THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF PRODUCTION: A NEW PRACTICE FOR SMEs

Yang Cheng; Erik Skov Madsen

THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF PRODUCTION: A NEW PRACTICE FOR SMEs

Yang Cheng, Erik Skov Madsen

Department of Technology and Innovation

Center for Industrial Production

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Abstract

This paper mainly aims to explore how SMEs internationalise their production. Directed by this objective, a
new practice adopted by five Danish SMEs to internationalise their production to China is identified, which to
our knowledge has never been reported by any of the existing literature. The new practice is further
analysed in terms of (1) general information of each case company; (2) motivation of production
internationalisation of each case company; (3) limitations as SMEs to internationalise production; (4)
operational activities during the internationalization; (5) benefits of joint effort; and (6) challenges during the
internationalisation and in the future. By doing so, this paper contributes to complementing the existing
literature as well as providing mangers with the inspirations about when, why, and how to adopt the reported
practice.

Original language	English
Publication date	Jul 2013
Number of pages	7
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013
Event	22nd International Conference on Production Research: Challenges for Sustainable Operations - Foz do Iguaçu/Iguassu Falls, Brazil Duration: 28. Jul 2013 → 1. Aug 2013 Conference number: 22

Conference

Conference	22nd International Conference on Production Research
Number	22
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Foz do Iguaçu/Iguassu Falls
Period	28/07/2013 → 01/08/2013

Keywords

Internationalisation
production
SMEs

Project - SDC
Erik Skov Madsen (Participant)
2012 → …
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