چكيده به لاتين
Although the knowledge and innovation are the main capital for Small and medium knowledge-based firms, but the shortage of the resources and attainments of these companies, It makes them need support to succeed in this field. In this research, the types and the sources of the knowledge acquisition required for internationalization have been investigated and afterward applying this knowledge to each stage of company development has been undertaken. For this research, the qualitative content analysis method has been chosen. To explain the types and sources of knowledge at various stages of internationalization from content analysis with deductive reasoning approach in generalizing existing theories, and to find policy implications in promoting knowledge of internationalization of companies at various stages, the content analysis with inductive reasoning approach on the data obtained from semi-structured interviews with relevant experts, have been used. The results show that required knowledge and sources of their acquisition and also the effect of supportive policies in each of the various stages of internationalization of small and medium-sized export-based knowledge companies.
Keywords: Internationalization, Small and medium-sized enterprizes, Knowledge-based export companies, Internationalization knowledge, Policy implications, Supportive policies.
