Autor(es): Fernandes, Joel ; Albuquerque, Eduardo B. ; Silva, Amândio
Data: 2021
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/18960
Origem: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
Assunto(s): Company dimension; Internationalization; Organizational behavior; Organization culture; Leadership; SMEs
Internationalization strategies are the need of the hour in order to consolidateprofits. The internationalization process is a relevant strategy for companies, has several implications and is influenced by innumerable specific aspects, namely company behavior, culture and structure, especially in the case of SMEs. The furniture companies in Portugal depend on traditional management of their founders thatlackleadership, implying lower investments in innovation, training and formation and thus, lesser opportunities of expansion internationally.
