{"id":894,"date":"2020-08-03T15:33:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T13:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matchplat.local\/the-risks-of-internationalisation-for-smes-how-to-deal-with-them\/"},"modified":"2020-08-03T15:33:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T13:33:49","slug":"the-risks-of-internationalisation-for-smes-how-to-deal-with-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matchplat.com\/en\/the-risks-of-internationalisation-for-smes-how-to-deal-with-them\/","title":{"rendered":"The risks of internationalisation for SMEs: how to deal with them?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every entrepreneur faces many challenges during his or her daily activities.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these can derive from the\u00a0<strong>internationalization<\/strong>\u00a0of their business: anyone in the business world knows that the attractiveness of a new market can be directly proportional to the risks involved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6826 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.matchplat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/INTERNAZIONALIZZAZIONE-2.png\" alt=\"the risks of internationalization for SMEs\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1150\" title=\"Matchplat\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1920px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1920\/1150;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<div>\n<p>But what are the pitfalls?<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, there is an\u00a0<strong>economic risk<\/strong>: this is the same problem that managers face every day in the domestic market. It is linked to the volatility of demand for a specific product or service. This situation of uncertainty can have a negative impact on the company, generating sudden drops in turnover and loss of profits.<\/p>\n<p>Within\u00a0<strong>foreign markets<\/strong>, this situation is even more evident: the company often does not know the country in which it is acting and as a result may find itself operating in conditions of uncertainty. This is especially the case in developing countries, where demand may fluctuate suddenly due to the often-unpredictable economic trends in these areas.<\/p>\n<p>A further aspect to be taken into account is the so-called\u00a0<strong>technical risk<\/strong>: it is linked to the characteristics of the product marketed, which may not comply with the regulations in force in a foreign country (for example, due to the too high concentration of certain substances).<\/p>\n<p>Another factor of insecurity may also originate from the\u00a0<strong>behaviour of interlocutors<\/strong>\u00a0in foreign markets: the attitudes of counterparties are in fact\u00a0<strong>difficult to predict<\/strong>, and it is not always easy to evaluate the real interest in establishing a partnership. To make everything more complex, there are also the inevitable\u00a0<strong>language barriers<\/strong>\u00a0that can make negotiations more difficult, especially for those realities not used to an international context.<\/p>\n<p>These problems are just a few examples of the brakes that can hamper the growth of a company outside its borders:\u00a0<strong>SMEs<\/strong>\u00a0are more exposed to risks and, unlike large multinationals, may not have the preparation to adequately study a foreign market, identifying opportunities and threats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matchplat<\/strong>\u00a0aims to solve this problem with its services. How? Some examples might help to clarify.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trend<\/strong>\u00a0allows companies to know the evolution across time of import\/export data related to a specific product: in this way you can know at any time what is the evolution of demand for the goods marketed by your company, intercepting the growth trends and thus reducing the\u00a0<strong>economic risk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect<\/strong>\u00a0makes it easier for companies looking for foreign partners to start new collaborations: thanks to outbound call and mailing activities, our matchmakers will assess the interest of foreign companies to start a partnership, basing their search on customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n<p>The skills of our specialists make it possible to overcome the linguistic difficulties mentioned above, outsourcing the process of internationalisation of the company.<\/p>\n<p>Later, once they have ascertained that the counterparty interest, they will\u00a0<strong>connect<\/strong>\u00a0the two organizations.<\/p>\n<p>In this way, each customer will be able to get in touch with realities that are actually interested in getting to know him, so as to obtain a twofold advantage. On the one hand, to\u00a0<strong>reduce the uncertainties<\/strong>\u00a0linked to the\u00a0<strong>behavior of foreign interlocutors<\/strong>; on the other hand, to be always sure to dialogue with realities accustomed to dealing with its products, thus eliminating any\u00a0<strong>technical risk<\/strong>\u00a0linked to the intrinsic characteristics of the offer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every entrepreneur faces many challenges during his or her daily activities. Many of these can derive from the\u00a0internationalization\u00a0of their business: anyone in the business world knows that the attractiveness of a new market can be directly proportional to the risks involved. But what are the pitfalls? Firstly, there is an\u00a0economic risk: this is the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internationalization","category-portfolio-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matchplat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matchplat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matchplat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matchplat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matchplat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matchplat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matchplat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matchplat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matchplat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}