Regional expansion of emerging market SMEs: the roles of domestic market environmental uncertainty and international alliance partner diversity

This study develops and tests a framework of the effect of domestic market environmental uncertainty on international alliance partner diversity (IAPD) and the effect of IAPD on small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs’) regional expansion. Leveraging primary data from a sample of 232 Pakistani SME...

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Published inAsia Pacific journal of management Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 613 - 643
Main Authors Zahoor, Nadia, Donbesuur, Francis, Nwoba, Arinze Christian, Khan, Huda
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.06.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Access to information
Alliances
Business and Management
Domestic markets
Emerging markets
Expansion
International
Knowledge
Management
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
Domestic market uncertainty
Regional expansion
Pakistan
International alliance partner diversity
Cross-cultural knowledge absorption
Emerging markets
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Summary:This study develops and tests a framework of the effect of domestic market environmental uncertainty on international alliance partner diversity (IAPD) and the effect of IAPD on small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs’) regional expansion. Leveraging primary data from a sample of 232 Pakistani SMEs, the findings indicate that domestic market dynamism and technological dynamism drive SMEs to engage in IAPD. The analysis further reveals that IAPD improves SMEs’ regional expansion, and particularly so at higher levels of cross-cultural knowledge absorption. The research and practical implications of these findings are discussed.
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ISSN:0217-4561
1572-9958
DOI:10.1007/s10490-021-09799-1