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Book SynopsisThis book, the fourth volume in the
McGill International Entrepreneurship Series, brings together 27 top scholars to explore the structural complexities, evolving relations and dynamic forces that are shaping a new system of multi-polar, multi-level international business relations. It examines entrepreneurial efforts and relations in different national and corporate cultures, each embedded in and also constrained by country-specific socio-economic structures and each vying for consumer attentions in competitive global markets.
The new millennium has experienced much rapid change, much of it implicit, intangible and not covered by the headlines of the popular press. The bipolar business system of the 20th century that prioritized the relationship between firms and consumers of developed countries is giving way to an emerging multi-polar and multi-level international system that considers consumers and companies in developing economies as well. In this book, scholars from around the world analyze the nascent architecture and relations in this quickly evolving system. They explore the structural complexities, evolving relations, and dynamic forces that are shaping and re-shaping the new system and examine entrepreneurial efforts and relations that cement its structure. The chapters in this volume portray the operating conditions of firms across 14 emerging country environments and industries ranging from basic foods and information technology to complex business processes.
Students and professors of international business, entrepreneurship, marketing and management studies will find this volume an indispensable addition to the literature.
Contributors: C.F. Agapito, D. Bek, T. Binns, K. Brydon, W. Coyle, L.-P. Dana, E. Dmitrienko, U. Dornberger, H. Etemad, C. Felzensztein, T. Galkina, F. Ghanatabadi, C. Keen, D. Khanduja, K.K. Leung, R.B. McNaughton, V. Minina, M.N.U. Nabi, E. Nel, J. Olavarría, C. Richardson, A. Shatalov, G. Shirokova, R. Singh, J.A. Sy-Changco, T. Vissak, M. Yamin
Trade ReviewThis book presents extremely valuable and interesting research that will contribute to the fields of IE and SME internationalization in the context of emerging economies. --Yumiao Tian, International Journal of Entrepreneurship
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction and Overview Hamid Etemad PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SMEs’ INTERNATIONALIZATION 2. Internationalization Theories and International Growth of Smaller Firms from Emerging Markets Hamid Etemad 3. Broadening the Domain of International Entrepreneurship: Towards the Consolidation of the Field Tamara Galkina 4. The Internationalization of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises from Emerging Economies Christian Keen PART II: FACTORS IMPACTING INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMEs IN EMERGING MARKETS 5. Impact of Entrepreneurs on the Process of Internationalization of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Iran Firouzeh Ghanatabadi 6. Internationalization Facilitated by Estonian Roots and Swedish Knowledge: Sixteen Cases Tiia Vissak 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 Utz Dornberger and Md. Noor Un Nabi 8. Growth Factors in Russian Entrepreneurial Firms Galina Shirokova, William Coyle and Alexander Shatalov PART III: INTERNATIONALIZATION IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AND EMERGING ECONOMIES: THE IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND INSTITUTIONAL HERITAGE 9. Internationalization and Post-IPO Performance Kin Kwok (Sam) Leung and Rod B. McNaughton 10. Fair Trade and Alternative Food Networks in the Internationalization of Small-Scale Rural Entrepreneurs in South Africa Etienne Nel, Tony Binns and David Bek 11. Firm and Ownership Structures and Internationalization: Two Case Studies of Firms in the New Zealand Seafood Industry Kelley Brydon, Léo-Paul Dana and Hamid Etemad 12. Socio-Cultural Dynamics, Entrepreneurial Values and Client–Provider Partnerships in the Outsourcing Industry Joseph A. Sy-Changco, Chito F. Agapito and Ramendra Singh 13. Exploring the Ambience of ‘International Entrepreneurship’ Among SMEs in India Dinesh Khanduja PART IV: THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC POLICY AND THE HOME-COUNTRY ENVIRONMENT ON INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMALLER FIRMS 14. Development of Small Innovative Enterprises in Russia: Internationalization Issues Elena Dmitrienko and Vera Minina 15. The Impact of Industrial Clusters on Internationalization: The Case of SMEs in Malaysia’s Multimedia Super Corridor Christopher Richardson and Mo Yamin 16. Regional Systems of Innovation and Knowledge Entrepreneurship in Natural Resource-based Clusters Christian Felzensztein and Jaime Olavarría 17. Reflections and Conclusions Hamid Etemad Index
