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Special Issue. Internationalization of SMEs- Business Research Quarterly

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Business Research Quarterly
Call for Papers for a Special Issue

Internationalization of SMEs:
Building models for long-term development
Submission Deadline: June 15, 2018

Guest editors:
José Pla-Barber, University of Valencia, Spain
Cristina Villar, University of Valencia, Spain
Pervez N. Ghauri, University of Birmingham, UK

Aims and Scope:

The objective of this special issue is to advance our understanding on how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) build firm-specific advantages (FSAs) after their internationalization, and what are the entrepreneurial actions that help them to sustain such competitive advantages over time. With the globalization and digitalization of business, SMEs are in a better position to detect opportunities to create and exploit resources in multiple countries with novel business models based on their flexibility. At the same time, we lack understanding of the drivers of long-term performance for SMEs (Cavusgil & Knight, 2015). This new landscape poses important challenges .
Dominant paradigms in international entrepreneurship (IE) literature have largely focused on describing their internationalization patterns, moving from the classical internationalization process (Johanson & Vahlne, 1977) to the phenomenon of accelerated internationalization (Oviatt & McDougall, 1994), and focusing on variables such as the speed and time for subsequent entries (Casillas & Acedo, 2013). Likewise, in most cases IE studies assume that internationalization occurs on the basis of a firm-specific advantage that existed before the internationalization process (Autio, 2017). Noticeably, this relates to the well-known OLI framework (Dunning, 1988) used to explain MNEs’ internationalization through the advantages associated with their existing operations. However, we have little understanding on how to build these advantages, especially in the case of SMEs. The literature has referred less to other possible approaches to handle this new reality, such as market presence and internationalization modes, and thus there is a certain misfit between the theoretical approaches and the reality of contemporary SMEs competing globally. For instance, we can observe a new generation of SMEs developing high-added value activities abroad (Dimitratos et al., 2016) making decisions about location and fine slicing of their value chain and creating differentiated networks just like MNEs (Buckley & Ghauri, 2004). These firms also benefit from establishing direct communication to customers abroad as a strategy central to their value proposition (Zott, Amit & Massa, 2011). In parallel, recent studies point to the need to understand the evolution of firm advantages over time (Reuber et al., 2017), and the dynamic component supporting the assimilation of foreign market opportunities and the reconfiguration of business models (Cosenz & Noto, 2017).
We encourage potential contributors to use less-explored frameworks such as opportunity-based view (Dimitratos et al., 2016), or dynamic capabilities perspective (Prange & Verdier, 2011; Villar, Alegre & Pla-Barber, 2014) among others. While it has been suggested that firm heterogeneity affects organizational learning for established and new ventures (Zahra, Sapienza & Davidsson, 2006), we lack explanations on how SMEs absorb and assimilate foreign market learning and manager’s decision making influence on this process of capability development as compared to studies in MNEs. Since managers experience difficulties in adapting their business routines when a change occurs in their industry or environment (Kim & Min, 2015), cognitive theories explaining decision making processes are also of particular interest (Ajzen, 1991). Furthermore, because IE studies are naturally biased towards a specific profile of SMEs, the importance of the context could be stressed to provide new insights (Reuber et al., 2017). Studies focusing on different technological and industrial settings (less knowledge intensive products, services vs. manufactures) are therefore welcome.
This BRQ special issue will consider conceptual as well as empirical papers with different theoretical perspectives and research methodologies. The main objective is to publish a well-balanced mix of papers with sound, robust and relevant contributions to the literature. We are particularly interested in papers that extend and modify our current understanding of theories by analyzing how SMEs in different contexts adapt their internationalization models to the new conditions of the global landscape. The following research questions represent some examples of topics that fit the special issue:
• What is the role of dynamic capabilities for SMEs and how do they affect foreign market learning in the long-term? How is the tension between exploration and exploitation managed in international business?
• Is there a suitable value chain configuration for value capturing in these firms, and how can it be upgraded (i.e., offshoring, delivery configuration connecting the firm to end users, etc.)?
• What are the specific strategies and organizational routines that SMEs can use to identify and exploit value-capturing opportunities (i.e., entry modes or combination of entry modes, niche positioning etc.)?
• How do contemporary SMEs cope with the liabilities of foreignness in regional and global markets? What is the role of distance (cultural, geographic, economic, etc.) and how does it affect their international expansion and survival?
• What are the adaptations in business models that lead to long-term outcomes over time? How can we measure it?
• How do governance decision impact on SMEs’ performance? Is there any difference between family firms and non-family firms?

