Abstract
Research has underscored that international product venturing is critical for the competitiveness of SMEs in foreign markets. Despite this scholarly consensus we still have limited knowledge about the predictors of international product venturing of SMEs. This article advances the argument that knowledge input from both upstream- and downstream networks provides a multitude of options for knowledge combinations and therefore determines the trajectory for international product venturing. The purpose of this study is, hence, to examine knowledge combination within and across upstream/downstream networks within the realm of the international product venturing of a biotech-SME.