{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3014709691","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-03-2019-0141","title":"Internationalisation business processes in an under-supported policy contexts: evidence from Italian SMEs","display_name":"Internationalisation business processes in an under-supported policy contexts: evidence from Italian SMEs","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-04-04","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3014709691","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-03-2019-0141","mag":"3014709691"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1108/bpmj-03-2019-0141","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-03-2019-0141","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2508752","display_name":"Business Process Management Journal","issn_l":"1463-7154","issn":["1463-7154","1758-4116"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Business Process Management Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5041835689","display_name":"Vahid Jafari\u2010Sadeghi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3083-6119"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I73417466","display_name":"Coventry University","ror":"https://ror.org/01tgmhj36","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I73417466"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Strategy and Leadership, Faculty of Business and Law, Coventry University, Coventry, UK"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3083-6119","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Strategy and Leadership, Faculty of Business and Law, Coventry University, Coventry, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I73417466"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085908744","display_name":"Dev K. Dutta","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8942-7806"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I161057412","display_name":"University of New Hampshire","ror":"https://ror.org/01rmh9n78","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I161057412"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dev K. Dutta","raw_affiliation_strings":["Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I161057412"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025632015","display_name":"Alberto Ferraris","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3125-1710"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I55143463","display_name":"University of Turin","ror":"https://ror.org/048tbm396","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I55143463"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alberto Ferraris","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Turin, Turin, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Turin, Turin, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I55143463"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046384052","display_name":"Manlio Del Giudice","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2389-4495"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I42775652","display_name":"Link Campus University","ror":"https://ror.org/035mh1293","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I42775652"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Manlio Del Giudice","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Rome \u2018Link Campus\u2019, Rome, Italy","University of Rome 'Link Campus', Rome, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Rome \u2018Link Campus\u2019, Rome, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I42775652"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Rome 'Link Campus', Rome, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I42775652"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":13.3734,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":76,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98869454,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"26","issue":"5","first_page":"1055","last_page":"1074"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11843","display_name":"Family Business Performance and Succession","score":0.9980000257492065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11843","display_name":"Family Business Performance and Succession","score":0.9980000257492065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10058","display_name":"Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences","score":0.9975000023841858,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10415","display_name":"International Business and FDI","score":0.9955999851226807,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internationalization","display_name":"Internationalization","score":0.784199595451355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/originality","display_name":"Originality","score":0.6748214960098267},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.5892312526702881},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/entrepreneurship","display_name":"Entrepreneurship","score":0.579282820224762},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marketing","display_name":"Marketing","score":0.5612235069274902},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.5451161861419678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/critical-incident-technique","display_name":"Critical Incident Technique","score":0.45651814341545105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/international-business","display_name":"International business","score":0.4434413015842438},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/value","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","score":0.4130750298500061},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.34753865003585815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-relations","display_name":"Public relations","score":0.3428802490234375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/industrial-organization","display_name":"Industrial organization","score":0.3304579257965088},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.24710562825202942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/qualitative-research","display_name":"Qualitative research","score":0.2359882891178131},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociology","display_name":"Sociology","score":0.19920480251312256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/management","display_name":"Management","score":0.13560867309570312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.10761436820030212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science","display_name":"Political science","score":0.09573879837989807}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97509610","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3141064","display_name":"Internationalization","level":2,"score":0.784199595451355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776950860","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2914681","display_name":"Originality","level":3,"score":0.6748214960098267},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.5892312526702881},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84309077","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3908516","display_name":"Entrepreneurship","level":2,"score":0.579282820224762},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.5612235069274902},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.5451161861419678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779707562","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1140525","display_name":"Critical Incident Technique","level":2,"score":0.45651814341545105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C193257486","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3681519","display_name":"International business","level":2,"score":0.4434413015842438},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776291640","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2912517","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.4130750298500061},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.34753865003585815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.3428802490234375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783","display_name":"Industrial