International entrepreneurship

• Other Authors: Rugman, Alan M., Wright, Richard W.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 1999.
• Series: Research in global strategic management ; v. 7.
• Subjects: Business & Economics > Management.; Social Science > General.; International business.; Ownership & organization of enterprises.; Entrepreneurship.; International business enterprises.

The focus of this volume is the phenomenon of globalization, and specifically its relevance to and impact on small business and entrepreneurship. The works presented here stem from a pioneering, three day conference held at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, under the joint auspices of McGill�...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Richard W. Wright
• Theoretical foundations of international entrepreneurship / Leo-Paul Dana, Hamid Etemad, Richard W. Wright
• A framework for understanding accelerated international entrepreneurship / Benjamin M. Oviatt, Patricia P. McDougall
• The role of alliances in international entrepreneurship / Paul W. Beamish
• Brokering networks of small firms to generate social capital for growth and internationalization / Rod B. McNaughton, James D. Bell
• Domestic market size, competences, and the internationalization of small- and medium-sized enterprises / A. Rebecca Reuber, Eileen Fischer
• Business strategy in transitional industries Entrepreneurial response to the globalization of a fragmented industry / Odd-Jarl Borch
• An entrepreneurial model of SME internationalization Evidence from six cases / James H. Tiessen, Bill Merrilees
• Profiling the twenty-first-century knowledge enterprise / Len Korot, George Tovstiga
• Twenty-first-century leadership reality beyond the myths / Nancy J. Adler.