Acknowledgements
Introduction

PART1 CONCEPTS AND MODELS

1. Jim bell, Rod McNaughton, Stephen Young and Dave Crick(2003), Towards an Integrative Model of small Firm Internationalisation, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 1(4), December,339-62 = 3

2. Nicole E. Coviello and Marian V. Jones (2004), Methodological Issues in International Entrepreneurship Research, Journal of Business Venturing, 19, 485-508 = 27

3. Marian V. Jones and Nicole E. Coviello (2005), Internationalisation: Conceptualising an Entrepreneurial Process of Behaviour in Time, Journal of International Business Studies, 36 (3), maym284-303 = 51

4. Tage Koed Madesn and Per Servais (1997), The Internationalization of Born Globals: An Evolutionary Process?, International Business Rebiew,6 (6),561-53 = 71

5. Benjamin M. Oviatt and Patricia Phillips McDougall (1994), Toward a Theory of International New Ventures, Journal of International Business Studies, 25 (1), First Quarter, 45-64 = 94

6. Benjamin M. Oviatt and Patricia P. Mcdougall (2005), Defining International Entrepreneurship and Modeling the Speed of Internationalization, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 29 (5), September, 537-53 = 114

7. Richard W. Wright and Leo-Paul Dana (2003), Changing Paradigms of International Entrepreneurship Strategy, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 1 (1), March, 135-52 = 131

8. Shaker A. Zahra and Gerard George (2002), International Entrepreneurship: The Current Status of the Field and Future Research Agenda, in Michael A. Hitt, R. duane Ireland, S. Michael Camp and Donald L. Sexton (eds), Strategic Entrepreneurship: Creating a New Mindset, Chapter Tewlve, OxfordL Blackwell Publishing, 255-88 = 149

PART2 NEW VENTURES

9. Oliver Burgel and Gordon C. Murray (2000), The International Market Entry Choices of Star-Up Companies High-Technology Industries, Journal of International Marketing, 8 (2), 33-62 = 185

10. Gary A. Knight and S. Tamar Cavusgil (2004), Innovation, Organizational Capabilities, and the Born-Global Firm, Journal of International Business Studies, 35(2),March, 124-41 = 215

11. Jane W. Lu and Paul W. Beamish (2001), The Internationalization and Performance of SMEs, Stratiegic Management Journal,22 (6-7), June-July, 565-86 = 233

12. Patricia Phillips McDougall, Scott Shane and Benjamin M. Oviatt(1994), Explaining The Formation of International New Ventures: The Limits of Theories from International Business Research, Journal of Business Venturing, 9. 469-87 = 255

13. Oystein Moen and Per Servais (2002), Born Global or Gradual Global? Examining the Export Behavior of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Journal of International Marketing, 10(3), 49-72 = 274

14. Rodney C. Sharader, Benjamin M. Oviatt and Patricia Phillips McDougall(2000), How New Ventures Exploit Trade-Offs Among International Risk Factors: Lessons for the Accelerated Internationalization of the 21st Century, Academy of Management Journal, 43(6), December, 1227-47 = 298

PART3 KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING

15. Walter Kuemmerle (2002), Home Base and Knowledge Management in International Ventures, Journal of Business Venturing, 17, 99-122 = 321

16. Harry J. Sapienza, Dirk De Clercq and William R. Sandberg(2005), Antecedents of International and Domestic Learning Effort, Journal of Business Venturing, 20, 437-57 = 345

17. Shaker A. Zahram R. Duane Ireland and michael A. Hitt(2000), International Expansion by New Venture Firms: International Diversity, Mode of Market Entry, Technological Learning, and Performance, Academy of management Journal, 43(5), October, 925-50 = 366

PART4 TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS

18. Mason A. Carpenter, Timothy G. Pollock and Myleen M. Leary(2003), Testing a model of Reasoned Risk-Taking: Governance, The Experience of Principals and Agents, and Global Strategy in High-Technology IPO Firms, Strategic Management Journal, 24(9), September, 803-20 = 395

19. A. Rebecca Reuber and Eileen Fischer(1997), The Influence of the Management Teams International Experience on the Internationalization Behaviors of SMEs, Journal of International Business Studies, 28(4), 807-25 = 413

PART5 ALLIANCES AND NETWORKS

20. Nicole Coviello and Hugh Munro(1997), Network Relationships and the Internationalisation Process of Small Software Firms, International Business Review, 6(4), 361-86 = 435

21. Jan Johanson and Jan-Erik Vahlne(2003), Business Relationship Learning and Commitment in the Internationalization Process, Journal of international Entrepreneurship, 1(1), March, 83-101 = 461

22. Michael J. Leiblein and Jeffrey J. Reuer(2004), building a Foreign Sales Base: The Roles of Capabilities and Alliances fo Entrepreneurial Firms, Journal of Business Venturing. 19, 285-307 = 480

23. Jane W. Lu and Paul W. Beamish(2006), Partnering Strategies and Performance of SMEs International joint Ventures, Journal of Business Venturing, 21, 461-86 = 503

PART6 VENTURE CAPITAL

24. Carry D. Bruton and David Ahlstrom(2003), An institutional View of Chinas Venture Capital Industry: Explaining the Differences between China and the West, Journal of Business Venturing, 18, 233-59 = 531

25. Mike Wright, Andy Lockett, Sarika Pruthi, Sophie Manigart, Harry Sapienza, Philppe Desbrieres and Ulrich Hommel(2004), venture Capital Investors, Capita Markets, Valuation and Information: US, Europe and Asia, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2, 305-26 = 558

PART7 COUNTRY COMPARISONS

26. Ted Baker, Eric Gedajlovic and Michael Lubatkin(2005), A Framework for Comparing Entrepreneurship Processes Across Nations, Journal of International Business Studies, 36(5), September, 492-504 = 583

27. Branko Bucar, Miroslav Glas and Robert D. Hisrich(2003), Ethics and Entrepreneurs: An International Comparative Study, Journal of Business Venturing, 18, 261-81 = 596

28. Lowell W. Busenitz, Carolina Gomez and Jennifer W. Spencer(2000), Country Institutional profiles: Unlocking Entrepreneurial Phenomena, Academy of Management Journal, 43(5), October, 994-1103 = 617

29. Stephen L. Mueller and Anisya S. Thomas(2001), Culture and Entrepreneurial Potential: A Nine Country Study of Locus of Control and Innovativeness, Journal of Business Venturing, 16(1), January, 51-75 = 627

PART 8 ECONOMIC GROWTH

30. Zoltan J. Acs and Attila Varga(2005), Entrepreneurship, Agglomeration and Technological Change, Small Business Economics, 24(3), April, 323-34 = 655

31. Andre van Stel, Marin Carree and Roy Thurik(2005), The Effect of Entrepreneurial Activity on National Economic Growht, Small Business Economics, 24(3), April, 311-21 = 667 

amer Index = 679