... make the findings of this study more convincing. Despite its limitations, the study certainly adds to the authors’ understanding of its behavior and globalization activities. The authors’ findings have twofold theoretical and practical implications, as they highlight the necessity of developing...

... characteristics as well as their distinctive structures and attributes. This edited volume explores common traits of these clusters, such as mobility of resources, entrepreneurial process, global strategic perspective, alignment of interests and incentives, and global ties and bonds. The central thesis...

... entrepreneurship research. All references are drawn from the book under review. Edited by Anne   De Bruin and Ann   Dupuis . Entrepreneurship: New Perspectives in a Global Age . Aldershot : Ashgate   2003 . , ISBN: 0754631982 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005...

... and NGO‐business partnerships have demonstrated the potential of creating synergies between traditional enterprise motivations and more social concerns, and also their pitfalls. This paper examines a global network of one group of socially oriented enterprises that emerged in the 1990s: the Economy...

.... © MCB UP Limited 2002 Globalisation. Various studies conclude that SMEs have the potential of becoming one of the most important agents of the global marketplace. Most SMEs have a direct role to play in global markets, and face many of the consequent challenges and barriers when...

... at the global level. Takes evidence from survey work in the East Midlands, and shows that small firms often occupy a weak position in the production chain and, as a consequence, are subject to asymmetrical power relationships. Makes policy recommendations which are designed to deal both with the problems faced...