Towards an Integrative Framework of the Internationalization of the Firm

Born Global Firms: Evolution of a Contemporary Phenomenon

“…McDougall, Oviatt, and Shrader (2003), Moen and Servais (2002), Bell, McNaughton, Young, and Crick (2003), Hashai (2011), McNaughton (2003, Chetty andCampbell-Hunt (2004), Fernhaber, McDougall, andOviatt (2007), Zhou (2007) Yeoh (2000), Rialp and Rialp (2006), Weerawardena et al (2007), Karra, Phillips, and Tracey (2008), Di Gregorio, Musteen, and Thomas (2008), Knight and Cavusgil (2004), De Clercq, Sapienza, Yavuz, and Zhou (2012) Theoretical perspectives: network view Sharma and Blomstermo (2003), Mort and Weerawardena (2006), Coviello and Cox (2006), Coviello (2006), Yu et al (2011), Zhou, Wu, andLuo (2007) In an early study, McDougall (1989) defined "international entrepreneurship" as the emergence of companies that, from their founding, engage in international business. McDougall (1989) found that the strategy and industry structure profiles of born-global type firms varied substantially from those of domestic new ventures.…”

Creative Business Model Innovation for Globalizing SMEs

“…The barriers derived from usually slow and resource-consuming processes of internationalization have been overcome by the new category HSMEs called "born global" company (BG). However, the phenomenon of BG-s is not fully explained by the more gradual U-and I-models, also known as the process models (McNaughton, 2003). BGs do not need to start in or focus for a long time success in home market; they may start globally, i.e.…”

Thinking about Entry of Firms: A Theoretical Discussion

“…Ucbasaran et al (2009) habitual entrepreneurs may benefit from their prior knowledge to better define IE activities in comparison with novice entrepreneurs. Bell et al (2003) show the differences in the patterns and pace of entry into foreign markets among knowledge-intensive and traditional firms: the former firms internationalise more rapidly, many from inception, and tend to exploit new networks and resources gained from technological innovations, giving rise to the "born-globals". The traditional firms tend to enter foreign markets in a more incremental manner over a longer period of time focussing on psychically and geographically close markets.…”