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration > Chair Business Administration VI - Strategic Management and Organization
Language:	English
Originates at UBT:	Yes
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-6669-0
Date Deposited:	28 Sep 2022 07:23
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2022 08:48
URI:	https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/6669

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