Entrepreneurial alertness, international performance, and the role of effectuation in SME internationalization
研究了创业警觉性如何通过效果灵活性和因果预测两种决策逻辑影响中小企业的国际绩效，基于680家制造业企业数据发现效果灵活性起调节作用、因果预测起中介作用。
By shedding light on the often-overlooked early stages of opportunity development initiated by entrepreneurial alertness and its performance outcomes in an international setting, this study examines the interplay between alertness and two decision-making logics, effectual flexibility and causal prediction, in the context of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) internationalization. Leveraging structural equation modeling on a data set of 680 manufacturing SMEs across five countries, this study uncovers distinct effects: effectual flexibility moderates, while causal prediction mediates, the positive relationship between alertness and the international performance of SMEs. The research makes noteworthy contributions to international entrepreneurship literature by linking alertness with performance in the international context and disentangling the nuanced pathways through which SMEs can achieve success in the global arena.