New Zealand firms have recently become moreactive in exporting to international markets.The types of knowledge thatsignificantly impact upon current international entrepreneurship activities areexamined.Under scrutiny are three types of experiential knowledge -- thatof foreign business, foreign...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the decision-making process for entrepreneurial firms when entering foreign markets and how and why they entered those markets. Design/methodology/approach – A nascent theory in entrepreneurship called effectuation is combined with...

The internationalisation of small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) is considered in the context of the overall configuration of strategy in these firms. This paper is based on in‐depth case studies of the internationalisation path of ten small‐ to medium‐sized manufacturing firms in...

We study how three types of firm experience, ranging from the specific to the general, influence the perceived importance of institutional knowledge in the ongoing business of internationalising firms based on a sample of 101 small-to-medium-sized firms. The three types of firm experiences are...

Numerous studies have identified various patterns of behaviour by firms developing international business relationships, but little attention has been devoted to empirical studies of the dynamic processes within these international business relationships. This paper contributes towards a better...

We examine how software international entrepreneurs in Iceland use online social network sites to develop and harness their network relationships. To study these relationships, we use a combination of participant observation on LinkedIn and open ended face-to-face interviews. The framework for...