%0 Journal Article 
%T Understanding Decisions to Internationalize by Small and Medium-sized Firms Located in an Emerging Market
%J Management International Review; Vol. 49, No. 5 - 2009
%D 2009
%@ 0938-8249
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10906/78301
%X We examined perceptions differentiating key Colombian decisionmakers in 168 SMEs who decided to either internationalize or remain domestic. An integrative model compares managerial perceptions of competitive, macro-environmental and neo-institutional factors. • Foreign MNEs in the home market significantly differentiated decisions to internationalize, as well as the presence of internationalizing domestic competitors, anticipated product acceptance, and internationalizing suppliers. • The lack of findings for some institutional and macro-environmental factors may reflect important contextual features of the Colombian business environment. © 2009 Gabler-Verlag.
%K Empresas internacionales
%K International business enterprises
%K Mercados emergentes
%K Emerging markets
%K Toma de decisiones
%K Decision making
%K Internacionalización
%K Internationalization
%K Pymes - Colombia
%K Economía
%K Economics
%K Negocios y management
%K Business
%K Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Económicas
%K Gestión Organizacional
%~ GOEDOC, SUB GOETTINGEN