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The internationalization of Australian innovative small‐to‐medium enterprises utilizing wholly foreign‐owned entities in China
Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol.64(4), pp.285-299
2022
Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to investigate how innovative, small‐to‐medium enterprises (SMEs) internationalize through utilizing wholly foreign‐owned entities (WFOEs), as there is a little research explaining this. This paper presents the findings from in‐depth case studies with 14 SMEs that internationalized to China as WFOEs. The SMEs internationalized as WFOEs in order to tap into opportunities and develop presence. WFOEs were developed either proactively or reactively, which provided a catalyst for internationalization. SMEs mostly used radical, game‐changing product innovations. However, findings from the case studies revealed that the Chinese market did not always accept western innovations, and adaptations had to be made. A new conceptual model with a range of theoretical propositions for future researchers is developed, based on the findings.
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- Title
- The internationalization of Australian innovative small‐to‐medium enterprises utilizing wholly foreign‐owned entities in China
- Authors
- Ismail ‘Sol’ Abdulhak (Author) - Victoria UniversityJane Menzies (Author) - Deakin UniversityJustin Paul (Author) - University of Puerto Rico SystemRohail Hassan (Author) - Northern University of Malaysia
- Publication details
- Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol.64(4), pp.285-299
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.1002/tie.22277
- ISSN
- 1520-6874; 1096-4762
- Copyright note
- © 2022 The Authors.Thunderbird International Business Review published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium,provided the original work is properly cited.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99679184102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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