Linking Social Capital, Internationalization and Performance to Brazilian SMEs

Event Location / Date(s)

Strategic Management Society’s Special Conference /Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Event Name / Location

Strategic Management Society’s Special Conference

Presentation Date

3-12-2011

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Presenter(s) / Author(s)

Ruth Clarke, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Ramdas Chandra, Nova Southeastern University
Marcilio Machado, Famex Trading Company

Description

Brazilian SMEs, encouraged by government policy, are rapidly expanding into international markets. We propose to present empirical findings of the relationship between social capital, the extent of strategic internationalization and performance. We measure social capital in terms of the nature and extent of membership of an individual or group in informal networks and formal, voluntary organizations using two adapted tools, the SOCAT (Social Capital Assessment Tool) and the SC-IQ (Integrated Questionnaire for Measuring Social Capital) from the World Bank. These tools are developed particularly for applicability to developing countries and therefore are well suited for our study. We measure performance using subjective measures of sales, assets and employees. We discuss the findings and make recommendations for SMEs and for public policy makers.

First Page

28

Last Page

28

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NSUWorks Citation

Clarke, Ruth; Chandra, Ramdas; and Machado, Marcilio, "Linking Social Capital, Internationalization and Performance to Brazilian SMEs" (2011). HCBE Faculty Presentations. 598.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facpres/598