Internationalization

About: Internationalization is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 18414 publications have been published within this topic receiving 427742 citations. The topic is also known as: internationalisation & Internationalization.

Entrepreneurial orientation, social capital, and the internationalization of SMES: Evidence from China

Abstract: This article combines arguments from entrepreneurship literature and social capital theory to examine the antecedents to the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from China. Our quantitative study of 117 Chinese SMEs demonstrates the overall importance of entrepreneurial orientation and social capital of entrepreneurs in facilitating their internationalization efforts, and also reveals that different dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation and different types of social capital exert different levels of independent influence on Chinese SMEs' internationalization. Complementary data from multiple case studies explains the variation between our quantitative findings and the findings of previous research. By highlighting the value of the entrepreneurial attributes of Chinese SMEs and the social capital embedded in their networks in the pursuit of their internationalization, the article adds to the scant literature on the internationalization behavior of the rapidly emerging Chinese SMEs. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Global restructuring and territorial development

Abstract: INTRODUCTION Techno-Economic Restructuring, Socio-Political Processes and Spatial Transformation - Manuel Castells and Jeffrey Henderson A Global Perspective CAPITAL, LABOUR AND THE DYNAMICS OF GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING Global Factory and Company Town - Richard Child Hill The Changing Division of Labour in the International Automobile Industry US-Japanese Competition and the Worldwide Restructuring of the Electronics Industry - Dieter Ernst A European View Issues of Core and Periphery - Saskia Sassen-Koob Labour Migration and Global Restructuring Policing the Frontiers - Robin Cohen The State and the Migrant in the International Division of Labour Women Electronics Workers in Southeast Asia - Vivian Lin The Emergence of a Working Class REGIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING Exploring the Spatial Effects of the Internationalization of the Mexican Economy - Manuel Perlo Cohen Social Forces, the State and the International Division of Labour - Kamal Salih and Mei Ling Young The Case of Malaysia THE URBAN DIMENSION OF GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING The Fixers - Nigel Thrift The Urban Geography of International Commercial Capital Global Capital Restructuring and Local Political Crises in the US Cities - Michael Peter Smith

International Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Logic and Utility of Individual Experience through Comparative Reasoning Approaches:

Abstract: In this paper, we suggest that individual experience and reasoning, as applied to new endeavors in internationalization, are concepts with high potential to advance conceptual and empirical research in international entrepreneurship (IE). Experience is known to be important in internationalization, but the logic or reasoning with which it is applied is insufficiently understood. Cognitive, comparison-based reasoning theories explain how individuals draw on experience to make sense of uncertain, novel, and complex situations. Drawing on two such theories, heuristics and analogical reasoning, we delineate the logic of experience and advance speculative propositions on its utility in the context of internationalization research.

Alternatives for Growth and Internationalization in Retailing

Abstract: The paper deals with retail internatinoalization within the more general issue of growth strategies. Retailers cannot export their products through international trade and, since they cannot protect their know-how with patents, they have problems in using licensing as an alternative to direct investment. The implication is that, unlike most manufacturers, they cannot follow a step-by-step approach to internationlization. Thus, it is usually a major decision which is considered among other alternative to support growth, namely diversification into different store types. The aims of the paper are twofold: first, to offer a descriptive model of the set of choices retailers face to sustain growth and, among them, the option of internationalization. Second, to relate internationalization to the characteristics of the firm's core business, the ownership advantage it has with respect to rivals and the extent of the adaptation costs involved in implanting its type of stores abroad. The model is tested using a sam...