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Internationalization of SMEs in Portugal: focus on the shoe manufacturing industry of Portugal
| Resumo: | Due to economic conditions currently in place in the domestic markets, and to the fact that the vast majority of companies in Portugal being micro, small and medium enterprises, there is the need to differentiate from the competition which leads to the international market. However, these companies, most of the times lack resources, both financial and intellectual such as the knowledge of how to approach the process of internationalization. In addition, it is frequent that the process itself is very complex, reason why most of decisive factors must be carefully analyzed and taken into consideration before supporting any decision. This way, the present study proposes the creation of a model that evaluates, through a series of pondered financial variables, together with smartPLS methodology, that allows for the formation of constructs of variables to understand what influences the internationalization level of a company. In second plan, understanding how Portugal and Italy still differ in the shoe manufacturing industry, comparing two countries. The results obtained prove that the methodologies used are able to conclude that the models of evaluation are transparent and have utility in supporting the decisions taken along the process of internationalization and also to which extent a company should or should not internationalize. There was the understanding of characteristics within a company that have more impact when it comes to an internationalization process of a SME. During the construction of this same model it was also approached its own advantages and limitations. |
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| Autores principais: | Cunha, Manuel Bernardo de Almeida Gabriel Saraiva da |
| Assunto: | Internationalization International commerce International approach strategies SMEs smartPLS model |
| Ano: | 2019 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | ISCTE |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório ISCTE |
| Resumo: | Due to economic conditions currently in place in the domestic markets, and to the fact that the vast majority of companies in Portugal being micro, small and medium enterprises, there is the need to differentiate from the competition which leads to the international market. However, these companies, most of the times lack resources, both financial and intellectual such as the knowledge of how to approach the process of internationalization. In addition, it is frequent that the process itself is very complex, reason why most of decisive factors must be carefully analyzed and taken into consideration before supporting any decision. This way, the present study proposes the creation of a model that evaluates, through a series of pondered financial variables, together with smartPLS methodology, that allows for the formation of constructs of variables to understand what influences the internationalization level of a company. In second plan, understanding how Portugal and Italy still differ in the shoe manufacturing industry, comparing two countries. The results obtained prove that the methodologies used are able to conclude that the models of evaluation are transparent and have utility in supporting the decisions taken along the process of internationalization and also to which extent a company should or should not internationalize. There was the understanding of characteristics within a company that have more impact when it comes to an internationalization process of a SME. During the construction of this same model it was also approached its own advantages and limitations. |
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