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Saharan, Akash, Pandey, Krishan Kumar, Dhaundiyal, Mayank, Agrawal, Rajat and Kumar, Anil (2025) Navigating recovery: assessment of firm level enablers of internationalizing MSMEs’ recovery and repertoire of actions. Journal of Modelling in Management. ISSN 1746-5664 (In Press)
Purpose:
Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) due to crises like COVID-19 and geo-economic tensions have put micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), especially international MSMEs, under stress in emerging economies. Hence, these firms must focus on survival and formulate strategies to recover from the VUCA environment. This study identifies and examines the enablers of internationalizing MSMEs’ recovery and provides suggestions for stronger recovery.
Design/methodology/approach:
A three-fold approach consisting of literature review, prioritization, and modelling suggestions is employed in this study. The firm level main enablers and their corresponding sub-enablers are determined under the gamut of resource-based view and ranked using expert opinions. Best-worst method (BWM) followed by sensitivity analysis is used to rank identified enablers and their validation respectively. Finally, a ‘layered cake FAST model’ is suggested for implications.
Findings:
The top five enablers identified to overcome the impact of uncertain environment on internationalizing MSMEs’ recovery are “access to capital”, “market knowledge”, “product innovation”, “working capital”, and “entrepreneurial orientation”. Based on these findings, the foundations-approaches-strategies-transition (FAST) model is proposed.
Originality:
Since there is a dearth of studies in the recovery from a VUCA environment such as COVID-19, the contributions of the current study are unique to the IB literature and important for internationalizing MSMEs.
Implications:
The results of our investigation have important implications not only for MSMEs striving for recovery but also for consultants, policymakers, and scholars working in this area.
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