Effect of Network to Knowledge and Experience for Internationalization in Garments SMEs of Gujarat

Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) particularly Garments industry in Gujarat has been internationalizing rapidly during the last two decades. International knowledge and experience plays an important role in internationalization, however some studies suggest that SMEs lacks from these components and suffers difficulties in internationalization. Besides, previous research claims that network has a significant role in internationalization. Therefore the objective of this paper is to discuss the moderating relationship of network to international knowledge and experience for internationalization of garments SMEs. To conceptualize, thorough literature review has been carried out. The paper highlights the importance of network for SMEs to internationalize.