Internationalizing Firms: International Strategy, Trends and Challenges

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This book explores emerging trends in internationalization, analyzing the processes and steps that firms take when entering new markets. This timely contribution highlights the need for a deeper understanding of today’s internationalization process, critiquing existing literature and instead proposing a new paradigm based on a re-interpretation of the Resource-based View (RBV). Analysing the motives behind internationalizing, the factors affecting entry choices, and the challenges connected to outsourcing and offshoring, the authors present a new framework for understanding the reasons behind internationalization and the financial risks that are involved. With theoretical discussion and empirical case studies, this book seeks to offer an informed insight into internationalizing, making it an invaluable read for those researching entrepreneurship on a global scale, as well as managers and leaders of international firms. Front Matter ....Pages i-vii Determinants of Internationalization (Adriana Calvelli, Chiara Cannavale)....Pages 1-23 International Strategy (Adriana Calvelli, Chiara Cannavale)....Pages 25-58 Market Entry Strategy (Adriana Calvelli, Chiara Cannavale)....Pages 59-110 Outsourcing and Reshoring (Adriana Calvelli, Chiara Cannavale)....Pages 111-128 Key Risks of Internationalization (Adriana Calvelli, Chiara Cannavale)....Pages 129-164 The Role of Culture in Internationalization (Adriana Calvelli, Chiara Cannavale)....Pages 165-225 Back Matter ....Pages 227-232