Science – Future of Lithuania / Mokslas – Lietuvos Ateitis, Vol 7, No 2 (2015)

The Internationalization of Small and Medium Enterprises and Human Capital

Laura Godelytė (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Renata Korsakiene (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)

Abstract


Small and medium enterprises (SME’s) are generally recognised as a factor, which influences economic growth and impacting competitiveness of country. In the context of globalization the impact of internationalization of SME’s is increasing and determines development of new technologies. The internationalization of SME’s is determined to a large extent by the human capital of entrepreneurs/managers. The aim of this article is to analyse and summarise elements of human capital, that are discussed in scientific literature and to distinguish the most important for SME’s internationalization. The research is based on the evaluation of human capital in scientific literature and analysis and synthesis of questions of SME’s internationalization.

Article in: Lithuanian

Article published: 2015-05-28

Keyword(s): human capital; internationalization; assessment of human capital; small and medium enterprises; entrepreneurs; leaders.

DOI: 10.3846/mla.2015.739

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Science – Future of Lithuania / Mokslas – Lietuvos Ateitis ISSN 2029-2341, eISSN 2029-2252
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