Exploring Risk Perception and Degree of Internationalization of Brazilian Small-and-Medium Enterprises

This research investigates managerial risk perception regarding internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Brazilian context. We examine how managers' perception of risk influences firms' degrees of internationalization. Likewise, we assessed how risk perception is i...

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Published in:BAR, Brazilian administration review Brazilian administration review, 2018-01, Vol.15 (1), p.1-23
Main Authors: Bonfim, Leandro Rodrigo Canto, Silva, Gabrielle Ribeiro Rodrigues, Prado, Paulo Henrique Müller, Abib, Gustavo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambiguity
Business education
Cognitive style
Decision making
degree of internationalization
degree of internationalization
cognitive style
tolerance for ambiguity
Domestic markets
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Globalization
Hypotheses
International business
Investigations
MANAGEMENT
Marketing
Operations management
Perceptions
Product life cycle
Risk assessment
Risk factors
Risk perception
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
SMEs
Theory
Tolerance
tolerance for ambiguity
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Summary:This research investigates managerial risk perception regarding internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Brazilian context. We examine how managers' perception of risk influences firms' degrees of internationalization. Likewise, we assessed how risk perception is influenced by managers' cognitive traits, such as tolerance for ambiguity and cognitive style. We provided empirical evidence for the relationships we proposed through a partial least squares structural equation model with data gathered from a survey of 149 SMEs from the State of Paraná, Brazil. Our results suggest that managers' tolerance for ambiguity is only significant for explaining risk perception for the managers with a preference for a deliberative style. Still, the research suggests that the Brazilian SMEs in our sample presented a higher degree of internationalization even when their managers perceived higher levels of risk.
ISSN:1807-7692
1807-7692
DOI:10.1590/1807-7692bar2018170058