Globalization and Entrepreneurship: Policy and Strategy Perspectives (The McGill International Entrepreneurship series)

Globalization has begun to dismantle the barriers that traditionally segregated local business opportunities and local firms from their international counterparts. Local markets are becoming integral parts of broader, global markets. As globalization proceeds apace, entrepreneurs and small businesses will play a more prominent role on the global business arena. The contributors to this collection provide a wealth of analyses of both traditional and emerging aspects of entrepreneurship, from a variety of national perspectives and from a variety of disciplines. The volume is divided into three sections. The first looks at the internationalization process itself while the second focuses on factors facilitating this process in small and medium-sized firms. The last section examines emerging dimensions in management policy. 1. Globalization And Entrepreneurship / Hamid Etemad And Richard Wright -- 2. On The Determinants Of Exporting: Uk Evidence / Panikkos Poutziouris, Khaled Soufani And Nicos Michaelas -- 3. Integrated Outsourcing: A Tool For The Foreign Expansion Of Small-business Suppliers / Sonia Dahab And Jose Paulo Esperanca -- 4. Small Multinationals In Global Competition: An Industry Perspective / Tatiana S. Manalova -- 5. Internationalization Of Australian Smes: Challenges And Opportunities / Quamrul Alam And John Pacher -- 6. Cluster Development Programmes: Panacea Or Placebo For Promoting Sme Growth And Internationalization? / Peter Brown And Red Mcnaughton -- 7. Social Capital, Networks And Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs: Transnational Entrepreneurship And Bootstrap Capitalism / Teresa V. Menzies, Gabrielle A. Brenner And Louis Jacques Filion -- 8. Small Business In The Czech Republic And Japan: Successes And Challenges For Women Entrepreneurs / Terri R. Lituchy, Philip Bryer And Martha A. Reavley -- 9. Toward A Transnational Techno-culture: An Empirical Investigation Of Knowledge Management / Leo-paul Dana, Len Korot And George Tovstiga -- 10. E-commerce And The Internationalization Of Smes / Kittinoot Chulikavit And Jerman Rose -- 11. Managing Relations: The Essence Of International Entrepreneurship / Hamid Etemad. Edited By Hamid Etemad And Richard Wright. Selected Papers From A Conference Held In Sept. 2000 At Mcgill Unversity, Montreal. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The contributors to this collection provide a wealth of new analyses of both traditional and emerging aspects of entrepreneurship, from a variety of national perspectives and from a variety of disciplines. Globalization has begun to dismantle the barriers that traditionally segregated local business opportunities and local firms from their international counterparts. Local markets are becoming integral parts of broader, global markets. As globalization proceeds apace, entrepreneurs and small businesses will play a more prominent role on the global business arena. The volume is divided into three sections. The first looks at the internationalization process itself while the second focuses on factors facilitating this process in small and medium-sized firms. The last section examines emerging dimensions in management policy. This book provides valuable insights for business leaders, policy formulators, students and academics alike in understanding and coping with our rapidly changing world.