Resumo A crescente internacionalizac;ao da actividade empresarial e actualmente um tema obrigatoriamente presente na gestao de neg6cios, sendo relevante perceber-se que nao fica restringido as grandes unidades econ6micas. Neste sentido chamo a atenc;ao para a importancia das PME olharem e perceberem a envolvente global, nao se retraindo pelo factor dimensao. Contextualizando o ambiente macro-econ6mico em que nasce e se desenvolve o sector em analise, e referindo os aspectos mais significativos

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... a modelizac;ao dos processes de internacionalizac;ao coadunaveis com a dimensao das empresas em estudo, apresento os resultados de um trabalho d e campo realizado junto da industria de moldes para plastico, finalizando com conclus6es e sugest6es que os mesmos me oferecem. Palavras-chave: Internacionalizac;ao; PME; Dimensao; Estrategia; Concorrencia. Abstract Growth of international business activity is nowadays a very important matter for business management, and it is relevant to understand that it doesn't concern only the big companies. That is why I think all the SME should pay attention to the global environment, trying to learn about it, and don't retracting themselves cause the dimension factor. Contextualizing the macroeconomics environment in which the studied sector born and grew up, and referring the most significant aspects of the internationalisation process modelling adapted to the companies dimension referred h ereby, I present the results of the field work I have done about this industrial sector, ending with some conclusions and suggestions I intend are important in sequence of the study.