In the last years, several Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) internationalized rapidly production in psychic distant countries with limited previous international experience. We focus on organizational change(s) in manufacturing SMEs during the internationalization of production. By analyzing five-case firms from Italy, it emerges that these SMEs were forced to perform a relevant number of adaptations that affected different organizational elements. We argue that these adaptations, spread in time, accumulated into a continuous radical change for the company. Although it is a complicated process, the companies are potentially able to develop capabilities throughout the entire organization and, consequently, improve their global competitiveness.
Establishing a Production Unit Abroad: a Continuous Radical Change forManufacturing SMEs Going Global
FORZA, CIPRIANO
2010
Abstract
In the last years, several Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) internationalized rapidly production in psychic distant countries with limited previous international experience. We focus on organizational change(s) in manufacturing SMEs during the internationalization of production. By analyzing five-case firms from Italy, it emerges that these SMEs were forced to perform a relevant number of adaptations that affected different organizational elements. We argue that these adaptations, spread in time, accumulated into a continuous radical change for the company. Although it is a complicated process, the companies are potentially able to develop capabilities throughout the entire organization and, consequently, improve their global competitiveness.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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