organization","level":1,"score":0.3304579257965088},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.24710562825202942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190248442","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q839486","display_name":"Qualitative research","level":2,"score":0.2359882891178131},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.19920480251312256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.13560867309570312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.10761436820030212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.09573879837989807},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C155202549","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178803","display_name":"International trade","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1108/bpmj-03-2019-0141","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-03-2019-0141","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2508752","display_name":"Business Process Management Journal","issn_l":"1463-7154","issn":["1463-7154","1758-4116"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Business Process Management Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/df02cc65-89af-4c90-83dc-b2514b8ec7d0","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/df02cc65-89af-4c90-83dc-b2514b8ec7d0","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402411","display_name":"Pure (Coventry University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I73417466","host_organization_name":"Coventry University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I73417466"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Jafari-Sadeghi, V, Dutta, D K, Ferraris, A & Del Giudice, M 2020, 'Internationalisation business processes in an under-supported policy contexts : evidence from Italian SMEs', Business Process Management Journal, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 1055-1074. https://doi.org/10.1108/BPMJ-03-2019-0141","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","score":0.5600000023841858}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":78,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W56906930","https://openalex.org/W62496486","https://openalex.org/W1526120684","https://openalex.org/W1604333735","https://openalex.org/W1607236431","https://openalex.org/W1689620830","https://openalex.org/W1851302005","https://openalex.org/W1900371894","https://openalex.org/W1917038169","https://openalex.org/W1938818075","https://openalex.org/W1973906666","https://openalex.org/W1991142410","https://openalex.org/W1994618470","https://openalex.org/W1998096071","https://openalex.org/W2017109444","https://openalex.org/W2020480270","https://openalex.org/W2021245278","https://openalex.org/W2032673140","https://openalex.org/W2040261334","https://openalex.org/W2047119331","https://openalex.org/W2048343052","https://openalex.org/W2053479149","https://openalex.org/W2053840083","https://openalex.org/W2054455292","https://openalex.org/W2055711610","https://openalex.org/W2061282355","https://openalex.org/W2062249022","https://openalex.org/W2068305473","https://openalex.org/W2068489651","https://openalex.org/W2070238247","https://openalex.org/W2074550873","https://openalex.org/W2091764494","https://openalex.org/W2097974024","https://openalex.org/W2123878515","https://openalex.org/W2133345635","https://openalex.org/W2136690337","https://openalex.org/W2141951329","https://openalex.org/W2147786258","https://openalex.org/W2147834340","https://openalex.org/W2162364127","https://openalex.org/W2171935043","https://openalex.org/W2254096280","https://openalex.org/W2282001360","https://openalex.org/W2286694813","https://openalex.org/W2290406209","https://openalex.org/W2328468762","https://openalex.org/W2507386735","https://openalex.org/W2516928984","https://openalex.org/W2518646212","https://openalex.org/W2519045120","https://openalex.org/W2526093997","https://openalex.org/W2552721800","https://openalex.org/W2562071685","https://openalex.org/W2703960189","https://openalex.org/W2736233839","https://openalex.org/W2783330593","https://openalex.org/W2783996838","https://openalex.org/W2791980825","https://openalex.org/W2796297448","https://openalex.org/W2803138002","https://openalex.org/W2803977813","https://openalex.org/W2883656655","https://openalex.org/W2889352184","https://openalex.org/W2949679016","https://openalex.org/W2951474447","https://openalex.org/W2952059997","https://openalex.org/W2953921025","https://openalex.org/W2954149335","https://openalex.org/W2969682600","https://openalex.org/W2971751155","https://openalex.org/W2979209006","https://openalex.org/W2991488560","https://openalex.org/W2994981340","https://openalex.org/W3123145516","https://openalex.org/W3123238881","https://openalex.org/W4230114030","https://openalex.org/W4236292178","https://openalex.org/W4247856284"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2041415459","https://openalex.org/W2593155302","https://openalex.org/W2072812638","https://openalex.org/W3126095231","https://openalex.org/W2352855287","https://openalex.org/W4200071106","https://openalex.org/W3212592930","https://openalex.org/W3207835577","https://openalex.org/W2009404526","https://openalex.org/W3014376005"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Purpose":[0],"The":[1,127,146],"main":[2],"objective":[3],"of":[4,14,43,61,139,148,164,194,202],"this":[5,131,197],"research":[6,27,149,205],"was":[7],"to":[8,48,93,153,174,207],"identify":[9,208],"the":[10,62,137,203,221],"key":[11,105],"critical":[12],"determinants":[13,80],"internationalisation":[15,217],"business":[16,182,218],"processes":[17,219],"that":[18],"entrepreneurs":[19,173],"adopted":[20],"in":[21,57,220],"under-supported":[22,168],"policy":[23,169,223],"contexts.":[24],"Design/methodology/approach":[25],"This":[26],"utilised":[28],"a":[29,161],"case-study":[30],"design,":[31],"incorporating":[32],"multiple":[33],"case":[34,50],"examples,":[35],"applying":[36],"non-probability":[37],"purposive":[38],"selection":[39],"criteria.":[40],"A":[41],"total":[42],"five":[44,63],"in-depth,":[45],"structured":[46],"90-min":[47],"two-hour":[49],"interviews":[51],"were":[52,81,107],"conducted":[53],"with":[54,112,122,189],"Italian":[55],"entrepreneurs,":[56],"which":[58],"four":[59,78],"out":[60],"cases":[64],"selected":[65],"are":[66],"goods-oriented,":[67],"and":[68,95,118,155,158,179,187,211],"one":[69,201],"is":[70,150,199],"services":[71],"oriented.":[72],"Findings":[73],"Regarding":[74,100],"internal":[75,210],"entrepreneurial":[76],"motives,":[77],"crucial":[79],"recognised:":[82],"(1)":[83,109],"Making":[84],"more":[85],"profit,":[86],"(2)":[87,119],"Expanding":[88],"market,":[89],"(3)":[90],"Personal":[91],"tendency":[92],"export":[94],"(4)":[96],"Obtaining":[97],"social":[98,143],"respect.":[99],"external":[101,212],"networking":[102],"capabilities,":[103],"two":[104],"factors":[106,213],"identified:":[108],"Developing":[110],"relationships":[111,121],"an":[113],"international":[114,172],"partner":[115],"or":[116],"representative":[117],"Maintaining":[120],"industry-relevant":[123],"authorities.":[124],"Research":[125],"limitations/implications":[126],"data":[128],"gathered":[129],"for":[130,142,226],"paper":[132,198],"depends":[133],"on":[134,215],"self-announcing,":[135],"expanding":[136],"likelihood":[138],"being":[140],"one-sided":[141],"desirability":[144],"answers.":[145],"sample":[147],"also":[151],"limited":[152,162],"small":[154],"medium":[156],"businesses":[157],"has":[159],"covered":[160],"number":[163],"companies.":[165],"Originality/value":[166],"An":[167],"context":[170,225],"forces":[171],"make":[175],"their":[176,181],"own":[177],"arrangements":[178],"tailor":[180],"process":[183],"through":[184],"personal":[185],"initiative":[186],"interactions":[188],"network":[190],"partners.":[191],"Taking":[192],"advantage":[193],"field-based":[195],"data,":[196],"probably":[200],"earliest":[204],"studies":[206],"several":[209],"impacting":[214],"firm":[216],"low":[222],"support":[224],"entrepreneurship.":[227]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":20},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":27},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}