Internationalization, entrepreneurship and the smaller firm evidence from around the world /

This forward-looking volume contains state-of-the-art analysis of the current research themes and challenges influencing the internationalization of SMEs.

Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Other Authors: Jones, Marian, 1956-
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2009.
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Online Access:https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781847208309.xml
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction. SME internationalization : current themes of study and modern challenges / Marian V. Jones ... [et al.]
  • 2. Does entry mode matter? : reviewing current themes and perspectives / Marian V. Jones and Stephen Young
  • 3. Exploring opportunity creation in internationalizing SMEs : evidence from Scottish firms / Lucrezia Casulli
  • 4. Growth and learning spillovers from international markets : empirical evidence from Greek firms / Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki and Ioanna Deligianni
  • 5. Perspectives on the interrelationships between domestic and international markets for the smaller firm / Maria Karafyllia
  • 6. Learning processes in the development of absorptive capacity of internationalizing SMEs / Margaret Fletcher
  • 7. Clients as a 'hidden' resource in rapid internationalization / Sharon Loane and Jim Bell
  • 8. Networks and the internationalization of firms : what we believe and what we might have missed / Yee Kwan Tang
  • 9. The development of e-commerce and the international growth of established SMEs : a capability perspective / Anna Morgan-Thomas
  • 10. Core rigidities of micromultinationals : the Scottish experience / Pavlos Dimitratos ... [et al.]
  • 11. The international entrepreneur : entrepreneurial orientation of local and global firms / Erik S. Rasmussen, Tage K. Madsen and Per Servais
  • 12. Local bridging ties and new venture internationalization : exploratory studies in Bangalore and Cambridge / Shameen Prashantham and Girish Balachandran
  • 13. International new ventures : a new organizational form? / Rod B. McNaughton
  • 14. Conclusion. SME internationalization : where do we go from here? / Marian V. Jones.