Motivación por oportunidad del emprendedor e internacionalización de la actividad de la Pyme / Opportunity motivation of entrepreneur and SME’s internationalization

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  • Antonia Mercedes García-Cabrera Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • María Gracia García-Soto Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • Juan José Durán-Herrera Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Resumen

¿Condiciona la motivación emprendedora del fundador de una empresa las decisiones de internacionalización empresarial que éste adopta para su Pyme? Para responder a este interrogante, analizamos el caso de 296 emprendedores que han fundado sus empresas en Brasil. Los resultados indican que la motivación por oportunidad del individuo emprendedor condiciona la decisión de acometer operaciones internacionales, incluso años después de que éste haya fundado la empresa. Estos resultados apuntan hacia la necesidad de que los actores políticos no solo traten de fomentar la creación de más empresas, sino que acometan esfuerzos para generar un tipo particular de motivación emprendedora, esto es, la orientada a la búsqueda de oportunidades.

What role does entrepreneurial motivation of founders play in the internationalisation decision of SMEs? To answer this question, we analyse a sample of 296 entrepreneurs who had founded their businesses in Brazil, and our results suggest that the individual’s opportunity motivation conditions the decision to embark on international operations in SMEs even years after of having started-up the business. These results point to the need for authorities not only encourage an increasing number of new ventures, but also the need for making efforts to generate a particular category of entrepreneurial motivation, that is, the opportunity motivation.

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2018-04-11

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