Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Starting the international new venture: Case I: China International Trade Associates, Limited: A New venture's journey into China -- Case 2: Heartware International Corporation -- Case 3: Professional staff, Limited - taking a venture abroad -- Market entry: Exporting, licensing, direct investment: Case 4: Airview Mapping, Inc. -- Case 5: Graphisoft: The Entry of a Hungarian software venture into the U.S. market -- Case 6: Power Beat International Limited -- Case 7: Sytko International Limited -- Cross-border alliances: Case 8: Foreign market entry and internalization: The Case of Datacom Software Research -- Case 9: Lobatse Clay Works -- Case 10: Internationalization and the entrepreneurial high technology firm: MANA Systems Limited -- Managing international growth: Case 11: Cognex Corporation -- Case 12: International UNP Holdings, Limited -- Case 13: Monaghan Mushrooms -- Nature Isle Herbal Teas, Limited -- Cultural, ethical and illegal issues: Case 15: Riverdance -- Case 16: Shopping for sunglasses at the Burjaman Centre: The Case of a shady buyer -- Case 17: Tasky Hucek -- Cross-border financial issues: Case 18: Carolina Furniture Company -- Case 19: Doka Corporation: An entrepreneurial Russian high technology venture -- Human resources issues: Case 20: Crises at Wrentham Corporation: A Case of Executive selection after merger -- Diamond Power: Capitalism in China -- The Hit and run expatriate employees