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This chapter is an attempt to give a theoretical background to research on foreign direct investment by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Section 2 examines alternatives theoretical approaches to SMEs investing abroad. Section 3 outlines the special issues which arise from SME foreign ventures and ends with an attempted synthesis of the theoretical approaches. In Section 4, a brief discussion of the nature of foreign direct investment by SMEs takes place. The chapter ends with a short conclusion.
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Buckley, P.J. (1989). Foreign Direct Investment by Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Theoretical Background. In: The Multinational Enterprise. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11026-1_2
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