Adopting a business model-based approach to prepare entry into new international markets
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Cite this article
- GERVAIS, Florence,
- AYMARD, Thomas
- and MERLE, Karine,
- Gervais, Florence.,
- et al.
- Gervais, F.,
- Aymard, T.
- and Merle, K.
https://doi.org/10.3917/qdm.224.0151
Cite this article
- Gervais, F.,
- Aymard, T.
- and Merle, K.
- Gervais, Florence.,
- et al.
- GERVAIS, Florence,
- AYMARD, Thomas
- and MERLE, Karine,
https://doi.org/10.3917/qdm.224.0151
This action-research aims to facilitate the international expansion of SMEs and mid-cap companies into new markets. The literature underlines the lack of strategic vision of SMEs and mid-caps as well as their unpreparedness, whereas these two factors are essential before going international. The business model (BM), a formal conceptual representation of the company’s activities, can facilitate this preparation. The results from an action-research based on the cases of three French companies show the usefulness of this tool in the development of a process adapted to the needs of the decision-makers of exporting SMEs and mid-cap companies.