From global start-ups to the borderless firm: Why and how to build a worldwide value system

Rocha, Ângela da; Simões, Vítor Corado; Mello, Renato Cotta de; Carneiro, Jorge

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“…Thus, this study builds upon both micro (individual/organisational) and macro (national) levels of entrepreneurship (Harzing and Pudelko 2013) in three European contexts (Finland, Portugal and Sweden). It responds to calls for studies on the configuration of core values based on geography (da Rocha et al 2017) by addressing if multilingual start-up companies achieve more international success than bilingual or monolingual ones from the perspective of the entrepreneur. Moreover, it moves away from conventional studies based on firm-level financial performance outcomes (Brush Manolova and Edelman 2008) by assessing the non-financial outcomes of trust, organisational rapport and legitimacy, as well as whether institutionalised entrepreneurship education can increase firm performance on the global stage.…”

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Language ability and entrepreneurship education: Necessary skills for Europe’s start-ups?

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Language ability and entrepreneurial education are seen as essential resources for start-ups operating in intensified landscapes of internationalisation and globalisation. Deemed as the necessary skills for corporate effectiveness vis-à-vis rivals, this paper responds to calls for increased understandings of cultural components as vital to entrepreneurship and the product of institutional forces. Thus, it explores (a) the impact language ability has on start-up expansion; (b) the perceptions of international relations as based on language ability as a tool for cross-cultural communication; and (c) the role of educational context from the entrepreneurs' perspective. Based on interviews from European online start-ups across three discrete contexts-Finland, Portugal and Sweden-it concludes that contextual trends regarding language and education are founded upon the cultural-cognitive and normative pillars of institutionalisation. Further, by combining actor-context perspectives, it poses that language ability and education are resources borne from the domestic environment which positively moderate the start-up's international success. Nevertheless, the notion of learnt entrepreneurship remains contested. Taken together, this study contributes by offering deeper insight into the role of context on entrepreneurial tendencies by combining resource and institutional perspectives. J Int Entrep (2018) Second abstract-Spanish La competencia y habilidad lingüística se están convirtiendo en requisitos indispensables para las nuevas empresas que operan en entornos de creciente demanda de internacionalización y globalización. Consideradas como necesarias para asegurar el éxito inicial y ventaja competitiva, este manuscrito se centra en el entendimiento de la conciencia cultural, la capacidad lingüística y la educación como pilares básicos para la iniciativa empresarial. Los objetivos son: a) explorar el impacto de la competencia lingüística en los planes de expansión inicial y futuros; b) investigar la percepción de las relaciones internacionales basadas en la capacidad lingüística como herramienta de comunicación intercultural; y c) definir el rol del entorno en la adquisición de habilidades lingüísticas y comunicativas desde la perspectiva del emprendedor. Basado en entrevistas a nueve nuevas firmas tecnológicas ubicadas en Finlandia, Portugal y Suecia, el estudio muestra diferentes tendencias sobre el rol de las habilidades lingüísticas y culturales como fuente de ventaja competitiva. Sin embargo, la idea de iniciativa empresarial como algo que se puede aprender o enseñar continua bajo debate, destacando la necesidad de futuros estudios sobre la importancia de la educación empresarial como entorno-dependiente. Summary HighlightsContributions: This study contributes to international entrepreneurship literature by increasing understandings of the role of education and language (the measureable components of culture) for start-up (continued) success. It also contributes by integrating institutional and resource-ba...

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“…International New Ventures (Inv) (Oviatt, & Mcdougall, 1994), Global Start-Ups (Madsen, & Servais, 1997) e Borderless Firms (Da Rocha, Simões, Mello, & Carneiro, 2017). Cada conceito demonstra particularidades quanto ao tempo até a operação no exterior, o percentual de faturamento no exterior e formas de entrada.…”

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A Internacionalização no Processo de Inovação das Startups Brasileiras de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação (TIC)

Vendruscolo

Galina

2020

REGEPE Entrep. Small Bus. J.

