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Gender and international entry mode

dc.contributor.authorPergelova, Albena
dc.contributor.authorAngulo-Ruiz, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorYordanova, Desislava
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-30
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T01:15:18Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T01:15:18Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis article examines whether male- and female-led small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) adopt different strategic directions when internationalising. We build on the notion of gendered socialisation and the resource-based view examining gender differences in international entry modes. We also analyse several contingencies in the relationship between gender and internationalisation. Findings indicate that female-led SMEs are more likely to internationalise via export than foreign direct investment (FDI). The results challenge conventional wisdom on the role of resources and capabilities accumulated with manager age in the process of internationalisation; younger female chief executive officers are more likely to internationalise via FDI. The results offer novel insights to the literature on internationalisation of SMEs calling for more attention towards the interplay of social norms and gendered structural arrangements, on the one hand, and entrepreneurial agency, on the other, for a better understanding of the internationalisation of female-led SMEs.
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/full-record/edswss/000442272900003
dc.identifier.citationPergelova, Albena, Fernando Angulo-Ruiz, and Desislava Yordanova, “Gender and international entry mode,” International Small Business Journal, 36 (6), 662-685. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266242618763012.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266242618763012.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1712
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectSMEs
dc.subjectinternationalization
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectFDI
dc.subjectexport
dc.subjectentry modes
dc.titleGender and international entry modeen
dc.typeArticle

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