Four Essays on International Entrepreneurship [electronic resource] /
Rättich, Gordian.author.
Internationalization of business activities has become one of the main fields of interest in management research, influencing a broad range of academic areas such as strategic management, organizational science, operations management or economic institutions. In recent years the pace of internationalization has even increased. With his four essays on distinctive levels of International Entrepreneurship, Gordian Rättich provides an answer on some of the most essential challenges for entrepreneurial firms and shows how social groups, economic institutions and nations manage to overcome the challenges of internationalization and gain competitive advantages.
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Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; I Introduction; II Going Global Early: Liabilities of Foreignness and Early Internationalizing Firms; 1 Introduction; 2 International Expansion; 3 Systematic Literature Review; 3.1 Function; 3.2 Multinationality; 3.3 Speed; 3.4 Mode of Entry; 4 Antecedent Firm Characteristics and Early Internationalizing Firms; 4.1 Firm-specific Advantages; 4.2 Country and Industry-specific Pressures; 5 Discussion; 6 References
III Performance Measurement and Antecedents of Early Internationalizing Firms: A Systematic Assessment1 Introduction; 2 Overview of Early Internationalization; 3 Methodology; 4 Analysis and Discussion of Systematic Assessment Results; 4.1 Performance Measurement; 4.2 Antecedents of EIF Performance; 5 Future Research Suggestions; 5.1 Performance Measurement; 5.2 Performance Antecedents; 6 Conclusion and Limitations; 7 References1; 8 Appendix; IV Impact of Institutional Coordination on National Entrepreneurship: A Conceptual Framework; 1 Introduction; 2 Conceptual Overview
2.1 Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Coordination2.2 Network Perspective; 3 Institutional Coordination and Entrepreneurship; 3.1 The Network Perspective on Institutional Coordination and Entrepreneurship; 3.2 Correlation between Institutional Coordination Index and National Entrepreneurship; 4 Examination of Institutional Coordination Impact on Entrepreneurship Process; 4.1 Conception Phase: Impact of Education and Training Systems; 4.2 Gestation Phase: Impact of Governance Systems/Financial Systems; 4.3 Infancy Phase: The Impact of Industrial Relations
4.4 Infancy Phase: The Impact of Interfirm Relations4.5 Adolescence Phase: The Impact of Institutional Complementarities; 5 Conclusion; 6 References; V Global Organizational Design in Purchasing and Supply Management: Headquarters and Subsidiaries in a Contingency Perspective; 1 Introduction; 2 Conceptual Framework; 2.1 Global Sourcing Strategy and its Implementation; 2.2 Global Sourcing Organizational Design; 2.3 Sourcing-related Contextual Factors; 3 Research Methodology; 3.1 Research Design; 3.2 Data Collection; 3.3 Data Analysis; 4 Results; 4.1 Formalization; 4.2 Communication
4.3 Information Management Systems4.4 Control; 4.5 Socialization; 5 Implications; 6 Limitations and Further Research Directions; 7 References; VI Final Conclusion
Dissertation--Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nünberg, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references.
Internationalization of business activities has become one of the main fields of interest in management research, influencing a broad range of academic areas such as strategic management, organizational science, operations management or economic institutions. In recent years the pace of internationalization has even increased. With his four essays on distinctive levels of International Entrepreneurship, Gordian Rättich provides an answer on some of the most essential challenges for entrepreneurial firms and shows how social groups, economic institutions and nations manage to overcome the challenges of internationalization and gain competitive advantages.
Entrepreneurship.
Management.
Entrepreneurship.
Management.