This reflection serves as a tribute to Professor Pavlos Dimitratos by providing a state-of-the-art understanding of micromultinationals (mMNEs), an important term initially coined by Pavlos and his colleagues (2003) in their European Management Journal article “Micromultinationals: New Types of Firms for the Global Competitive Landscape” to capture the rising phenomenon of international small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with advanced modes of entry. Whilst underexplored, such firms have critical research, managerial, and policymaking implications for their increasing population and significant value-added activities in home and host economies relative to exporting firms. Based on a short analysis of existing mMNE studies, we appeal for more scholarly attention to their evolution, behavioural characteristics, and consequences, particularly in the area of SME internationalisation. We suggest several promising future directions to investigate this intriguing type of entrepreneurial firms and, using a Scottish context, show how they are appealing to policymakers.

这一反思是对 Pavlos Dimitratos 教授的致敬，它提供了对微型跨国公司 (mMNE) 的最新理解，这是一个重要术语，最初由 Pavlos 及其同事 (2003) 在他们的《欧洲管理杂志》中创造文章“微型跨国公司：全球竞争格局的新型公司”，以捕捉具有先进进入模式的国际中小型企业 (SME) 的崛起现象。尽管未得到充分探索，但与出口公司相比，此类公司在本国和东道国经济体中不断增长的人口和重要的增值活动具有重要的研究、管理和决策意义。基于对现有 mMNE 研究的简短分析，我们呼吁学术界更多地关注它们的演变、行为特征和后果，尤其是在中小企业国际化领域。我们提出了几个有希望的未来方向来调查这种有趣的创业公司，并使用苏格兰的背景来展示它们如何吸引政策制定者。