| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 311 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The McGill international entrepreneurship series |
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McGill international entrepreneurship series.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Hamid Etemad -- International entrepreneurship and performance: what are the important factors in markets with high cultural distance? / Elena Cedrola, Loretta Battaglia and Anna Grazia Quaranta -- Risk-seeking behaviours in SMEs' internationalization / Noémie Dominguez -- Psychological traits, experiences, foreign language knowledge of entrepreneurs, and re-internationalization strategies of SMEs: a theoretical analysis / Huu Le Nguyen and Sören Kock -- The dynamic development of international entrepreneurial networks / Vaiva Stanisauskaite and Sören Kock -- The influence of the entrepreneur and the accelerator in the internationalization proces of web-based firms / Diala Kabbara -- Formal inter-firm cooperation and international expansion: how Italian SMEs are using the network contract / Selena Aureli and Mara Del Baldo -- How are knowledge acquisition and SMEs' internationalization related? Empirical evidence from Gruppo Germani / Mirella Migliaccio and Francesca Rivetti -- Value chain activities in Born Global companies / Ingemar Wictor -- The creation and internationalization of border firms / Eva J.B. Jørgensen and Einar Rasmussen -- Institutional entrepreneurship and the embedded roles of leaders and state: an historical case study of Abu Dhabi / Jasem Almarri, Katariina Juusola and John Meewella -- Concluding remarks, implications and lessons / Hamid Etemad |
| Summary |
The Changing Global Economy and its Impact on International Entrepreneurship addresses different changes and challenges which small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) face in an economy where they need to compete at home and cannot refrain from participating in international markets. This volume presents a collection of 12 carefully selected chapters that highlight challenging real-world cases to illustrate a variety of difficult problems. The book presents an analytical framework with three levels of analysis - entrepreneurial level, firm level, and institutional level - to document comprehensive, realistic and experientially-based entrepreneurial initiatives, potent firm and public policy strategies with solid results |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Small business -- Economic aspects
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Entrepreneurship -- Economic aspects
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Entrepreneurship -- Economic aspects
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Small business -- Economic aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Etemad, Hamid, editor
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Denicolai, Stefano, editor
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Hagen, Birgit, editor
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Zucchella, Antonella, editor
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| ISBN |
9781783479849 |
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1783479841 |
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