The Impact of Human Cpaital on the Internationalisation of Technology SMEs

As the world has continued to globalise, the importance of internationalisation theory has grown. Most of the focus for internationalisation theory has traditionally centred on MNE international expansion. However, a new field of International Entrepreneurship has opened up to help explain the recen...

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Main Author: Nickerson, Christian
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27353/
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description As the world has continued to globalise, the importance of internationalisation theory has grown. Most of the focus for internationalisation theory has traditionally centred on MNE international expansion. However, a new field of International Entrepreneurship has opened up to help explain the recent, yet significant international expansion of SMEs. The aim of this paper is to add to this field of theory. To do this paper will analyse the skills that affect Technology SMEs ability to internationalise. The paper presents four different case studies to show case the different effects different skills have on internationalisation. Finally the paper attempts to integrate these findings into international entrepreneurship, whilst carving its own niche the in the academic landscape as a result of the significance of these findings.
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spelling nottingham-273532017-10-19T13:55:46Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27353/ The Impact of Human Cpaital on the Internationalisation of Technology SMEs Nickerson, Christian As the world has continued to globalise, the importance of internationalisation theory has grown. Most of the focus for internationalisation theory has traditionally centred on MNE international expansion. However, a new field of International Entrepreneurship has opened up to help explain the recent, yet significant international expansion of SMEs. The aim of this paper is to add to this field of theory. To do this paper will analyse the skills that affect Technology SMEs ability to internationalise. The paper presents four different case studies to show case the different effects different skills have on internationalisation. Finally the paper attempts to integrate these findings into international entrepreneurship, whilst carving its own niche the in the academic landscape as a result of the significance of these findings. 2014-12 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27353/1/Dissertation.pdf Nickerson, Christian (2014) The Impact of Human Cpaital on the Internationalisation of Technology SMEs. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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The Impact of Human Cpaital on the Internationalisation of Technology SMEs
title The Impact of Human Cpaital on the Internationalisation of Technology SMEs
title_full The Impact of Human Cpaital on the Internationalisation of Technology SMEs
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title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Human Cpaital on the Internationalisation of Technology SMEs
title_short The Impact of Human Cpaital on the Internationalisation of Technology SMEs
title_sort impact of human cpaital on the internationalisation of technology smes
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27353/