Title of research: Small Firms Real Options for Foreign Market Entry
Qualifications: BA (Industrial Engineering, Iran), MSc (Industrial Management, Iran), MA (Economic & Communication for Management & Innovation, Italy), MA (International Business, Germany)
PhD start date: January 2022
Supervisors: Dr Masoud Karami and Professor Lisa McNeill
Emailjamshid.alinasab@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Research summary
My research highlights the importance of collaboration and partners' commitment in the internationalisation process of small firms. I investigate how small firms in New Zealand utilise both heuristics and rational decision-making to enter foreign markets as a collective effort. Real options theory provides a rational pathway for internationalisation, while effectual heuristics rely on the logic of control and utilise available means and partnerships to create informal real options. Exploring how small firms develop their own foreign market entry options can add insights into how internationalising small firms overcome challenges and develop successful foreign market entry strategies.
Research interests
Entrepreneurial opportunity development, SMEs internationalisation, Real Options Theory, Effectuation theory.
Publications
- Alinasab, J., Mirahmadi, S. M. R., Ghorbani, H., & Caputo, F. (2021). Discovering knowledge and cognitive-based drivers for SMEs internationalisation. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 1–29.
- Alinasab, J. (2022). The influence of managers' marketing capabilities and international experience on SMEs' export performance: the mediating effects of export commitment. Economics, Finance and Management Review, (1), 62–81.
- Alinasab, J., Mirahmadi, S. M. R., Ghorbani, H., & Caputo, F. (2022). Managing SMEs' internationalisation process. A Delphi approach for identifying antecedent factors. International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, 14(1), 1–19.