Environment Characteristics and Internationalization of SMEs: Insights from a Polish and Finnish Sample

Abstract

Purpose: The article presents research on enterprises from various economic environments, namely the mature Finnish market and the Polish post-transformation one. Thus, our study examined how the external (international) environment affected the internationalization and business opportunities of Polish and Finnish SMEs.

Keywords

• international environment
• internationalization of smes
• polish sme-exporters
• finnish sme-exporters
• f18
• f23
• m3