International Entrepreneurship: The Pursuit of Opportunities across National Borders (JIBS Special Collections)

This book provides a broad understanding of what it means to internationalise entrepreneurially. The collection of prominent articles provides insights into how entrepreneurs are entering foreign markets in order to fuel growth. Authors highlight the factors enabling internationalisation under the resource constraints of newness or smallness: human capital, capabilities, networks, processes and practices and environmental conditions. Attention is also paid to the institutional arrangements that impact the practice of entrepreneurship internationally. Inclusive of an introductory chapter that presents a comprehensive discussion of past research themes and identifies new areas of research, this book is essential reading for scholars, policy-makers and practitioners who want to understand how individuals and firms pursue opportunities across national borders. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Research Themes About International Entrepreneurship: Tales from the JIBS Backlist and Onward Journeys (A. Rebecca Reuber)....Pages 1-28 Front Matter ....Pages 29-29 Toward a Theory of International New Ventures (Benjamin M. Oviatt, Patricia Phillips McDougall)....Pages 31-57 Creative Tension: The Significance of Ben Oviatt’s and Patricia McDougall’s Article ‘Toward a Theory of International New Ventures’ (Erkko Autio)....Pages 59-81 Front Matter ....Pages 83-83 The Survival of International New Ventures (Ram Mudambi, Shaker A. Zahra)....Pages 85-130 International New Ventures: Revisiting the Influences Behind the ‘Born-Global’ Firm (Terence Fan, Phillip Phan)....Pages 131-172 Front Matter ....Pages 173-173 The Network Dynamics of International New Ventures (Nicole E. Coviello)....Pages 175-215 Explaining the Internationalization of iBusiness Firms (Keith D. Brouthers, Kim Dung Geisser, Franz Rothlauf)....Pages 217-264 Front Matter ....Pages 265-265 Small Firm Internationalisation Unveiled Through Phenomenography (Peter Lamb, Jörgen Sandberg, Peter W. Liesch)....Pages 267-315 Immigrant Remittances and the Venture Investment Environment of Developing Countries (Paul M. Vaaler)....Pages 317-380 Back Matter ....Pages 381-397