Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction and overview / Hamid Etemad -- pt. I THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SMEs' INTERNATIONALIZATION -- 2.Internationalization theories and international growth of smaller firms from emerging markets / Hamid Etemad -- 3.Broadening the domain of international entrepreneurship: towards the consolidation of the field / Tamara Galkina -- 4.The internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises from emerging economies / Christian Keen -- pt. II FACTORS IMPACTING INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMEs IN EMERGING MARKETS -- 5.Impact of entrepreneurs on the process of internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises in Iran / Firouzeh Ghanatabadi -- 6.Internationalization facilitated by Estonian roots and Swedish knowledge: sixteen cases / Tiia Vissak --
Contents note continued: 7.Explaining the international entry and expansion of firms from developing countries from a capability point of view: test results from Ethiopia, Bolivia, Vietnam and Bangladesh / Md. Noor Un Nabi -- 8.Growth factors in Russian entrepreneurial firms / Alexander Shatalov -- pt. III INTERNATIONALIZATION IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AND EMERGING ECONOMIES: THE IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND INSTITUTIONAL HERITAGE -- 9.Internationalization and post-IPO performance / Rod B. McNaughton -- 10.Fair trade and alternative food networks in the internationalization of small-scale rural entrepreneurs in South Africa / David Bek -- 11.Firm and ownership structures and internationalization: two case studies of firms in the New Zealand seafood industry / Hamid Etemad -- 12.Socio-cultural dynamics, entrepreneurial values and client-provider partnerships in the outsourcing industry / Ramendra Singh --
Contents note continued: 13.Exploring the ambience of "international entrepreneurship" among SMEs in India / Dinesh Khanduja -- pt. IV THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC POLICY AND THE HOME-COUNTRY ENVIRONMENT ON INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMALLER FIRMS -- 14.Development of small innovative enterprises in Russia: internationalization issues / Vera Minina -- 15.The impact of industrial clusters on internationalization: the case of SMEs in Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor / Mo Yamin -- 16.Regional systems of innovation and knowledge entrepreneurship in natural resource-based clusters / Jaime Olavarria -- 17.Reflections and conclusions / Hamid Etemad.

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