SME’s growth on an international scale : leveraging by networking with the french chambers of commerce and industry overseas
Internationalization sustains company’s growth. But the process may be much too demanding for SME’s. Thus entrepreneurs can lean their firm’s international development on networking in order to fit into foreign business ecosystems and get opportunities to create higher value despite resources shortages. In this framework the role of the international French chamber of commerce network will be enlighten by the presentation of five specific companies whose internationalization in Japan has been helped through networking with the French Chamber of commerce in Japan. These case studies show how networking may accelerate internationalization of small and medium companies and help them bypass the traditional incremental process of internationalization.