Handbook of Research on European Business and Entrepreneurship

Edited by Léo-Paul Dana, Professor, Dalhousie University, Canada and Montpellier Business School, France, Isabell M. Welpe, Professor and Chair, Technische Universität München, Germany, Mary Han, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada and Vanessa Ratten, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Department of Management, Sport and Tourism, La Trobe University, Australia

• Contents:Foreword: A Theory of Internationalization for European EntrepreneurshipDavid StoreyPART I: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS1. Introduction Léo-Paul Dana, Isabell M. Welpe, Mary Han and Vanessa Rutten 2. How International are European Venture Capital Firms?Sophie Manigart, Wouter De Maeseneire, Mike Wright, Sarika Pruthi, Andy Lockett, Hans Bruining, Ulrich Hommel and Hans LandströmPART II: COUNTRY STUDIES3. Internationalization of Small and Medium-sized Firms (SMEs) in a Western European Service Economy: The Case of AndorraSanford L. Moskowitz4. Trust-based Cooperation as Driver for the Internationalization of SMEs: Empirical Evidence from AustriaMatthias Fink and Slawomir Teodorowicz5. Internationalization of SMEs in BelarusFriederike Welter, David Smallbone, Anton Slonimski and Marina Slonimska6. Internationalization of SMEs in BelgiumJan Degadt7. Internationalization of SMEs in Bosnia and HerzegovinaWilliam R. Pendergast, Mugdim Pasic and Aziz Sunje8. Internationalization of Bulgarian SMEsKiril Todorov and Kostadin Kolarov9. Internationalization of SMEs in CroatiaTihomir Vranešević, Branko Bogunović and Miroslav Mandić10. Internationalization of SMEs in Cyprus Demetris Vrontis and Alkis Thrassou11. Internationalization of Danish SMEsPer Servais, Erik S. Rasmussen, Bo B. Nielsen and Tage Koed Madsen12. Internationalization of Enterprises in EstoniaTiit Elenurm 13. Internationalization of SMEs: The Case of FinlandAsko Miettinen14. Internationalization of SMEs: The Case of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Marija Risteska and Zhidas Daskalovski15. Internationalization of French SMEsHervé Mesure and Rita Klapper16. Patterns of Internationalization of German SMEs: Surveying Manufacturing Offshoring Steffen Kinkel, Gunter Lay and Spomenka Maloca17. Growth of Archetypon S.A.: Exploitation of Opportunities in Greek and European MarketplacesIrini Voudouris and Pavlos Dimitratos18. The Internationalization of Hungarian SMEsLászló Kállay and Imre Lengyel 19. Irish Perspectives of International EntrepreneurshipCecilia B. Hegarty20. Israeli, Born Global, Knowledge-intensive Firms: An Empirical InquiryTamar Almor and Gilad Sperling21. Italian SME International Strategies: State of the Art and Some Empirical EvidencesAlberto Mattiacci, Christian Simoni and Lorenzo Zanni22. Analysis of the Environment for Small and Medium-size Enterprises in Latvia for Further Internationalization DevelopmentTatjana Volkova and Andra Brige23. Internationalization of SMEs in LiechtensteinHans-Rüdiger Kaufmann24. The Path to the Internationalization of Lithuanian Manufacturing SMEsAudra I. Mockaitis25. The Internationalization of SMEs in Malta: A Critical Assessment in the Context of Five European Island RegionsGodfrey Baldacchino26. Issues on the Internationalization of SMEs in Eastern Europe: The Case of Moldova Sanford L. Moskowitz27. Monaco’s Forgotten Glitter: Industrial SMEs and their Worldwide AppealMartine Spence28. Internationalization of Dutch SMEsJolanda A. Hessels29. The Impact of the Single Market Programme on the Internationalization of Polish SMEsAnna Rogut and Bogdan Piasecki30. Export Performance and Productivity in Portuguese Manufacturing SMEsMargarida Proença, Isabel Correia and Orlando Petiz31. Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Russia Anatoly Zhuplev and Vladimir Shein32. The Internationalization of Small and Medium Companies in San Marino Donata Vianelli33. Internationalization of Slovenian SMEs as a Learning and Unlearning ProcessMiroslav Rebernik and Ksenja Pušnik34. The Internationalization of Small and Medium Firms in SpainAlicia Coduras, Cristina Cruz, Ignacio de la Vega and Rachida Justo 35. Network Coordination as a Key to External Resources: A Study of an Internationalizing Biotech SMEAngelika Löfgren, Daniel Tolstoy, D. Deo Sharma and Jan Johanson36. Managing the Challenges of Globalization: Evidence from Swiss Small and Medium-sized EnterprisesThierry Volery37. Outward Internationalization of Turkish SMEsSerdar Karabati38. Internationalization of SMEs in UkraineNahum Goldmann, Svitlana Slava, Yuriy Makogon, Tetyana Orekhova and Alena DubouskayaPART III: CONSTITUENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM39. Business Support for Internationalization in EnglandLeigh Sear and Robert T. Hamilton40. Supporting SMEs in Scotland: Strategies for InternationalizingMike Danson, Ewa Helinska-Hughes, Michael Hughes and Geoff Whittam41. Internationalization of Welsh SMEs: The Role of Wales Trade InternationalDavid Pickernell, David Brooksbank, Helena Snee, Farid Ullah and Dylan Jones-EvansPART IV: CONCLUSION41. Toward a Theory of Internationalization for European EntrrepreneurshipLéo-Paul Dana, Mary Han, Vanessa Rutten and Isabell M. WelpeIndex

'This book is an important contribution to the field of international entrepreneurship. . . it provides a comprehensive account of internationalization strategies adopted by SMEs in a wide range of European countries, and by drawing on a number of empirical studies, it enriches the theory of SME internationalization with a new theoretical framework that can be useful for understanding the complexity of SME internationalization processes in Europe.'