Chapter 9 International Entrepreneurship and Growth
DOI: 10.23912/978-1-910158-75-3-2878 | ISBN: 978-1-910158-75-3 |
Published: 31 January 2016 | Component type: chapter |
Published in: Enterprise: Concepts and Issues | Parent DOI: 10.23912/978-1-910158-75-3-2848 |
Abstract
Globalization allows not only the international expansion of multi-national companies (MNCs) but also the growing success of early internationalizing firms, who go global and succeed in multiple foreign markets at birth or early in their operation as part of their early growth strategy. This chapter focuses on these early internationalising firms and will help you understand how these firms excel with their performance in competitive global markets. You should then be able to:
Understand the globalization influences, the emergence of early internationalized firms; Understand and explain the theoretical foundation of international entrepreneurship; Identify different motivations for international entrepreneurs; Examine the characteristics and traits of an international entrepreneur; Build international entrepreneurial capabilities for starting and growing an international venture.
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Contributors
- Yen Tran, Heriot-Watt University (author)
- Spiros Batas, Heriot-Watt University (author)
For the source title:
- Norin Arshed, Heriot-Watt University (Editor) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6775-1840
- Mike Danson, Heriot-Watt University (Editor) http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1041-0022
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Tran & Batas, 2016
Tran, Y. & Batas, S. (2016) "Chapter 9 International Entrepreneurship and Growth" In: Arshed, N. & Danson, M. (ed) . Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/978-1-910158-75-3-2878
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