Character internationalization poses difficult problems for database management systems because they must address user (stored) data, source code, and metadata. The revised (1992) standard for database language SQL is one of the first standards to address internationalization in a significant way. DEC Rdb is one of the few Digital products that has a complete internationalization (Asian) implem...

This article adds to the debate on internationalization competences of SMEs. After an examination of the most influential papers, we systematically discuss the role of individual and organizational competence gaps before and during the internationalization phase. In more detail, we raise the question what kinds of competences gaps hinder SMEs to go international and what competence gaps arise d...

This paper introduces a novel application in bibliometrics of the barycenter method. Using places of publication barycenters, we measure internationalization of book publishing in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Based on 2002-2011 data for Flanders, Belgium, we demonstrate how the geographic center of weight of book publishing is different for the Social Sciences than for the Humanities. Wh...

This paper documents a positive relation between internationalization and bank risk. This is consistent with the empirical dominance of the market risk hypothesis – whereby internationalization increases banks’ risk due to market-specific factors – over the diversification hypothesis – whereby internationalization allows banks to reduce risk through increased diversification of their operations...

This paper investigates the current situation and main reasons for the massive circulation of China’s national currency, the renminbi (RMB), in China’s neighboring economies. It indicates that the expansive use of RMB in Asia is the beginning of the process of RMB internationalization. This process is being driven by a strong Chinese economy and increased investors’ confidence in RMB. Internati...

Abstract Higher Education Institutions are expected to stimulate the innovation system and contribute development of societies in a global perspective. Within this context, there is an increasing focus on internationalization. HEIs developing institutional mechanisms support internationalization while academics carry specific practices that allow them improve knowledge production. At same time,...

Many software products exist that automatically evaluates the accessibility of a Web site according to the guidelines, including those promoted by the W3C. The internationalization of this software poses a series of challenges to support international web sites to evaluate, to incorporate international design and evaluation guidelines, and to produce evaluation reports that can be read by an in...

This paper examines internationalization processes in the context of the Internet economy and presents some exploratory insights. Firstly, the impact of Internet in internationalization of SMEs including: Internet provides marketing intelligence, global sales promotion and communications, and enhances the production efficiency. But Internet is a limited tool for SMEs that intend to penetrate fo...

The ability to internationalize has become a competitive necessity for many SMEs, enabling their survival and access to larger markets. From an IS research perspective, one important issue is the strategic role played by the firm’s IT capabilities in responding to greater environmental uncertainty and correspondingly greater information requirements, and in enabling the firm’s internationalizat...

Mobile devices, more so than desktop computers, are used throughout the world. By internationalizing and localizing its content, a mobile application can provide the best experience for the widest possible audience. This paper describes how to internationalize and localize Java technologybased wireless enterprise applications. Although the constraints of mobile devices make internationalization...