International corporate entrepreneurship among SMEs : a test of Stevenson's notion of entrepreneurial management
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2015
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Geographical market expansion is included in various definitions of entrepreneurship as it entails the opening up of new markets (for example, Davidsson 2003). Expansion into new international markets and launch of new products in international markets are also consistent with definitions of entrepreneurship which center on the pursuit of opportunities {e.g.\Stevenson, 1983 #922;Gartner, 1993 #931}. Accordingly, the decision by managers of small, internationally active businesses to continue to internationalize can be viewed as an entrepreneurial act. In spite of the fact that both start-ups and existing firms can behave entrepreneurially by expanding into new international markets, the attention of entrepreneurship researchers interested in international activities has largely focused on international new ventures (INVs); that is, business organizations that internationalize from inception (Oviatt, and McDougall 1994; Oviatt, and McDougall 1997). Consequently, pursuit of international opportunities by established small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) lacks theoretical understanding and empirical investigation through an entrepreneurship lens. This paper contributes to the body of knowledge at the entrepreneurship-internationalization interface by testing whether Stevenson’s opportunity-based conceptualization of entrepreneurial management (Stevenson 1983; Stevenson and Gumpert 1985; Stevenson and Jarillo 1990) can explain the attainment of continued entrepreneurial outcomes by SMEs operating in foreign markets. We choose Stevenson’s conceptualization as it gauges firm-level characteristics that are theorized to facilitate the pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities, which arguably is at the heart of SMEs’ continued venturing into international markets. |
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/63041/2/63041.pdf DOI:10.1111/jsbm.12087 Naldi, Lucia, Achtenhagen, Leona, & Davidsson, Per (2015) International corporate entrepreneurship among SMEs : a test of Stevenson's notion of entrepreneurial management. Journal Of Small Business Management, 53(3), pp. 780-800. |
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Copyright 2013 International Council for Small Business |
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Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship; QUT Business School; School of Management |
Palavras-Chave | #150304 Entrepreneurship #International Corporate Entrepreneurship #SMEs #Stevenson’s Entrepreneurial Management |
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Journal Article |