In contrast to institutional studies based on comparisons between countries and based on a deterministic perspective that analyses the influence of institutions on the performance of the individual in emerging economies, the present research looks to the most recent versions of neo institutionalism and to the literature on entrepreneurship and international business in order to study (1) the existence of subnational institutional differences in emerging economies and (2) whether such differences relate to the international expansion of SMEs located in such territories. This study takes evidence from a sample of 296 entrepreneurs who founded their SMEs in the Federal State of Sergipe (Brazil) and analyses from a comparative perspective of six tourist municipalities located in that state. The results allow us to identify the existence of differences in the regulative, normative, and cognitive institutional dimensions between subnational territories and how such differences relate to the international expansion of SMEs located in each subnational territory.

与基于国家间比较的制度研究和基于分析制度对新兴经济体中个人绩效的影响的确定性观点相比，本研究着眼于新制度主义的最新版本和有关创业的文献和国际业务，以研究 (1) 新兴经济体中地方制度差异的存在，以及 (2) 这些差异是否与位于这些地区的中小企业的国际扩张有关。本研究从 296 名在塞尔希佩联邦州（巴西）创办中小企业的企业家样本中获取证据，并从位于该州的六个旅游城市的比较角度进行分析。