A study on relationship of internationalization motivations, capabilities and performance of SMEs in China

Author

Zhang, Ti ; Li, Weining ; Luo, Tingting

Author_Institution

Sch. of Bus. Adm., South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou, China

fYear

2012

fDate

8-10 July 2012

Firstpage

188

Lastpage

191

Abstract

This article analyzes the relationship of internationalization motivations, capabilities and performance of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We took 220 SMEs of Guangdong province as sample, using structural equation model to test theoretical hypotheses. The conclusions are as follows: Firstly, in the process of internationalization, the motivations have an significant positive effect on performance; Secondly, the internationalization capabilities also have an significant positive effect on performance; Thirdly, internationalization capabilities are the mediator of internationalization motivations and performance.

Keywords

international collaboration; organisational aspects; small-to-medium enterprises; statistical analysis; China; Guangdong province; SME performance; internationalization capabilities; internationalization motivations; small-and-medium-sized enterprises; structural equation model; Boolean functions; Companies; Data structures; Educational institutions; Plastics; capabilities; internationalization; mediating role; motivations; performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Suzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2400-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOLI.2012.6273528

Filename

6273528