International entrepreneurship / Antonella Zucchella (Full Professor, Department of Economics and Management, University of Pavia, Italy), Birgit Hagen (Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Management, University of Pavia, Italy), Manuel G. Serapio (Associate Professor of International Business and Entrepreneurship, Business School, University of Colorado, Denver, USA). [print]

Includes bibliographies and index.

1. Setting the field -- 1.1. International entrepreneurship: what, who, why -- 1.2. Theory perspectives -- 1.3. The environment of international entrepreneurship: across countries and cultures -- 1.3.1. The environment or the entrepreneur? -- 1.3.2.A new and changed economic landscape for IE -- 1.3.3. The role of technology -- 1.3.4. Exploiting opportunities of globalization -- 1.3.5. Political-legal institutions conform -- 1.3.6. IE across industry environments -- 1.3.7.A new breed of entrepreneurs -- 1.4. IE and comparative entrepreneurship -- 1.4.1.Comparative entrepreneurship -- 1.4.2.Comparative international entrepreneurship -- entrepreneurial internationalization across different countries -- 1.5. Beyond for-profit entrepreneurship: international social entrepreneurship -- Case study: Ofo and the sharing economy: is bike ride sharing the next international entrepreneurial opportunity? -- Chapter references

2. International entrepreneurial organizations: characteristics and typologies -- 2.1. The characteristics of international entrepreneurial organizations (IEO): what do they have in common? -- 2.2. The different typologies of IEOs: international new ventures and born global firms -- 2.3. The different typologies of IEOs beyond international new ventures and born global firms -- 2.4. International social entrepreneurship -- Case study: Nokero: growing an international social enterprise -- Chapter references

3. Sensing, seizing and transforming international entrepreneurial opportunities -- 3.1. IE as a process of sensing, seizing and transforming opportunities across borders -- 3.2. What is an opportunity? -- 3.3. Discovered versus created opportunities: theoretical perspectives -- 3.3.1. Discovered opportunities -- 3.3.2. Created opportunities -- 3.4. Discovered versus created opportunities: practice perspectives and selected examples -- 3.5. Opportunities in an international entrepreneurial context -- 3.6. Dynamic capabilities: sensing, seizing and transforming opportunities -- 3.6.1. Sensing -- 3.6.2. Seizing -- 3.6.3. Transforming -- 3.7. Causation and effectuation in international entrepreneurial opportunity identification -- 3.7.1. Causation -- 3.7.2. Effectuation -- Case study: Wonderbly: sensing, seizing and transforming an international entrepreneurial opportunity -- Chapter references

4. Processes of building and managing the international entrepreneurial firm -- 4.1. Building and sustaining competitive advantage -- 4.2. Choosing the right people and governance -- 4.2.1. Entrepreneurs and their teams -- 4.2.2. Alternative governance models -- 4.3. International entrepreneurial finance -- 4.3.1. Debt versus venture capital -- 4.3.2. Equity financing -- 4.3.3. Non-traditional channels for new venture financing -- 4.3.4. Funding considerations and entrepreneurial internationalization -- 4.3.5. Supercell: leveraging funding for competitive advantage -- Case study: FacilityLive: tying venture finance with venture creation and growth -- Chapter references

5. International entrepreneurial entry: implementation processes -- 5.1.A word on business models and the lean start up perspective -- 5.2. Selecting markets, customers and partners -- 5.2.1."Born global" -- multiple and distinct markets from the beginning -- 5.2.2. Approaches to market and/or customer and partner selection -- 5.2.3. The international expansion patterns -- easy markets first? -- 5.2.4. Steps in the market/customer segment selection process -- 5.3. Market entry -- 5.3.1. Market entry: evolutionary perspective -- 5.3.2. Market entry: entrepreneurial perspective -- 5.3.3. Entry modes and international entrepreneurship -- 5.4. Entrepreneurial marketing as a key driver of entrepreneurial internationalization -- 5.5. From childhood to maturity -- managing long-term growth -- 5.5.1. What are the longer-term implications of early entry? -- 5.5.2. Conceptualizations and empirical analyses of growth models -- 5.5.3. Drivers of continued venture growth -- 5.5.4. International growth patterns, post-entry dynamics and their performance implications -- Case study: Blueseed: if you build it, will they come? -- Chapter references.

Rich in examples from the real world, International Entrepreneurship illustrates how theory and practice go hand in hand. Specially designed for courses and tutors of International Entrepreneurship, this essential text discusses the opportunities and challenges facing internationalising entrepreneurial ventures. With clear and concise explanations of the current literature, the subject is explored from the different perspectives of social, cross-cultural and comparative entrepreneurship, as well as including analysis of the relationship to marketing and finance.

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