Barrières exogènes et difficultés à l’exportation de PME malgaches : l’influence du pays d’origine*

Abstract

The current research aims to identify exogeneous barriers that SMEs from developing countries have to face when they want to expand on international markets. The existing literature focuses on exogenous barriers in the host country to understand the challenges of internationalization of SMEs. Our research highlights that there are barriers in the home country, which can become major and slow down the international activity. These results allow the governments of developing countries to pay specific attention to their ecosystem in order to encourage international commitment .