International Entrepreneurship in Small and Medium Size Enterprises

Hamid Etemad, Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Canada

• Contents: Preface 1. The Emerging Context of International Entrepreneurship: An Overview, Interrelations and Extensions Part I: Enterprise–Environment Interactions and Internationalization 2. The Dynamic Impact of Regional Clusters on International Growth and Competition: Some Grounded Propositions 3. Capital Structure and the Pace of SME Internationalization 4. Academic Entrepreneurship and Internationalization of Technology-Based SMEs Part II: Entrepreneurial Characteristics and Internationalization 5. The International Reach of Entrepreneurial Social Networks: The Case of James Dyson in the UK 6. Cultural Effects on Delegation in Small Business Life Cycle 7. An International Examination of Potential Future Entrepreneurs’ Self-Efficacy Part III: High Technology and Strategy 8. The Internet and SME Exporting: Canadian Success Stories 9. Economic Efficiency in Traditional and Dot.Com Firms: A Theoretical Approach 10. The Knowledge Network of E-Commerce and Internationalization of Entrepreneurship 11. The Internationalization Efforts of Growth-Oriented Entrepreneurs: Lessons from Britain 12. Conclusion: The Evolutionary Patterns of Change, the Emerging Trends and Implications for Internationalizing Small Firms Index

'Business leaders, scholars and students alike, interested in international business and entrepreneurship, will welcome this timely and authoritative volume, which sheds light on the complex nature of international entrepreneurship in the 21st century.'