Conference paper
International virtual networking capabilities and firm performance: A study of international entrepreneurial Australian SMEs
Proceedings of the 2014 Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy Conference, pp.1-18
Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Conference: International Business: Institutions, Organisations, and Markets, 2014 (Auckland, New Zealand, 13-Apr-2014–15-Apr-2014)
Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy
2014
Abstract
The Internet is a critical resource for a new generation of small and medium sized enterprise. Specifically, the Internet is important for small entrepreneurial firms in pursuing international opportunities through increased digital integration. As such, the Internet has been identified as a key enabler of international entrepreneurship (Reuber & Fischer, 2011). By facilitating international business for many entrepreneurial SMEs, the Internet has the ability to increase the quality and speed of communications, lower transaction costs, and facilitate the development of international networks. Although the Internet has been found to play a pivotal role in the creation of international relationships and is a mechanism for the creation of international growth opportunities in SMEs (Mathews & Healy, 2008), the role of the international entrepreneurial decision-maker in the development of international virtual networks for leveraging opportunities in internationalisation remains unclear. The findings of this research indicate that developing an 'international virtual network capability' forms an important part of the firm's resource and more specifically dynamic capability base, which is just one component of a firm's resource bundle that builds towards successful internationalisation via an Internet platform.
Details
- Title
- International virtual networking capabilities and firm performance: A study of international entrepreneurial Australian SMEs
- Authors
- Charmaine Glavas (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessShane W Mathews (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 2014 Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy Conference, pp.1-18
- Conference details
- Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Conference: International Business: Institutions, Organisations, and Markets, 2014 (Auckland, New Zealand, 13-Apr-2014–15-Apr-2014)
- Publisher
- Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy
- Date published
- 2014
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2014 The Author. This is the accepted version of the paper. Reproduced here with permission of the copyright holder.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448840202621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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