Editorial

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I am delighted to add this editorial note to the papers that constitute this issue of the journal. This issue presents four articles that cover a rich and broad range of related and complementary issues, ranging from changes in the environment and at the policy level in the emerging economies encouraging, if not enabling, internationalization of firms, to factors that impact entrepreneurial motivations and perception at the personal and strategic levels. The dominant theme of this issue is inter-relations and interactions among the factors that affect internationalization of entrepreneurial firms that experience different conditions emanating from their respective country environments. The papers in this issue also present a rich diversity of information, databases, and methods of analysis that lead to logical sets of findings, implications, and recommendations for future research. …