Does entrepreneurial autonomy always drive emerging market SMEs internationalization? An effectual logic perspective
基于效果逻辑理论，通过多案例研究和档案数据，发现新兴市场中小企业员工缺乏自主性，且效果逻辑决策将自主权集中于高层管理，从而影响国际化。
Building on effectuation theory, this paper investigates the role of entrepreneurial autonomy in driving emerging market SMEs' internationalization. Based on insights from multiple case studies and archival data from emerging market SMEs, this study finds that employees lack autonomy in their duties. A developed model also helps us to clarify how effectuation decision-making—balancing partnership and pre-commitment, opportunity exploitation and investment ceiling, business development with emerging opportunities and exploiting resources and capabilities, flexibility, proactiveness toward waste reduction—strengthen concentration of autonomy in top management. The theoretical and managerial implications of the findings are presented.