Summary This paper provides data involving the internationalization strategies of high performing Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a focus on issues associated with the management of collaborative ventures. Interviews with managers of award winning businesses suggest that...

Microenterprise development is built on provision of small loans to the poor, especially women, to alleviate poverty, and is currently promoted as a poverty-alleviation tool in developed countries. We survey the literature on microloan programs in developing countries and identify two general...