1. Introduction : regional learning in multinational enterprises -- 2. Innovation in multinational enterprises : between organisational control and social embeddedness -- 3. The methodological approach -- 4. The corporate dimension of innovation : an interplay between formalisation and...

International growth of SMEs : past, present, and the future / Niina Nummela, Sami Saarenketo -- Entrepreneurs' human and relational capital as predictors of early internationalization : evidence from Latin America and south-East Asia / Juan Federico, Hugo Kantis, Alex Rialp, Josep Rialp -- The...

Employing a multidisciplinary approach, the chapters cover all aspects of current entrepreneurship theory in multinational, economics, organizational sociology, marketing and finance. Other issues discussed include gender and networking, strategies in entrepreneurial growth, job satisfaction and...

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This book traces the theoretical explanation for clusters back to the work of classical economists and their more modern disciples who saw economic development as a process involving serious imbalances in the exploitation of resources

Pulling together contributions from an array of international experts, this study combines theoretical with empirical work on issues such as compatable general equilibrium modelling, trade, intellectual property, environment and labour