Overview
- Contributes to a deeper understanding of value creation in the business model of internationalizing firms
- Opens an intellectual debate into what value is and how it is created through the internationalization activities of firms
- Provides a bridge between concepts derived from general business firm-level research agendas such as value creation and business model, and internationalization approaches and activities of firms
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The edited collection brings into focus the meanings, interpretations and the process of value creation in international business. Exploring value creation in the context of emerging and developed economies, Volume 2 takes the perspective of small and medium sized enterprises and examines various approaches to value creation in the process of firm internationalization. Providing theoretical and practical insights, the authors open an intellectual debate into what value is, and how it is created through the internationalization activities of firms. Value Creation in International Business is a pioneering two volume work intended to provoke theoretical and empirical development in International Business research. Moreover, it is intended as a bridge between concepts derived from general business firm-level research agendas such as value creation and business model, and internationalization approaches and activities of firms.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Svetla Marinova is Associate Professor of International Business at Aalborg University, Denmark. Her research interests include company internationalization and the role of institutions, strategy of multinational firms from emerging economies and the management of firms undergoing intensive internationalization processes. She has published more than seventy papers in scholarly journals and edited seven academic books.
Jorma Larimo is Professor of International Marketing at the Faculty of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, Finland. His main research areas are internationalization of SMEs, acquisition and international joint venture strategies and performance, and entry and marketing strategies in CEE countries. He is an active member of several academic associations, and his research has been published in several edited books and international journals.
Niina Nummela is Professor of International Business at the Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland, and Visiting Professor at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Her areas of expertise include international entrepreneurship, cross-border acquisitions, and research methods. She has published widely in academic journals and edited academic books.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Value Creation in International Business
Book Subtitle: Volume 2: An SME Perspective
Editors: Svetla Marinova, Jorma Larimo, Niina Nummela
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39369-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39368-1Published: 17 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81878-8Published: 27 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39369-8Published: 06 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 389
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations
Topics: Small Business, Emerging Markets/Globalization, Start-Ups/Venture Capital