Innovation and Internationalization of Small and Medium Enterprises - A Crossroads Perspective

This collective book confronts the point of view of management scientists, engineers and practitioners, to provide a rich and complementary multifaceted insight into innovation and internationalization within SMEs. It highlights key success factors favoring the emergence of new strategies, dynamics and value-creating opportunities.

Nowadays, globalization as well as the successive economic, political and health crises have changed the rules of the game in terms of competitiveness for companies. In this context, SMEs perhaps more than others are forced to face several upheavals to secure their activities and guarantee their survival. While SMEs have well-known weaknesses linked to their resources, they also have many assets that enable them to constantly renew themselves. Flexibility, responsiveness and resilience are therefore the watchwords to create new opportunities to grow, innovate, and position themselves on international markets. But how do they call into question the dynamics, approaches, and strategies for evolving in the international market? What role does innovation play in pursuing these changes?

Through this collective and multidisciplinary book, we confront the point of view of management scientists, engineers and practitioners, to provide a rich and complementary multifaceted insig ht into innovation and internationalization in SMEs. We thus highlight key success factors favoring the emergence of new strategies, dynamics and value-creating opportunities.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Manon Enjolras ,Mauricio Camargo ,and Christophe Schmitt: Introduction-Pascal Wild and Rico Baldegger: Analyzing SMEs innovation performance: Exploring the role of Degree of Internationalization (DOI), Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO),and firm size - Jean- Paul David and Jean- Christophe Gessler: Enhancing innovativeness through internationalization - Daniel Galvez ,Camila Muñoz ,Manon Enjolras ,and Mauricio Camargo: Towards a joint approach of supporting innovation and export: Proposal of a decision- making tool - Germán Benito - Sarriá , José Pla - Barber , and Cristina Villar: A business model taxonomy for international SMEs in traditional manufacturing industries - Susan Arce, Margie Faith ,and José Martínez: Characterizing exporting SMEs in Costa Rica: A current overview - Manon Enjolras ,Mauricio Camargo ,and Christophe Schmitt: Innovation and export capabilities: Toward a taxonomic approach of companies' internal practices - Jean-Christophe Gessler: Collaboration between SM Es: A lever to innovate and expand internationally - Annaële Hervé,Christophe Schmitt ,and Rico Baldegger: Degree of digitalization and entrepreneurial orientation of internationalizing micro- , small- and medium- sized enterprises: The mediating roles of self- concept traits - Manon Enjolras , Mauricio Camargo, and Christophe Schmitt: Conclusion - List of contributors.