Handbook of Research on International Entrepreneurship

Edited by Léo-Paul Dana, Professor, Dalhousie University, Canada and Montpellier Business School, France

• Contents:Foreword by Bob KirkPreface by Léo-Paul DanaPart I: Reflections1. Emerging Paradigms of International Entrepreneurship Léo-Paul Dana and Richard W. Wright2. An Accidental International ForayFrank Hoy3. Women in International EntrepreneurshipNancy J. Adler4. Women, Age and Money: International Entrepreneurship Theory in the Work of Candida G. BrushCandida G. Brush and Tatiana S. Manolova5. The New GlobetrottersLaurel J. Delaney6. International Entrepreneurship and Chinese Business ResearchHenry Wai-chung Yeung7. A TypologyHamid EtemadPart II: Conceptual Chapters8. Internationalization: Motive and ProcessA. Bakr Ibrahim9. International Entrepreneurship and Internationalization: Common ThreadsLawrence S. Welch10. The Praxeological Concept of International Entrepreneurship J. Patrick Gunning11. Entrepreneurship and Marketing: Issues for Independent InventorsLen Tiu Wright and Celia Harvey12. Learning, Innovation and Globalization: The Competitive Advantage of Collaborative Entrepreneurship Harry Matlay and Jay Mitra13. Marshalling RelationsHamid Etemad14. Entrepreneurial Capabilities: A Resource-based Systemic Approach to International Entrepreneurship Jean-Jacques ObrechtPart III: Geographical Perspectives of International Entrepreneurship 15. Asia-Pacific Perspectives of International Entrepreneurship John Milton-Smith16. East Asian Perspectives of International Entrepreneurship Chew Soon Beng and Rosalind Chew17. Two Types of Self-Employment in CanadaLouis Jacques Filion18. Canadian Perspectives of International Entrepreneurship Martine Spence19. The Case of Canadian Computer Software FirmsRod B. McNaughton and Peter Brown20. Business Support for Internationalization in EnglandLeigh Sear and Robert T. Hamilton21. Estonian Perspectives of International Entrepreneurship Tiit Elenurm22. Finnish Perspectives of International EntrepreneurshipReijo Luostarinen and Mika Gabrielsson23. Three Case Studies from FinlandNiina Nummela24. French Perspectives of International EntrepreneurshipAlain Fayolle25. Greek Perspectives of International EntrepreneurshipPavlos Dimitratos and Spyros Lioukas26. Indian Perspectives of International EntrepreneurshipShameen Prashantham27. Irish Perspectives on Developing International EntrepreneursJim Bell, David Demick, Ian Callaghan and Aidan O'Reilly28. Japanese Perspectives of International EntrepreneurshipPaul W. Beamish and Jane W. Lu29. New Zealand Perspectives of International EntrepreneurshipHoward H. Frederick, John Thompson and Peter J. Mellalieu30. International Expansion of New Zealand FirmsHeather I.M. Wilson, Sylvie K. Chetty and Gurvinder S. Shergill31. Swedish Perspectives of International EntrepreneurshipAnders Blomstermo, Kent Eriksson and D. Deo Sharma32. The Internationalization Process of Firms in the United KingdomDave Crick33. Internationalization and Size, Age and Profitability in the United KingdomGraham Hall and Ciwen Tu34. United States Perspectives of International EntrepreneurshipBella L. Galperin35. Internationalizing European IPOs in the United StatesBoyd D. CohenPart IV: Franchising Perspectives36. The Internationalization of Franchising Systems into Industrialized EconomiesDianne H.B. Welsh and Ilan Alon37. The Internationalization of Franchise Systems into Emerging and Transitional EconomiesDianne H.B. Welsh and Ilan Alon38. A Model for the Choice of Organizational Form in International FranchisingV. Nilakant, Callum J. Floyd and Mary Ellen GordonPart V: Towards Future Research in International Entrepreneurship39. A Network Perspective of International EntrepreneurshipSusanna Hinttu, Maria Forsman and Soren Kock40. Emerging Research Issues in International EntrepreneurshipShaker A. Zahra, Peggy Cloninger, Ji Feng Yu and Youngjun Choi41. An Action Research Approach for InternationalizationClaudio Vignali42. Family Business Successions: Toward Future ResearchRobert H. Brockhaus Sr.43. On Field Research Methods for Theory Building and TestingThierry VoleryIndex

'Dana's Handbook is an essential read for international entrepreneurship scholars as well as policymakers and practitioners concerned with the dynamics associated with the international entrepreneurship process. Succinct reviews of the literature and useful summary tables relating to key themes and studies are presented by a number of contributors. . .'