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Building international business bridges in geographically isolated areas
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This paper focuses on the internationalization of SMEs located in geographically isolated contexts like Latin America. We argue that strategic priorities towards foreign markets, Foreign Market Focus (FMF), as well as "Outward Looking Competences" (OLC) are important factors in enhancing productivity, and ultimately achieving a sustainable competitive presence abroad. FMF and OLC lay the foundation for setting better international business relations with foreign clients and increase opportunities for learning and attaining economies of scale. Results demonstrate the significance of FMF as a means of enhancing productivity only in manufacturing firms. OLC positively moderates the relation between FMF and productivity.
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Funding: European Commission under the Horizon Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions project "MAKERS: Smart Manufacturing for EU Growth and Prosperity" (grant nr. 691192) and The Spanish Government (grant nr. ECO2014-58472-R)
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Exports Foreign market focus Latin American SMEs Multilatinas Outward looking competences Productivity Business and International Management Finance Marketing