This article introduces a new theoretical concept, the "foreign champion", which attempts to solve the principal-agent problem and improve academic understanding of foreign market entry decisions by analyzing what experts in the field consider to be best practices. Based on empirical research...

Using the procedures stipulated by the grounded theory, this study reports the findings of in-depth semi-structured interviews with five owners-managers of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)on how performance is being measured. The findings reveal that the owners-managers use a hybrid...