Collaboration among small and medium-sized enterprises as part of internationalization: A systematic review

This article performs a systematic review of the research literature on the forms of collaboration among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) so that they reach the foreign market, since there is a lack of research focusing on the collaborative relationship between national companies as a strat...

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Published in:Administrative sciences 2021-12, Vol.11 (4), p.1-27
Main Authors: Guimarães, Luciana Gondim de Almeida, Blanchet, Pierre, Cimon, Yan
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Alliances
business model
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cluster
Collaboration
Competitive advantage
Cooperation
export
Globalization
governance
Innovations
internationalization
Literature reviews
Market entry
network
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
small and medium enterprises
Systematic review
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Alliances
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Business models
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Collaboration
Competitive advantage
Cooperation
export
Globalization
governance
Innovations
internationalization
Literature reviews
Market entry
network
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
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