• Both in developed and developing countries, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have a vital role in countries’ economies in terms of the high number of enterprises, their capacity to create employment, the value they add to the country’s economy, and the contribution they make to countries’ macroeconomic growth targets.
• Because of this critical role SMEs have in countries’ economies, determining the factors that will positively affect the performance and growth of SMEs in local and international markets is significant both in the academic and professional business worlds.
• Accordingly, our project aims to analyze the impact of SMEs’ corporate governance practices on their financial performance and internationalization processes.

Our project team started to work in September 2021 under the leadership of our experienced project coordinator, who had previously conducted empirical studies on the performances of large and publicly traded companies in Europe and Turkey. In addition to our two Ph.D.-level researchers who focus their work on management & organizations and finance fields, our team continues its research on SMEs in a multi-faceted manner with our undergraduate scholars included in our project.