Broadly divided into three parts, the first part of the book presents the conceptual and theoretical framework concerning the internationalization of smaller manufacturing enterprises. It focuses on the individual aspects of internationalization as presented in the original study, and which were tracked over the past 30 years. Factors leading to internationalization will be examined in detail. The contributions of internationalization to various strategic and operational aspects of management of smaller manufacturing enterprises will be also examined.

The second part focuses on the actual experiences of systematically selected enterprises in the form of follow-up research cases, primarily in the context of the original study. It presents about 10 research cases which are supplemented with a minimum of two cases each from Denmark, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.

The third part presents an integration and summary of the findings and observation of the entire internationalization process among smaller manufacturing enterprises. It also examines the important issues of internationalization faced today by smaller manufacturing enterprises participating in supply and value chains.