附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The emerging context of international entrepreneurship : an overview, interrelations and extensions / Hamid Etemad -- Part I. Enterprise-environment interactions and internationalization -- 2. The dynamic impact of regional clusters on international growth and competition : some grounded propositions / Hamid Etemad and Hankyu Chu -- 3. Capital structure and the pace of SME internationalization / Rod B. McNaughton and Jim Bell -- 4. Academic entrepreneurship and internationalization of technology-based SMEs / Gabriele Beibst and Arndt Lautenschlager -- Part II. Entrepreneurial characteristics and internationalization -- 5. The international reach of entrepreneurial social networks : the case of James Dyson in the UK 87 / Oswald Jones and Steve Conway -- 6. Cultural effects on delegation in the small business life cycle / Supara Kapasuwan and Jerman Rose -- 7. An international examination of potential future entrepreneurs' self-efficacy / Kent E. Neupert, Norris Krueger and Bee-Leng Chua -- Part III. High technology and strategy -- 8. The Internet and SME exporting : Canadian success stories / Philip Rosson -- 9. Economic efficiency in traditional and dot.com firms : a theoretical approach / Khaled Soufani and Terence Tse -- 10. The knowledge network of e-commerce and internationalization of entrepreneurship / Hamid Etemad and Yender Lee -- 11. The internationalization efforts of growth-oriented entrepreneurs : lessons from Britain / Harry Matlay and Jay Mitra -- 12. Conclusion : the evolutionary patterns of change, the emerging trends and implications for internationalizing small firms / Hamid Etemad.
摘要:Etemad (international business and marketing, McGill University, Canada) gathers contributions by Canadian, UK, and American scholars in entrepreneurship and international business to explore emerging patterns of growth in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and international expansion in response to the competitive environment.
