Editorial

Based on primary data gathered in the course of interviews with founders and senior managers of British born globals, Paweł Capik, and Andreas Brockerhoff in their article entitled Role of Strategic Partnerships in Internationalisation of British Small Born Global Firms reveal that next to serendipitous opportunities, the motivation and opportunity recognition of the founder/manager play a vital role in firms' early internationalisation. Cezary Kochalski and Magdalena Łuczak-Trąpczyńska in their paper entitled Determinants of Controlling in Foreign Subsidiaries of MNEs: On the Explanatory Potential of the Institutional Perspective identify gaps in extant literature on controlling in MNEs, in particular factors affecting related managerial decisions. Babatunde Akanji in the article entitled A Case Analysis on the Adequacy of Work Life Balance Practices in UK Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises using a qualitative design states that the Informal nature of human resource management policies is one of the constraining forces impeding work-life agendas in SMEs and causing low staff retention in the UK.