Getting the facts right on born globals

Ferguson, Shon; Henrekson, Magnus; Johannesson, Louise

doi:10.1007/s11187-019-00216-y

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“…It also contributes to furnishing an understanding of the antecedents of the decision to become a founder of a company or a part of an international founding team (e.g. Ferguson et al , 2019; Cannone et al , 2014; Persinger et al , 2007). The results of this study, therefore, serve to stimulate a discussion on IA experience and entrepreneurship intention and encourage further research to support the effective utilization of acquired entrepreneurial capabilities that repatriates might bring with them.…”

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International assignments of employees and entrepreneurial intentions: the mediating role of human capital, social capital and career prospects

Schlepphorst

Koetter

Werner

et al. 2020

IJEBR

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PurposeDrawing on human capital (HC) and social capital (SC) as well as the Jack-of-all-trades theory, this paper aims to clarify the relationship between international assignments (IAs) of employees and their entrepreneurial intentions. The study proposes that such IAs provide specific environmental features which may enable employees to build up diverse skills and network relations conducive to entrepreneuship.Design/methodology/approachThe authors collected data using an online survey, targeting professionals and managers in Germany and Switzerland. They used 223 complete responses. Before data collection, they ensured the suitability of their questionnaire by employing well-tested scales and consulted independent experts in survey design and methodology. They tested their hypotheses by applying multiple mediation modeling.FindingsAs hypothesized, the authors find empirical evidence that diverse skills and network relationships as well as poor career prospects, positively mediate the relationship between IAs and entrepreneurial intentions of employees.Research limitations/implicationsWe applied simple random and the snowball sampling method. Our approach involved the use of headhunters, international employers and relocation companies as multipliers.Practical implicationsOur results have practical implications for employees and employers. Employees on international assignments can proactively pursue opportunities in order to utilize the acquired experiences and resources for taking up entrepreneurial activities. Employers can try to retain these employees to facilitate (international) corporate entrepreneurship.Originality/valueTo the best of our knowledge, this is the first empirical study to highlight the entrepreneurial ambitions of international assignees. It thus provides initial insights into this topic.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

International assignments of employees and entrepreneurial intentions: the mediating role of human capital, social capital and career prospects

Schlepphorst

Koetter

Werner

et al. 2020

IJEBR

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“…However, TET helps BGFs to achieve competitive advantage by decreasing the probability that other firms can imitate their products and services (Bals et al, 2013;Hennart, 2014;Gerschewski et al, 2015;Galati et al, 2021). This is perceived to help BGFs' expansion at the initial stage of internationalization when they first enter another market (Choquette et al, 2017;Dhandapani et al, 2019;Ferguson et al, 2021). Hence, it is perceived that TET has a considerable impact on BGFs' articulation of their business strategies and adjustment of their operational activities to fit the foreign country where they will be expanding their businesses.…”

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External environment and internal dynamics of “born global”: strategic and operational firm performance

Chaudhuri,

Vrontis,

Chatterjee

2023

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Purpose“Born global firms” are those organizations which, from their inception and by nature, adopt an essentially global-scale entrepreneurial functional and attitudinal strategy for growth. They seek to gain significant competitive advantage by utilizing their internal resources while leveraging external environment potentialities, to sell their outputs internationally. The aim of this research is to investigate the influence of the external business environment and the dynamic capabilities of born global firms, on their strategic and operational performance, as well as the role of leadership vision on their internationalization performance.Design/methodology/approachInitially and resting on extant literature with pertinent foci, including the absorptive capacity and the dynamic capability view theories, a conceptual model is proposed. Subsequently, the model is validated through the partial least square structural equation modeling technique, based on 417 respondents from Indian firms.FindingsThe study concludes that the external business environment and internal dynamic capabilities of born global firms have a significant and positive impact on their strategic, as well as operational performance; with leadership vision playing a significant moderating role to this relationship. The study finally presents the executive implications of the findings and identifies the avenues for further scientific research.Originality/valueThis is a unique study on the topic, both in relation to resources/capabilities versus performance and with regards to the leadership vision's role. It moreover focuses on a primary business force, India, which comprises prime examples of global entrepreneurship. The research constituting a significant contribution to knowledge, as research on how small firms can strategically grow so rapidly and effectively, is still far from conclusive, particularly under the present evolutions that incessantly redefine the contextual business forces upon which strategy is drawn.

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“…We use the 2-digit level Nomenclature of Economic Activities (NACE) Rev. 2 to compile a list of high-technology, medium-high technology, medium-low technology and low-technology industries (Ferguson, Henrekson, & Johannesson, 2021). Appendix A presents the variable definitions, and Table 3 presents the corresponding descriptive statistics and correlation matrix.…”

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The role of innovation and internationalization support in small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises’ export performance

Pastelakos

Theodoraki

Catanzaro

2022

European Management Review

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Although research concerning the internationalization and innovativeness of small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has received increasing scholarly attention, it mostly neglected internationalization support and underexplored post-crisis contexts. Greece recently faced a severe economic crisis of international concern, which resulted in a unique business environment to examine the mechanisms of innovativeness and internationalization. This study examines the roles of innovativeness and internationalization support in export performance using survey data of 262 Greek manufacturing SMEs. Our findings indicate that innovation helps firms improve their export performance, but the different definitions of export performance and innovativeness caused sizeable differences. Internationalization support is important for the export performance of firms, and SMEs receiving high levels of internationalization support can overcome the lack of innovativeness and increase their export performance.

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Getting the facts right on born globals

Cited by 20 publications

References 53 publications

International assignments of employees and entrepreneurial intentions: the mediating role of human capital, social capital and career prospects

International assignments of employees and entrepreneurial intentions: the mediating role of human capital, social capital and career prospects

External environment and internal dynamics of “born global”: strategic and operational firm performance

The role of innovation and internationalization support in small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises’ export performance

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