Journal of International Entrepreneurship

期刊简介：Competition in international markets was traditionally the realm of large companies, with smaller firms tending to remain local or regional. Internationalisation was an expansion option of interest to some enterprises, but seldom was it a competitive necessity. Many opted to avoid the uncertainties of competing in foreign markets, and simply kept their firms small and local. Traditional internationalisation theories, therefore, focused mainly on large multinational corporations, and were less pertinent to smaller firms. With the liberalisation of trade, however, domestic firms are threatened by international competitors that are penetrating formerly protected markets. Nowadays, internationalisation affects everyone, whether or not they wish to internationalise themselves. The threats and opportunities of internationalisation must be addressed.Globalisation is transforming the competitive environment of small and large players alike. As a result, internationalisation issues will continue to be increasingly important to business. Public policy agendas already include programmes to help entrepreneurs become successful at internationalisation. There is a growing need to understand internationalisation in the context of entrepreneurship, as well as large multinationals.Knowledge of how, when and why firms internationalise - either incrementally or not - will surely be the focus of energetic researchers. Yet, up to now, academia has been lacking a journal dedicated to internationalisation issues. To fill this niche, the aforementioned editorial team wishes to offer an outlet for high-quality research addressing the opportunities and challenges intrinsic to internationalisation.The primary audience for this journal will be researchers of entrepreneurship and international business. In addition, readership is certain to include business-people and policy-makers.The editors invite submissions that analyse internationalisation, combining theore tical and empirical work. Researchers will be encouraged to conduct comparative studies, and to evaluate competing theories. The composition of the editorial team - including experts in international business and experts in entrepreneurship - is designed to avoid editorial bias. Every effort will be made to reach a first decision about a submission, within sixty days. Officially cited as: J Int Entrep

【译文】在国际市场上，竞争传统上是大型企业的领域，小型企业往往保持本地或区域化。国际化是一些企业的扩张选择，但很少是竞争的必要条件。许多企业选择避免在外国市场的竞争不确定性，只是保持企业规模小且本地化。因此，传统的国际化理论主要关注大型跨国公司，对小型企业不太相关。然而，随着贸易的自由化，国内企业正受到进入以前受保护市场的国际竞争对手的威胁。如今，国际化影响着每个人，无论他们是否希望国际化自己。必须解决国际化的威胁和机遇。全球化正在改变大小企业 alike 的竞争环境。因此，国际化问题将继续对商业越来越重要。公共政策议程已经包括帮助企业家在国际化中取得成功的计划。在创业和大型跨国公司背景下理解国际化的需求日益增长。了解企业如何、何时以及为什么国际化 - 无论是渐进式还是非渐进式 - 必然是积极研究人员关注的焦点。然而，到目前为止，学术界缺乏一本专门针对国际化问题的期刊。为了填补这一空白，上述编辑团队希望为高质量的研究提供一个平台，这些研究关注国际化固有的机遇和挑战。该期刊的主要受众是创业和国际商业的研究人员。此外，读者群肯定包括商人和政策制定者。编辑团队邀请提交分析国际化的稿件，结合理论和实证工作。鼓励研究人员进行对比研究，并评估竞争性理论。编辑团队由国际商业和创业专家组成，旨在避免编辑偏见。将尽一切努力在六十天内对提交的稿件做出第一决定。