This study aims to address the question of why the efforts of family Small and Medium Enterprises (family SMEs) to develop international partnerships fail. In particular, it draws on the network theory of internationalisation and SEW perspective and explores how family managers' interpretation...

Investigates EU‐Asian economic relations and identifies some of the factors that can explain their lag vis ‐ à ‐ vis Japan and the USA. Argues that the Asian economic turmoil offers the EU a second chance to catch up in their economic relations with the region. Argues further that recent...