International marketing research : opportunities and challenges in the 21st century

Preface / S. Tamer Cavusgil -- International marketing research: opportunities and challenges in the 21st Century / Alex Rialp, Josep Rialp -- Different types of exporting SMEs: similarities and differences in export performance / Jorma Larimo -- Niche strategy and export performance / Antonella Zucchella, Giada Palamara -- Factors affecting the timing of the export development process in Spanish manufacturing firms / Aristides Olivares-Mesa, Sonia Suarez-Ortega -- The role of market and learning orientations in relationship quality: evidence from Vietnamese exporters and their foreign importers / Trang T.M. Nguyen, Nigel J. Barrett, Tho D. Nguyen -- The internationalisation of biotech SMEs: a comparative analysis of UK and US firms / Calin Gurau, Ashok Ranchhod -- Mode of entry in service firms: strategic variables and characteristics of services influencing the internationalization process / Esther S(c)Øanchez Peinado, Jos(c)Øe Pla Barber -- Managing international market entry strategy: the case of retailing firms / Kannika Leelapanyalert, Pervez Ghauri -- Extending and comparing Cavusgil's overall market opportunity indexes / Michael R. Mullen, Shirley Ye Sheng -- City-of-origin effects in the German beer market: transferring an international construct to a local context / Patrick Lentz, Hartmut H. Holzm(c)·uller, Eric Schirrmann -- How do business groups function and evolve in emerging markets? the case of Turkish business groups / Attila Yaprak, Bahattin Karademir, Richard N. Osborn -- Small manufacturing firms' involvement in international e-business activities / Per Servais, Tage Koed Madsen, Erik S. Rasmussen -- Are internet firms global? / Stephen Chen -- How do the internet and internationalization affect the buying center? / Catherine N. Axinn, Dawn R. Deeter-Schmelz, Brian T. Straley, Ernest J. Zavoral -- Internet-based knowledge internalization and firm internationalization in transition markets / Tho D. Nguyen, Nigel J. Barrett -- How advanced are websites of SME exporters? an investigation into drivers and inhibitors / Heidi Winklhofer, Kathryn Houghton, Thomas Chesney