Our understanding of the internationalization processes of entrepreneurial firms is enriched when we expand the analysis beyond the individual firm's actions and address the impact of a firm's role and position within a network of relationships. From this perspective, foreign market selection and entry initiatives emanate from opportunities created through network contacts, rather than solely from the strategic decisions of managers in the firm. . . . it is not surprising that the observed patterns of international market growth for entrepreneurial high-technology firms differ from the processes of the larger manufacturing firms outlined in the literature. Their relatively rapid and dispersed involvement in foreign markets creates the impression of being random and somewhat irrational, when in fact the span of activities can be linked to opportunities emerging from a network of relationships. (p. 58)