University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
Abstract
Internationalization of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is becoming a very important research area, because of their crucial role in developing economic growth. Globalization of the economic environment is challenging the current economic theories underpinning the SMEs research. The study seeks to integrate new phenomenon of international new venture with widely accepted theories of SMEs internationalization into a new redefined integrative conceptual model of SMEs internationalization. The new model is built around key internationalization dimensions, internationalization antecedents and consequences. A set of propositions about relationships in the conceptual model is developed and implications are proposed.Internacionalizacija malih in srednjih podjetij (MSP) postaja zaradi njihovega ključnega pomena pri zagotavljanju gospodarske rasti vse pomembnejše področje raziskovanja. Globalizacija gospodarskega okolja ponuja izzive sedanjim teoretičnim podlagam preučevanja internacionalizacije MSP. V prispevku zato integriramo nove pojave kot so mednarodna podjetja ob ustanovitvi s prevladujočimi teorijami internacionalizacije MSP v nov integrativni konceptualni model internacionalizacije MSP. Slednji vsebuje ključne dimenzije internacionalizacije ter vključuje njene določljivke in posledice. V model uvajamo vrsto razvitih hipotez in relacij, podajamo pa tudi njegove implikacije in možnosti uporabe
