Keywords
entrepreneurship
internationalization
export
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Abstract
The objective of this study is to determine the influence of the entrepreneurial orientation and the organizational learning (internal factors) and the environment/industry and competition (external factors) in the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Puerto Rico. Only the environment showed statistically significant relation (negative coef coefficient) with the international sales. The findings suggest that the exporting SME in Puerto Rico are traditional businesses that show an entrepreneurial orientation directed primarily to the acquisition of stability in the domestic market and then consider export.By submitting a contribution to consideration of the Editorial Board of Fórum Empresarial, the authors attest that it is an original, unpublished work, which has not been nor will be simultaneously submitted to another journal for consideration and publication; that they are responsible for the work carried out and the content of the article; and they have the corresponding copyrights.
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