Exploring structural and strategic correlates of difficulties in the internationalisation process of Italian wine SMEs
Internationalisation has been a key strategy for businesses around the world over the last decades. Nowadays, the European wine sector finds itself in an increasingly competitive international environment, which is characterised by mature and declining per capita wine consumption in traditional mark...
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| description | Internationalisation has been a key strategy for businesses around the world over the last decades. Nowadays, the European wine sector finds itself in an increasingly competitive international environment, which is characterised by mature and declining per capita wine consumption in traditional markets and increasing competition form new emerging wine producing countries. Structurally, this sector is characterised by a vast majority of family businesses and faces several particularities. This research investigates the perception of difficulties in the internationalisation process of small and medium wineries in two emerging Italian wine exporting regions. It is found that the difficulties perceived in the internationalisation process depend on strategic and structural factors. The strategic factors highlighted in this paper are the degree of international diversification and the geographic scope of a firm's export activities. The structural factors relate to the characteristics of the exported goods, the management and the size of a firm. The findings are discussed in the light of recent developments of Italian wine exports and their implications for the Italian wine sector are derived. Keywords: Internationalisation, SME, Italy |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4eb908b33a2243e29d525f22d92977bc2025-08-20T02:52:49ZengFirenze University PressWine Economics and Policy2212-97742018-06-0171132310.1016/j.wep.2018.01.004Exploring structural and strategic correlates of difficulties in the internationalisation process of Italian wine SMEsChristopher Karl Köhr0Luca Camanzi1Giulio Malorgio2Corresponding author.; Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, ItalyInternationalisation has been a key strategy for businesses around the world over the last decades. Nowadays, the European wine sector finds itself in an increasingly competitive international environment, which is characterised by mature and declining per capita wine consumption in traditional markets and increasing competition form new emerging wine producing countries. Structurally, this sector is characterised by a vast majority of family businesses and faces several particularities. This research investigates the perception of difficulties in the internationalisation process of small and medium wineries in two emerging Italian wine exporting regions. It is found that the difficulties perceived in the internationalisation process depend on strategic and structural factors. The strategic factors highlighted in this paper are the degree of international diversification and the geographic scope of a firm's export activities. The structural factors relate to the characteristics of the exported goods, the management and the size of a firm. The findings are discussed in the light of recent developments of Italian wine exports and their implications for the Italian wine sector are derived. Keywords: Internationalisation, SME, Italyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212977418300048 |
| spellingShingle | Christopher Karl Köhr Luca Camanzi Giulio Malorgio Exploring structural and strategic correlates of difficulties in the internationalisation process of Italian wine SMEs Wine Economics and Policy |
| title | Exploring structural and strategic correlates of difficulties in the internationalisation process of Italian wine SMEs |
| title_full | Exploring structural and strategic correlates of difficulties in the internationalisation process of Italian wine SMEs |
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| title_short | Exploring structural and strategic correlates of difficulties in the internationalisation process of Italian wine SMEs |
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