The Internationalization Of Smes Development Capacity

Today, the globalization is the major driver that has impact nearly every business. The internationalization of SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) not only is the main trends of the international competition, but also the inter demand of development. But, the internationalization of SMEs also meets many problems that can't be replied by the traditional internationalization theory, such as the limited resource, the lack of international experience and the absence of scientific decisional system of SMEs. The aim of the study is to provide better insight into the international advantage of SMEs from the view of strategy competency of enterprises, and try to give some expenditure forthe internationalization of SMEs.The paper is divided into five sections:Chapter one is introduction. In this section, the subject of the study is offered through generalizing the developing process of SMEs' internationalization, and the confine of the study is fixed based on the aim of the research. Also, the theoretic and practical significance of this study is discussed.Chapter two is the reviews and the international process of SMEs. In this section, the traditional theories of internationalization and the theories of enterprises' competency are reviewed as the theoretical base of the study. But the existing literatures have not considered the characters of SMEs, so the limitation is remarked and the understandings of the internationalization of SMEs is deepened by integrating the characters of SMEs.Chapter three is the theoretic fame of the international competence of SMEs. This section is the keystone and main innovation of the study. The internal factors are examined from the view of strategy competency, and the theoretic analysis fame is offered.The discussion of the nature of international competency of SMEs is based on the understanding of the international process of SMEs. The dynamic innovation, uniqueness, openness and systematic nature describe the different aspects of the international competency of SMEs. The base of international advantage of SMEs do not lie the monopoly and the scale economic, but come from the innovational combination of theresource.So, the three dimensionality of the international competency of SMEs is discussed which is composed by acquisition capability, the integration capability and the operation capability. And acquisition capability shows the enterprises sensitivity to the business opportunities, the integration capability represents the speed of the reaction, and the operation capability decides the actualized degree of the advantages.Chapter four is the appraisal for the international competency of SMEs. According to the theoretic fame, the principle of appraisal is provided. On principle of appraisal, the appraisal system is established by using the AHP and fuzzy mathematics. Also, the cases of Zhejiang province are examined.Chapter five is the policy for improving the internationalization of SMEs. Based on the positive results and the theoretic fame, the policy of information assistance, technology supporting, enterprises net building and financial service is suggested.