Value Creation in International Business

Volume 2: An SME Perspective

Svetla Marinova, Jorma Larimo, Niina Nummela, Svetla Marinova, Jorma Larimo, Niina Nummela

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9783319393698
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Small Business
• Index: Business

The edited collection brings into focus the meanings, interpretations and the process of value creation in international business. Exploring value creation in the context of emerging and developed economies, Volume 2 takes the perspective of small and medium sized enterprises and examines various approaches to value creation in the process of firm internationalization. Providing theoretical and practical insights, the authors open an intellectual debate into what value is, and how it is created through the internationalization activities of firms. Value Creation in International Business is a pioneering two volume work intended to provoke theoretical and empirical development in International Business research. Moreover, it is intended as a bridge between concepts derived from general business firm-level research agendas such as value creation and business model, and internationalization approaches and activities of firms.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Contributors
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• 1: Value Creation in the Internationalization of SMEs
• 2: Value Creation in Globalizing SMEs
• 3: International Opportunities and Value Creation in International Entrepreneurship
• 4: Growth and Value Creation Through Diversified Exporting
• 5: Value Creation During Different Development Stages: What Changes When an Entrepreneurial Firm Transforms into a Multinational Corporation?
• 6: A Service-Ecosystem Perspective on Value Creation: Implications for International Business
• 7: More Than Just One Middleman: On the Value of Different Entry Modes by SMEs in Foreign Markets
• 8: Value Chain Management Capability in International SMEs
• 9: The Value of Knowledge, Network Relationships and Governmental Support for Chinese Firms’ Early Internationalization: Survey Evidence
• 10: Intelligence Creation and Born-Global Patterns of Small Engineering Firms in Emerging Markets
• 11: Does Being a Member of the Cluster Matter in the Process of Value Creation Through Internationalization?
• 12: The Internet’s Influence on Market Commitment, Uncertainty and Risk in the Internationalization Process of SMEs
• 13: Industry 4.0 and SMEs in the Northern Jutland Region
• 14: Value Creation in an SME from a Traditional Industry: It All Adds Up
• 15: Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility in Internationally Operating SMEs: Implications for Performance
• Index