Abstract
The Internet is a critical resource for a new generation of small and medium sized enterprise. Specifically, the Internet is important for small entrepreneurial firms in pursuing international opportunities through increased digital integration. As such, the Internet has been identified as a key enabler of international entrepreneurship (IE) (Reuber & Fischer, 2011). By facilitating international business for many entrepreneurial SMEs, the Internet has the ability to increase the quality and speed of communications (Prasad, Ramamurthy & Naidu, 2001; Gabrielsson & Manek Kirpalani, 2004), lower transaction costs (Lohrke, Franklin & Frownfelter- Lohrke, 2006), and facilitate the development of international networks (Morgan-Thomas, 2009). Despite the increasing numbers of entrepreneurial firms utilising the Internet to pursue international business (Reuber & Fischer, 2011), the literature has paid limited attention to firms operating in an Internet environment.