International Expansion of SMEs: The Inducascos Case |
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Authors: | Juan Lucas Macías-Franco Ana Maria Parente Laverde |
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Affiliation: | Department of International Business Program, Universidad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia |
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Abstract: | While small and medium enterprises contribute to gross domestic product, generate crucial employment, and improve socio-economic development, unfortunately the literature on the internationalization processes of these companies remains timid and inconsistent. The following study seeks to analyze the international expansion of the Colombian company Inducascos. The research follows the structure of a case study including literature analysis and secondary data of the Colombian industrial market and Inducascos. Challenges, opportunities and learning process of the organization related to its international expansion and set out, seeking to contribute to the existing studies in international business. |
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Keywords: | Colombia international expansion internationalization internationalization process SME |
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