dc.contributor.advisor |
Whittaker, H |
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dc.contributor.advisor |
Woods, C |
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dc.contributor.author |
Oyson, Manuel |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-02-17T02:30:05Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2014 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/21637 |
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dc.description.abstract |
With small firms increasingly engaging with international markets, often with great speed and close to firm inception, there is a strong business and research interest in the internationalisation of small firms. Such interest is particularly strong in a small nation such as New Zealand, whose future economic growth may lie in improving the international involvement of its small firms. Yet, small firm internationalisation is not well understood. This thesis seeks to better understand small firm internationalisation by studying the internationalisation of twelve small New Zealand firms, using case study methodology. In doing so, it explores the intersection of entrepreneurship and internationalisation by paying special attention to the entrepreneur and his role in internationalisation. In particular, this research examines the subjective dimensions of entrepreneurial opportunity discovery, creation, evaluation, and exploitation, and entrepreneurial thinking. Such an approach addresses a shortcoming of internationalisation research which has failed to adequately account for the role of the entrepreneur in internationalisation. The thesis reports that recent internationalisers have behaved differently from past internationalisers as a result of changes in the current international environment. Recent internationalisers – some of which are “small globals” – have engaged in accelerated internationalisation, intensive internationalisation to more international markets, and broader and global geographic expansion of international activities. Recent internationalisers also show a fluctuating international involvement and limited commitment to specific international markets. Such internationalisation behaviour of recent internationalisers may be aptly described as involving “compressed internationalisation” or the shortening of internationalisation processes across distances and geographic markets. The thesis also shows that despite broad and far-reaching changes in the international environment, their effect on internationalisation behaviour was mediated by entrepreneurial thinking. Apart from causation and effectuation, the thesis identifies a dimension of effectuation – potentially a third type of entrepreneurial thinking – which is future-orientated and based on an imagined future. The findings of this thesis have implications for business practitioners, researchers, and policy-makers, which are outlined in the concluding chapter. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
PhD Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Entrepreneurship in Small Firm Internationalisation |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Doctoral |
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thesis.degree.name |
PhD |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The Author |
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pubs.author-url |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/21637 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.elements-id |
427024 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2014-02-17 |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112906595 |
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