TY  - JOUR
T1  - Re-Conceptualizing Internationalization of SMEs as an Entrepreneurial Process
AU - Osei-Bonsu, Nana 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
SP  - 38
EP  - 50
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2016.38.50
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.38.50
KW  - Internationalization
KW  -entrepreneurship
KW  -opportunity
KW  -SMEs
KW  -integration
KW  -process
AB  - 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.
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