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Boundary crossing for international opportunities

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In this introductory article, we discuss international opportunities in international entrepreneurship as a particular phenomenon that focuses on boundary crossing. Instead of taking boundary crossing primarily as a behavior or an activity that makes opportunities international, we suggest the boundary itself and being on the borderline, as such, to be of significance. Accordingly, we propose that at the borderline, opportunities that are made and found, embedded in action and interaction and involve transformative process of emergence, are constructed through questioning and formation, instrumentality generation, and expansive learning. Towards the end of the article, we introduce the papers included in this special issue.

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The authors wish to thank Hamid Etemad and Juha Tuunainen for their reviews of the paper draft and the very valuable suggestions for revisions of the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Management and International Business, University of Oulu Business School, P.O. Box 4600, FIN-90014, Oulu, Finland

    Tuija Mainela & Vesa Puhakka

  2. Department of Marketing and Management, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230, Odense M, Denmark

    Per Servais

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Mainela, T., Puhakka, V. & Servais, P. Boundary crossing for international opportunities. J Int Entrep 13, 173–185 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10843-015-0158-4

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