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| Author: | Chetty, S. Campbell-Hunt, C. |
| Title: | Explosive International Growth and Problems of Success amongst Small to Medium-sized Firms |
| Journal: | International Small Business Journal
2003 : FEB, VOL. 21:1, p. 5-28 |
| Index terms: | NETWORKS KNOWLEDGE INTERNATIONALIZATION SMALL BUSINESS MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article uses the business network perspective to identify how small to medium-sized manufacturing firms in a small isolated economy such as New Zealand deal with the issues of success and rapid growth as a result of their internationalization efforts. It focuses on three key questions. What are the relationships between rapid international growth and business networks; whether networks are important facilitator and/or inhibitor; How exactly do networks contribute to success. This study uses historiographic case method to gather data. The results highlight an interesting phenomenon - that the speed of international success can be a destabilizing factor. Phase II of the study shows that business networks offer the only vehicle for internationalization when the internationalization process is sudden. |
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