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The Internationalisation of the Small and Medium‐sized Firm
Jorge Rodriguez.
Original Articles
In the last few decades, SMEs have become increasingly active in international markets. SMEs do not necessarily follow a pattern of incremental internationalisation as they have a wide range of options and many are opportunistic. A large postal survey was conducted in five countries—the UK, France, Finland, Australia and Mexico. Many similarities in internationalisation strategy were found among these companies.
