SME Internationalization Strategies : Innovation to Conquer New Markets

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART 1. Internationalization of SMEs, Location Choice and Gateway Strategies: A Literature Review -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1. SME Internationalization Strategies -- 1.1. Incremental internationalization: introduction of the original models -- 1.1.1. The Uppsala model -- 1.1.2. Innovation: internationalization as innovation for the company -- 1.2. Contributions and limitations of processual models -- 1.2.1. The scope of observed activities -- 1.2.2. Operations and overseas commitment methods -- 1.2.3. Process dynamics -- 1.2.4. The methodology used -- 1.3. Processual models revisited -- 1.3.1. The Uppsala model revisited: the importance of business networks -- 1.3.2. Innovation models revisited: the driving force of technologies -- 1.4. The challenge of international entrepreneurship -- 1.4.1. International entrepreneurship and fast and early internationalization -- 1.4.2. Early expansion versus processual expansion -- 1.4.3. Born-again global: at the crossroads of incremental approaches and born global -- 1.5. Conclusion -- Conclusion to Part 1 -- 2. SME Localization Strategies -- 2.1. Localization strategies -- 2.1.1. External motivations for DFI -- 2.1.2. Internal factors in the location choice -- 2.2. Gateway strategies -- 2.3. Conclusion -- Conclusion to Part 1 -- PART 2. Research Methodology and Presentation of the Empirical Study -- 3. Epistemology and Research Methodology -- 3.1. Qualitative research -- 3.1.1. An interpretive positioning -- 3.1.2. Abductive research -- 3.1.3. A hybrid research approach -- 3.1.4. Case study as an access strategy to the real situation -- 3.2. Multiple case studies -- 3.2.1. Theoretical sampling criterion and case selection -- 3.2.2. Defining the field of investigation and the unit of analysis.