TY  - JOUR 
TI  - Understanding Decisions to Internationalize by Small and Medium-sized Firms Located in an Emerging Market
JO  - Management International Review; Vol. 49, No. 5 - 2009
PB  - Gabler Verlag
PY  - 2009
issn 0938-8249
AB  - 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.
KW  - Empresas internacionales
KW  - International business enterprises
KW  - Mercados emergentes
KW  - Emerging markets
KW  - Toma de decisiones
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Internacionalización
KW  - Internationalization
KW  - Pymes - Colombia
KW  - Economía
KW  - Economics
KW  - Negocios y management
KW  - Business
KW  - Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Económicas
KW  - Gestión Organizacional
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10906/78301
ER  -