A study on relationship of internationalization motivations, capabilities and performance of SMEs in China

作者：Zhang, Ti^*; Li, Weining; Luo, Tingting

来源：2012 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2012, Suzhou, 2012-07-08 To 2012-07-10.

DOI：10.1109/SOLI.2012.6273528

• capabilities
• Guangdong Province
• internationalization
• Mediating roles
• performance
• Small and medium-sized enterprise
• Structural equation modeling

This article analyzes the relationship of internationalization motivations, capabilities and performance of the small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs). We took 220 SMEs of Guangdong province as sample, using structural equation model to test theoretical hypotheses. The conclusions are as follows: Firstly, in the process of internationalization, the motivations have an significant positive effect on performance;Secondly, the internationalization capabilities also have an significant positive effect on performance;Thirdly, internationalization capabilities are the mediator of internationalization motivations and performance.

• 出版日期2012
• 单位华南理工大学