Includes bibliographical references.

Pt. 1: Internatioanlization. Introduction / Rudolf R. Sinkovics and Pervez N. Ghauri -- The propensity to continue internationalization: a study of entrepreneurial decision-making in Australian service firms / Pieter Pauwels, Paul Patterson, Ko de Ruyter and Martin Wetzels -- Factors influencing the internationalisation process of UK firms in Asia / Kannika Leelapanyalert -- Tourism as a leverage for consumer goods firms: a case study / Konstantinos Poulis and Mo Yamim -- Pt. II: Entrepreneurship and functional advancements. Relationships between the dimensions of international growth orientation, environmental turbulence and strategic orientations / Sanna Sundqvist and Olli Kuivalainen -- Internationalisation and technological innovation: empirical evidence on their mutual relationship / Diana Filipescu, Alex Rialp and Josep Rialp -- The role of innovative and entrepreneurial behavior in internationalization processes / Arild Aspelund and Tage Koed Madsen -- Brand image perceptions across cultures: a study of symbolic and functional associations / Laura Salciuviene, Pervez Ghauri, Audra Mockaitis and Claudio De Mattos -- Pt. III: Collaborative relationships. Do firms create value through international strategic alliances? / Chia-Ling 'Eunice' Liu -- What causes break-ups? Factors driving the dissolution of marketing-oriented international joint-ventures / Mehmet Berk Talay and M. Billur Akdeniz -- Geographic market diversification: a premium or discount in firm's value / Z. Seyda Deligonul -- Pt. IV: Methodoogical advances. The use of partial least squares path modeling in international marketing / Jörg Henseler, Christian Ringle and Rudolf Sinkovics -- Advancing the understanding of construct validity and cross-national comparability: illustrated by a five-country study of corporate export information usage / Thomas Salzberger, Hartmut Holzmüller and Anne Souchon -- The dynamics of technological readiness in marketing units: why cross-cultural examination is necessary / R. Glenn Richey, Daniel Bachrach, Michael Harvey and Hui Wang -- Methodological rigor of ordinary least squares regression studies in mainstream marketing: an assessment of research reported in the Journal of Marketing / Z. Seyda Deligonul.