Internationalization of Firms from Economies in Transition

Edited by Mai Thi Thanh Thai and Ekaterina Turkina, HEC Montréal, Canada

• Contents:PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Theory of TransitionMai Thi Thanh Thai and Ekaterina TurkinaPART II: RADICAL REFORMERS: EFFECTS OF POLITICO-ECONOMIC CHANGES ON FIRM INTERNATIONALIZATION2. State-controlled Multinationals from Transition Economies: Evidence from PolandAleksandra Wąsowska3. The Internationalization of Polish Firms: Evidence from a Qualitative Study of FDI BehaviorMarian Gorynia, Jan Nowak, Piotr Trąpczyński and Radosław Wolniak4. Country Choice of Manufacturing SMEs in Central and Eastern Europe: The Importance of Foreign Partner Relations and Level of Market Entry Audra I. Mockaitis and Mona Bahl5. The Internationalization of SMEs in the Czech Republic – Strategic and Knowledge Development IssuesDavid Pollard and Iveta Simberova6. From the Advanced Transition Environment to the International Markets: Key Opportunities and Challenges for MADARA CosmeticsArnis Sauka and Friederike WelterPART III: MODERATE REFORMERS: EFFECTS OF POLITICO-ECONOMIC CHANGES ON FIRM INTERNATIONALIZATION7. Firm Internationalization in Transition Economies: A Romanian Case Study through the Lens of Public Choice TheoryPaul Dragos Aligica and Vlad Tarko8. Determinants of Bulgarian Outward Foreign Direct InvestmentVeneta Andonova, Emilia Zankina and Yana Shaleva9. The ‘Foreign Expansion Advantage’ of Firms in Challenging Institutional Environments: The Case of a Russian Firm Entering Different European Countries Petr Berdyshev and Peter Zettinig10. Internationalization of Russian Firms as Institutional Arbitrage: The Case of FinlandVictoria Golikova, Päivi Karhunen and Riitta Kosonen11. Performance of Russian Public Firms in Capital Markets: Two Decades of Transition and Future OutlookArkady GevorkyanPART IV: SLOW REFORMERS: EFFECTS OF POLITICO-ECONOMIC CHANGES ON FIRM INTERNATIONALIZATION12. Globalization, Internationalization and the Entrepreneurial Responses of Tunisian Clothing FirmsAlistair R. Anderson, Meriam Brahem and Sana El Harbi13. Enterprising Families in a Cross-border Context – the Example of BelarusFriederike Welter, David Smallbone, Anton Slonimski, Olga Linchevskaya, Anna Pobol and Marina Slonimska14. Exploring the Influence of the National Institutional Environment on SME Exporters: Comparative Evidence from Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz RepublicDilshod Makhmadshoev and Mike CroneIndex