1 THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF SMEs IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF GLOBALISATION FROM THE BARRIERS POINT OF VIEW Iveta Šimberová 1 1 PhDr. Iveta Šimberová, Ph.D., Brno University of Technology, Business and Management Faculty, Kolejní 4, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic, Phone: + 420 541 143 750; Fax: +420 541 143 751, E-mail: simberova@fbm.vutbr.cz