Business Research Quarterly is the official journal of the Spanish Academy of Management. BRQ is indexed in the SSCI Journal Citation Index (Impact Factor 2016: 1.325). For information on the journal please visit: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/brq-business-research-quarterly/.

Submission process:
Papers for the special issue should be prepared according to BRQ guidelines for authors (https://www.elsevier.com/journals/brq-business-research-quarterly/2340-9436/guide- for-authors). Publication of the special issue is planned for 2018. Please submit your paper via the Elsevier Editorial System (http://ees.elsevier.com/brq) before June, 15 (however, earlier submission is highly encouraged). Authors should indicate that they would like their submission to be considered for the special issue “Internationalization of SMEs: Building models for long-term development”

Further information:
For additional information on the special issue please contact coeditors: José Pla-Barber ([log in to unmask]), Cristina Villar ([log in to unmask]) or Pervez Ghauri ([log in to unmask])



References:
Ajzen, I. (1991). The theory of planned behavior. Organizational behavior and human decision processes, 50(2): 179-211.
Autio, E. (2017). Strategic entrepreneurial internationalization: A normative framework. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 11(3): 211-227.
Buckley, P. J., & Ghauri, P. N. (2004). Globalisation, economic geography and the strategy of multinational enterprises. Journal of International Business Studies, 35(2): 81-98.
Casillas, J. C., & Acedo, F. J. (2013). Speed in the internationalization process of the firm. International Journal of Management Reviews, 15(1): 15-29.
Cavusgil, S. T., & Knight, G. (2015). The born global firm: An entrepreneurial and capabilities perspective on early and rapid internationalization. Journal of International Business Studies, 46(18): 3-16.
Cosenz, F., & Noto, G. (2017). A dynamic business modelling approach to design and experiment new business venture strategies. Long Range Planning, 51(1), 127-140.
Dimitratos, P., Johnson, J. E., Plakoyiannaki, E., y Young, S. (2016). SME internationalization: How does the opportunity-based international entrepreneurial culture matter? International Business Review, 25(6): 1211-1222.
Dunning, J. H. (1988). The eclectic paradigm of international production: A restatement and some possible extensions. Journal of International Business studies, 19(1): 1-31.
Johanson, J., & Vahlne, J. E. (1977). The internationalization process of the firm—a model of knowledge development and increasing foreign market commitments. Journal of International Business Studies, 8(1): 23-32.
Kim, S.K. & Min, S. (2015). Business model innovation performance: when does adding a new business model benefit an incumbent? Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 9: 34-57.
Oviatt, B.M. & McDougall, P (1994). Toward a theory of international new ventures. Journal of International Business Studies, 25 (1994): 45–64
Prange, C., & Verdier, S. (2011). Dynamic capabilities, internationalization processes and performance. Journal of World Business, 46(1): 126-133.
Prashantham, S., & Young, S. (2011). Post‐entry speed of international new ventures. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 35(2): 275-292.
Reuber, A. R., Dimitratos, P., & Kuivalainen, O. (2017). Beyond categorization: New directions for theory development about entrepreneurial internationalization, Journal of International Business Studies, 48:411-422.
Zott, C., Amit, R., & Massa, L. (2011). The business model: recent developments and future research. Journal of Management, 37(4): 1019-1042.
Villar, C., Alegre, J., & Pla-Barber, J. (2014). Exploring the role of knowledge management practices on exports: A dynamic capabilities view. International Business Review, 23(1): 38-44.
Zahra, S. A., Sapienza, H. J., & Davidsson, P. (2006). Entrepreneurship and dynamic capabilities: A review, model and research agenda. Journal of Management studies, 43(4): 917-955.

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Professor of International Business
Department of Management.University of Valencia.
Avda naranjos s/n. Faculty of Economics.
46022. Valencia. Spain.
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See my publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eWm02dsAAAAJ
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