Entrepreneurship across the border: internationalisation of Dutch SMEs

Enno Masurel, Patricia Van Hemert and Petra De Groot

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2009, vol. 10, issue 1, 20-37

Abstract: The Netherlands has been known as an international-oriented country for ages due to its open economy and outlook and not in the last place, because the country is for a large part surrounded by sea and waterways. A quarter of The Netherlands land area lies below sea level. The entrepreneurial spirit of the Dutch has been a major stimulus for the Dutch internationalisation process. It is not a surprise that Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in this context. Four types of internationalisation are dealt with here: export, import, foreign direct investment and cross-border cooperation. This paper ends with the prospects Dutch SMEs have in the field of international competition.

Keywords: small and medium-sized enterprises; Dutch SMEs; entrepreneurship; SME internationalisation; The Netherlands; exports; imports; foreign direct investment; FDI; cross-border cooperation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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