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Motivating SMEs to Cooperate and Internationalize: A Dynamic Perspective book cover

1st Edition

Motivating SMEs to Cooperate and Internationalize A Dynamic Perspective

By George Tesar, Zsuzsanna Vincze Copyright 2017
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge
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Interest in generally expanding the understanding of small and medium-sized enterprises, especially understanding their strategies and operations to enter international markets, is growing rapidly among researchers and academics globally. Government officials, regional and economic specialists, and international trade advisers are directly involved in assisting small and medium-sized enterprises... Read more
 1.Motivating SMEs to Cooperate and Internationalize: a Dynamic Perspective – Introduction

George Tesar





Part 1: Entrepreneurial Action





2. From Small Businesses to Internationalized Entrepreneurial Ventures – Some Personal Notes



Rolf A. Lundin





3. Come to the Northern Side – We have a Business Model



Petri Ahokangas, Irina Atkova and Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen





4. Managerial Initiatives, Internationalization and Smaller Manufacturing Enterprises: Perspectives and Approaches



George Tesar





Part 2: Managerial Aspects of SMEs





5. Triggers of Substantial Business Model Innovation: Lessons Learned from Swedish SMEs



Vladimir Vanyushyn and Jan Abrahamsson





6. Digitally Enabled Platforms: Generating Innovation and Entrepreneurial Opportunities for SMEs



Arnim Decker and Liliyana Makarova Jørsfeldt





7. The Role of Auditing in Banks’ Risk Assessment of SMEs: A Literature Review and New Venues for Future Research



Giulia Giunti and Tobias Svanström





Part 3: Industrial Networks Development





8. Nascent Entrepreneurial Teams Managing in Networks: Mobilization, Utilization and Saturation



Thommie Burström, Jussi Harri and Timothy Wilson





9. SME-MNE Cooperation in a Regional Cluster



Zsuzsanna Vincze and Peter Zettinig





10. Straight ahead or Wandering through the Woods? - Decision-Making in Entrepreneurial Internationalization



Niina Nummela, Leila Hurmerinta and Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki





Part 4: Internationalization





11. Growth Ambitions and Internationalization Among Newly Started Small Swedish Firms



Gert-Olof Boström, Karl Jo

Biography



George Tesar is Professor Emeritus of Marketing and International Business at Umeå University in Umeå, Sweden and Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA. He is an Adjunct Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark.







Zsuzsanna Vincze is Associate Professor at Umeå School of Business and Economics (USBE), Head of the Entrepreneurship, and holds a position of Docent of International Business at the University of Turku, Finland.





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