@article{Grochal-Brejdak_Szymura-Tyc_2018, title={The Internationalisation Process of an E-Commerce Entrepreneurial Firm: The Inward-Outward Internationalisation and the Development of Knowledge}, volume={6}, url={https://eber.uek.krakow.pl/eber/article/view/475}, DOI={10.15678/EBER.2018.060406}, abstractNote={<div align="center"><table width="482" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="482"><p><strong>Objective:</strong> The article aims at the description of the internationalisation process<br /> of an entrepreneurial e-commerce trading firm, depicting the course and mechanism of the process.<strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td width="482"><p><strong>Research Design & Methods:</strong> The explorative research is a single case study of three internationalising e-stores managed by a firm. The qualitative analysis is based on <br /> in-depth interviews with the entrepreneur covering six years of the firm’s operation.<strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td width="482"><p><strong>Findings:</strong> The increasing international involvement of the e-commerce firm follows the development of knowledge derived from the interrelationships between inward and outward internationalisation. The evolution of internationalisation forms is limited to trade (importing/exporting) and contractual cooperation. The role of entrepreneur in the internationalisation process of e-commerce firm is crucial.<strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td width="482"><p><strong>Implications & Recommendations:</strong> The simultaneous involvement in the inward and outward forms of internationalisation enhances the development of knowledge necessary for further internationalisation of e-commerce firms.<strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td width="482"><p><strong>Contribution & Value Added:</strong> The study presents a holistic description of the internationalisation process of an entrepreneurial e-commerce firm, revealing the mechanism of the process.<strong></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>}, number={4}, journal={Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review}, author={Grochal-Brejdak, Magdalena and Szymura-Tyc, Maja}, year={2018}, month={Dec.}, pages={103–123} }