Internationalization Via Instagram: An Exploratory Study of Small and Medium Enterprises

This study used content analyzed ten Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sites for their brand awareness, communication, information, integration and cultural awareness to examine how best they use Instagram to internationalize. In this study, the internationalization process was provided...

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Published in:Contemporary Management Research 2020, Vol.16 (2), p.077-121
Main Authors: Sukunesan, Suku, Selvarajah, Christopher, Mellstrom, Zelda
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Absorptive capacity
Communication
Competition
Competitive advantage
Customer created content
Entrepreneurship
GDP
Globalization
Gross Domestic Product
Instagram
Internationalisation
Internet
Leapfrogging
Market entry
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
SMEs
Social networks
Technological change
Web 2.0
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Competition
Competitive advantage
Customer created content
Entrepreneurship
GDP
Globalization
Gross Domestic Product
Instagram
Internationalisation
Internet
Leapfrogging
Market entry
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Technological change
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