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A conceptualization of e-risk perceptions and implications for small firm active online internationalization

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Noemi SinkovicsORCiD

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Abstract

A sound conceptualization of international e-risks has grown in demand, because of the increasing penetration of the Internet, and specifically the enabling-facility of the Internet technology for small firms. Yet, to date, there has been no study explicitly attempting to build an international business risk framework for the online environment, nor to explain online internationalization decisions. The purpose of the present paper is threefold, (1) to combine and complement the existing traditional international risk constructs and the emerging views on e-business risks into a comprehensive and unified international risk framework for the online context; (2) to develop propositions regarding SMEs' active online internationalization decisions by drawing on Dunning's OLI framework; and (3) to explore the online-offline risk trade-off inherent in online internationalization decisions by integrating the e-risk framework into the eclectic paradigm. © 2010.

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Author(s): Pezderka N, Sinkovics RR

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: International Business Review

Year: 2011

Volume: 20

Issue: 4

Pages: 409-422

Print publication date: 01/08/2011

Online publication date: 07/08/2010

ISSN (print): 0969-5931

ISSN (electronic): 1873-6149

Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2010.06.004

DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2010.06.004

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