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Objetivo: Compreender como o processo de inovação é impactado pela estratégia de internacionalização das startups brasileiras de TIC.Método: Adotou-se como estratégia, o estudo de casos múltiplos em sete startups de internacionalizadas. A análise foi pautada pelos conceitos de estratégia de internacionalização definidos por Carneiro e Dib (2007) e o processo de inovação de Tidd e Bessant (2009). Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas com os fundadores das startups, análise documental e observação.Originalidade/Relevância: Os temas de internacionalização e inovação são geralmente abordados separadamente e têm o foco, principalmente, em grandes empresas. Estudos sobre a relação da estratégia de internacionalização e inovação de startups são escassos na literatura acadêmica, principalmente em países emergentes.Resultados: A motivação, a escolha do país, o tempo, o que internacionalizaram e a forma como as startups chegaram a países do exterior impactaram o processo de inovação das startups. Contudo, observou-se que a motivação, a escolha do país e a forma de entrada contribuíram mais para o processo de inovação dessas empresas nascentes.Contribuições teóricas/metodológicas: A contribuição acadêmica trazida por este trabalho é a observação empírica do processo de inovação, considerando a internacionalização em startups em um país em desenvolvimento. Através dos resultados, oito proposições foram levantadas sinalizando um caminho futuro para a abordagem dos temas de estudo.Contribuições sociais / para a gestão: A relevância gerencial deste trabalho é fundamentada no estudo do processo de inovação como uma forma de as startups manterem-se competitivas. Ao identificarem estratégias de internacionalização que levam as startups ao avanço no processo de inovação, as startups de TIC brasileiras e as políticas públicas podem se posicionar no sentido de incentivarem o desenvolvimento dessas estratégias.

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“…A BG was defined as a "company that has achieved a foreign sales volume of at least 25% within three years of its inception and that seeks to derive significant competitive advantage from the use or resources and the sales of outputs in multiple countries" (Andersson & Wictor, 2003:254). 1 Corresponding author: vcs@iseg.ulisboa.pt However, following the path of Kuivalainen, Sundqvist and Servais (2007) and Mathews and Zander (2007), other researchers have argued that the concept of BGs has focused downstream, granting insufficient attention to international sourcing activities (Simões, da Rocha, Mello & Carneiro, 2015;da Rocha, Simões, Mello & Carneiro, 2017). This downstream approach to BGs has led, according to these authors, to the implicit assumption that BGs were established in a home base, that provided the foundation for international expansion (Kuemmerle, 2005).…”

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Borderless companies versus born globals: Why we do need another label

Corado-Simoes¹,

Rocha²,

Mell³

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This article is intended to show why borderless firms should be distinguished from traditional born global firms (BGs). Borderless firms have an internationally dispersed configuration of downstream, upstream and support value-added activities, an entrepreneurial team not bounded by a home base, and multinational founders, management teams and/or a multinational workforce. The concept of borderless firms emerged from analysis of empirical evidence and is intended to countervail the excessive focus of BGs literature on downstream activities. Drawing from five case studies, we found that borderless firms may be the result of ex-ante planning. However, most often, the internationally dispersed configuration of value chain activities seems to emerge from effectuation approaches, stemming from networking, including unexpected interactions, which may be envisaged as instruments to overcome constraints or to explore new business opportunities. The article shows that borderless firms present features which differentiate them from traditional BGs. Implications for entrepreneurs and researchers are provided in the concluding section.

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From global start-ups to the borderless firm: Why and how to build a worldwide value system

Cited by 21 publications

References 59 publications

Language ability and entrepreneurship education: Necessary skills for Europe’s start-ups?

Language ability and entrepreneurship education: Necessary skills for Europe’s start-ups?

A Internacionalização no Processo de Inovação das Startups Brasileiras de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação (TIC)

Borderless companies versus born globals: Why we do need another label

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