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Focuses on the phenomenon of globalization, and specifically its relevance to and impact on small business and entrepreneurship. This book presents four sections; and helps readers to better understand and anticipate the dramatic changes coming, and to design appropriate corporate strategic responses.
Sommario
List of contributors. Introduction (R.W. Wright). Theoretical Framework. Theoretical foundations of international entrepreneurship (L.P. Dana et al.). A framework for understanding accelerated international entrepreneurship (B.M. Oviatt, P.P. Mcdougall). Networks and Alliances. The role of alliances in international entrepreneurship (P.W. Beamish). Brokering networks of small firms to generate social capital for growth and internationalization (R.B. Mcnaughton, J.D. Bell). Empirical Studies. Domestic market size, competences and the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (A.R. Reuber, E. Fischer). Business strategy in transitional industries: entrepreneurial response to the globalization of a fragmented industry (O.J. Borch). An entrepreneurial model of SME internationalization: evidence from six cases (J.H. Tiessen, B. Merrilees). The Global Firm of the Future. Profiling the twenty-first century knowledge enterprise (L. Korot, G. Tovstiga). Twenty-first century leadership: reality beyond the myths (N.J. Adler). Author index. Subject index.
Riassunto
Focuses on the phenomenon of globalization, and specifically its relevance to and impact on small business and entrepreneurship. This book presents four sections; and helps readers to better understand and anticipate the dramatic changes coming, and to design appropriate corporate strategic responses.
