Performance determinants of early internationalizing firms: The role of international entrepreneurial orientation

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Competition in international markets was traditionally the realm of large companies, with smaller firms tending to remain local or regional. Internationalisation was an expansion option of interest to some enterprises, but seldom was it a competitive necessity. Many opted to avoid the uncertainties of competing in foreign markets, and simply kept their firms small and local. Traditional internationalisation theories, therefore, focused mainly on large multinational corporations, and were less pertinent to smaller firms. With the liberalisation of trade, however, domestic firms are threatened by international competitors that are penetrating formerly protected markets. Nowadays, internationalisation affects everyone, whether or not they wish to internationalise themselves. The threats and opportunities of internationalisation must be addressed.Globalisation is transforming the competitive environment of small and large players alike. As a result, internationalisation issues will continue to be increasingly important to business. Public policy agendas already include programmes to help entrepreneurs become successful at internationalisation. There is a growing need to understand internationalisation in the context of entrepreneurship, as well as large multinationals.Knowledge of how, when and why firms internationalise - either incrementally or not - will surely be the focus of energetic researchers. Yet, up to now, academia has been lacking a journal dedicated to internationalisation issues. To fill this niche, the aforementioned editorial team wishes to offer an outlet for high-quality research addressing the opportunities and challenges intrinsic to internationalisation.The primary audience for this journal will be researchers of entrepreneurship and international business. In addition, readership is certain to include business-people and policy-makers.The editors invite submissions that analyse internationalisation, combining theore tical and empirical work. Researchers will be encouraged to conduct comparative studies, and to evaluate competing theories. The composition of the editorial team - including experts in international business and experts in entrepreneurship - is designed to avoid editorial bias. Every effort will be made to reach a first decision about a submission, within sixty days. Officially cited as: J Int Entrep

国际市场上的竞争传统上是大公司的领域，而较小的公司则倾向于保持地方性或区域性。国际化是一些企业感兴趣的扩张选择，但很少是竞争所必需的。许多人选择避免在外国市场竞争的不确定性，而只是保持他们的公司规模小和本地化。因此，传统的国际化理论主要关注大型跨国公司，而对小型企业的影响较小。然而，随着贸易自由化，国内企业受到国际竞争者的威胁，这些竞争者正在渗透以前受保护的市场。如今，国际化影响到每个人，无论他们是否希望自己国际化。我们必须正视国际化带来的威胁和机会，因为全球化正在改变大小企业的竞争环境。因此，国际化问题将继续对企业越来越重要。公共政策议程已经包括帮助企业家在国际化方面取得成功的计划。人们越来越需要在企业家精神以及大型跨国公司的背景下理解国际化。了解企业如何、何时以及为什么国际化--无论是渐进式的还是非渐进式的--肯定会成为精力充沛的研究人员关注的焦点。然而，到目前为止，学术界一直缺乏一份专门讨论国际化问题的期刊。为了填补这一空缺，上述编辑团队希望为高质量的研究提供一个出口，解决国际化内在的机遇和挑战。这本杂志的主要读者将是创业和国际商业的研究人员。此外，读者群肯定包括商界人士和政策制定者。编辑们邀请读者提交分析国际化的论文，将理论和实证工作结合起来。研究人员将被鼓励进行比较研究，并评估竞争理论。编辑团队的组成--包括国际商务专家和创业专家--旨在避免编辑偏见。将尽一切努力在60天内就申请作出第一次决定。正式引用为：国际企业杂志

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