Four Essays on International Entrepreneurship

by Gordian Rättich

Overview

Internationalization of business activities has become one of the main fields of interest in management research, influencing a broad range of academic areas such as strategic management, organizational science, operations management or economic institutions. In recent years the pace of internationalization has even increased. With his four essays on distinctive levels of International Entrepreneurship, Gordian Rättich provides an answer on some of the most essential challenges for entrepreneurial firms and shows how social groups, economic institutions and nations manage to overcome the challenges of internationalization and gain competitive advantages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783834931634
Publisher:	Gabler Verlag
Publication date:	07/29/2011
Series:	Essays on Supply Chain Management
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	165
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Dr. Gordian Rättich received his doctor’s degree from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in business administration at the chair of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Evi Hartmann. He is working as a management consultant and is strongly inspired by Early Internationalizing Firms and its founders.

Table of Contents

Antecedent Firm Characteristics and Early Internationalizing Firms; Performance Measurement and Antecedents of Early Internationalizing Firms; Examination of Institutional Coordination Impact on Entrepreneurship Process; Case Study on Global Organizational Design