Presents the findings of a comparative study into the export behaviour and internationalization of small computer software firms in Finland, Ireland and Norway. These findings challenge many of the underlying assumptions of conventional internationalization “stage” theories and lead to the...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to describe and analyse the change process related to internationalisation among three internationalising Irish SMEs. Design/methodology/approach – The authors employ a retrospective case study. The data were collected with face‐to‐face...

Recent reports on the state of management education are, typically, critical of the relevance of business school offerings to “real world” situations. Furthermore, they stress the need to internationalise the curriculum and develop personal and interpersonal skills through programmes which...

The research on international entrepreneurship islimited. However, even scarcer is the research on the creation of internationalentrepreneurs.In Ireland, many initiatives and programs have beenimplemented to promote international entrepreneurship.This paper exploresthe participation of academics...