Aspects of the Internationalization Process in Smaller Firms

Hamid Etemad

ISBN 10: 3834900605 / ISBN 13: 9783834900609

Published by Gabler Verlag, Gabler Verlag, 2005

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The rapid globalization of the environment, the liberalization of trade and investments, and the rapid advances in technology, among other trends in the latter parts of the Twentieth Century, have all accelerated the actual process of infusion of the two fields of Entrepreneurship and International Business. They have also accentuated the emergence of the inter-disciplinary field of International Entrepreneurship. The central theme of this special issue is internationalization of entrepreneurship. The papers in this special issue break new grounds in a variety of ways by explaining the challenges associated with entrepreneurial firms that take advantage of opportunities on the global scale. In turn, the also pose some challenging questions for the extant theories, especially those that cover internationalization.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aspects of the Internationalization Process in Smaller Firms
• Publisher: Gabler Verlag, Gabler Verlag
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3834900605
• ISBN 13: 9783834900609
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 244W x 170H x 11D millimeters 244 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 11 millimeters depth
• Weight: 342 grams

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Synopsis

The rapid globalization of the environment, the liberalization of trade and investments, and the rapid advances in technology, among other trends in the latter parts of the Twentieth Century, have all accelerated the actual process of infusion of the two fields of Entrepreneurship and International Business. They have also accentuated the emergence of the inter-disciplinary field of International Entrepreneurship. The central theme of this special issue is internationalization of entrepreneurship. The papers in this special issue break new grounds in a variety of ways by explaining the challenges associated with entrepreneurial firms that take advantage of opportunities on the global scale. In turn, the also pose some challenging questions for the extant theories, especially those that cover internationalization.

About the Author

Professor Dr. Hamid Etemad is associate professor of international business at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He is one of the organizers of the McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference.