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Internationalization as Interaction: A Process Perspective on Internationalization from a Small Developing Country
Author(s) -
Williams Nigel L.,
Ridgman Tom,
Shi Yongjiang,
Ferdinand Nicole
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/tie.21607
Subject(s) - internationalization , business , developing country , resource (disambiguation) , order (exchange) , emerging markets , process (computing) , dual (grammatical number) , perspective (graphical) , face (sociological concept) , domestic market , limited resources , international economics , industrial organization , international trade , economic system , economics , economic growth , finance , art , computer network , social science , risk analysis (engineering) , literature , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science , operating system
Despite their heavy dependence on international markets, small developing countries or small states have been underrepresented in the internationalization literature. Unlike developed or large developing countries, small states face dual constraints of relatively weak institutions and a narrow resource base along with an open market environment. A changing domestic environment in small states requires firms to adapt and a process approach was employed in order to examine sustained internationalization firms from Trinidad and Tobago ( TT ). Analysis of the findings indicates that changing economic circumstances result in varying domestic production and market resource availability. In response, firms from small states may engage in phased rather than staged patterns of activity that include accelerated, reverse, and inward internationalization. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc .