Nana  Osei-Bonsu, 
    Re-Conceptualizing Internationalization of SMEs as an Entrepreneurial Process,
    International Business Management,
    Volume 10,Issue 1,
    2016,
    Pages 38-50,
    ISSN 1993-5250,
    ibm.2016.38.50,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.38.50)
    Abstract: An international operation of firms which has intensified over the last few years, affects many activities of companies, irrespective of their size. While large enterprises are increasingly involved in
cross-border operations, these operations and the process of  internationalization present challenges and opportunities for the entrepreneurs and the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. Although, mainstream theories of internationalization and recent advances that link internationalization and entrepreneurship assume the importance of ‘opportunity’, however, there is a paucity of research that places ‘opportunity’ as the core process in internationalization. By embracing international market opportunity discovery as a key dimension, this study conceptualized internationalization as an entrepreneurial process: the process of opportunity recognition, evaluation and exploitation in international markets.
    Keywords: Internationalization;entrepreneurship;opportunity;SMEs;integration;process