Special issue on "SMEs’ decision making for international development"

The special issue is focused on the strategic decision-making process for internationalization of companies. Understanding the strategic decision-making processes within companies, in particular those processes characterized by a high level of uncertainty, such as international strategic decisions, requires the consideration of mechanisms that are distant from the full economic rationality of the main decision-makers, who are affected by several external factors (mainly related to the market and to the social and environmental context) and subjective factors (such as individual and psychological characteristics). This requires taking into account of interdisciplinary competences, such as management, behavioral economics and psychology. About these aspects, and following an interdisciplinary approach to their understanding, the research still has considerable potential for development