Central European Business Review 2014, 3(4):43-48 | DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.102

Analyzing International Readiness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Mohammad Reza Hamidizadeh1, Maryam Zargaranyazd2
1 Mohammad Reza Hamidizadeh, Full Professor, Management and Accounting Faculty, ShahidBeheshti University, Tehran, Iran, M-Hamidizadeh@sbu.ac.ir
2 Maryam Zargaranyazd, Research Assistant, Management and Accounting Faculty, ShahidBeheshti University, Tehran, Iran, maryam.zargaran@gmail.com

Internationalization has different connotations for different social sciences and its social, economic and cultural impacts have been examined by a number of studies. While firms' internationalization processes have been understood as being dynamic, the concept of international readiness has rarely been the main focus of research efforts, which until a decade ago, focused principally on explaining sequences of entry modes and choices of markets. The emergence of the study of international entrepreneurship has enhanced the role of readiness. This study reviews the concept of international readiness by experimental and theoretical studies. Axioms in this research are based on content analysis. The framework incorporates measures to evaluate SMEs' international readiness. The paper concludes with a research agenda as a guide for future work on considering the readiness as a critical phase before the internationalization process.

Keywords: internationalization; international readiness; international motives; small and medium-sized enterprises
JEL classification: F23, F53, M31

Received: August 3, 2014; Revised: November 29, 2014; Published: December 31, 2014  Show citation

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