The Process of Internationalization in Emerging SMEs and Emerging Economies
By: Edited by Hamid Etemad, McGill University, Canada
Series: The McGill international entrepreneurship series
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
ISBN-13: 9781781003183
Subjects: Globalization; Small business; Entrepreneurship
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction and overview / Hamid Etemad; title: pt. I THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SMEs' INTERNATIONALIZATION; title: 2.Internationalization theories and international growth of smaller firms from emerging markets / Hamid Etemad; title: 3.Broadening the domain of international entrepreneurship: towards the consolidation of the field / Tamara Galkina; title: 4.The internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises from emerging economies / Christian Keen; title: pt. II FACTORS IMPACTING INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMEs IN EMERGING MARKETS; title: 5.Impact of entrepreneurs on the process of internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises in Iran / Firouzeh Ghanatabadi; title: 6.Internationalization facilitated by Estonian roots and Swedish knowledge: sixteen cases / Tiia Vissak; title: Contents note continued: 7.Explaining the international entry and expansion of firms from developing countries from a capability point of view: test results from Ethiopia, Bolivia, Vietnam and Bangladesh / Md. Noor Un Nabi; title: 8.Growth factors in Russian entrepreneurial firms / Alexander Shatalov; title: pt. III INTERNATIONALIZATION IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AND EMERGING ECONOMIES: THE IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND INSTITUTIONAL HERITAGE; title: 9.Internationalization and post-IPO performance / Rod B. McNaughton; title: 10.Fair trade and alternative food networks in the internationalization of small-scale rural entrepreneurs in South Africa / David Bek; title: 11.Firm and ownership structures and internationalization: two case studies of firms in the New Zealand seafood industry / Hamid Etemad; title: 12.Socio-cultural dynamics, entrepreneurial values and client-provider partnerships in the outsourcing industry / Ramendra Singh; title: Contents note continued: 13.Exploring the ambience of "international entrepreneurship" among SMEs in India / Dinesh Khanduja; title: pt. IV THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC POLICY AND THE HOME-COUNTRY ENVIRONMENT ON INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMALLER FIRMS; title: 14.Development of small innovative enterprises in Russia: internationalization issues / Vera Minina; title: 15.The impact of industrial clusters on internationalization: the case of SMEs in Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor / Mo Yamin; title: 16.Regional systems of innovation and knowledge entrepreneurship in natural resource-based clusters / Jaime Olavarria; title: 17.Reflections and conclusions / Hamid Etemad.