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Entrepreneurial Internationalization in an Increasingly Digitized and Networked World Economy
Providing cutting-edge material from a range of perspectives on entrepreneurial internationalization, this insightful book develops contemporary business concepts and business models to engage with a rapidly changing and diversifying world economy. Chapters build a conceptual and theoretical illustration of the field, providing key frameworks for the analysis of entrepreneurial internationalization, including insights into strategy and organization, as well as fundraising strategies for early internationalizing startups.
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Providing cutting-edge material from a range of perspectives on entrepreneurial internationalization, this insightful book develops contemporary business concepts and business models to engage with a rapidly changing and diversifying world economy. Chapters build a conceptual and theoretical illustration of the field, providing key frameworks for the analysis of entrepreneurial internationalization, including insights into strategy and organization, as well as fundraising strategies for early internationalizing startups.
Top international scholars in the field apply these frameworks to specific real-world business environments, such as born globals, born digital enterprises and multinational corporations in emerging markets. The book concludes with analysis of international entrepreneurship across both traditional and digital contexts, highlighting the emerging implications for international entrepreneurship research of digitization and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bringing together a multitude of critical evaluations, this book is crucial reading for scholars and researchers of SME internationalization and born globals, as well as higher level students of international entrepreneurship. It will also benefit practitioners and policymakers hoping to engage with new digital developments in the world economy.
Top international scholars in the field apply these frameworks to specific real-world business environments, such as born globals, born digital enterprises and multinational corporations in emerging markets. The book concludes with analysis of international entrepreneurship across both traditional and digital contexts, highlighting the emerging implications for international entrepreneurship research of digitization and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bringing together a multitude of critical evaluations, this book is crucial reading for scholars and researchers of SME internationalization and born globals, as well as higher level students of international entrepreneurship. It will also benefit practitioners and policymakers hoping to engage with new digital developments in the world economy.
Contributors
Contributors: Petri Ahokangas, Irina Atkova, Norbert Bach, Brian Mac Cathmhaoil, Ann Elida Eide, Hamid Etemad, Natasha Evers, Anja Geigenmüller, Gabriela Gliga, Noor Azlin Ismail, Marko Juntunen, Sören Kock, Jorma Larimo, Tage Koed Madsen, Irene Mandl, Hamed Motaghi, Matti Muhos, Huu Le Nguyen, Arto Ojala, Nurhaya Omar, Alberto Onetti, Alessia Pisoni, Martti Saarela, Anna-Mari Simunaniemi, Henrik Virtanen, Yueqiang Xu
Contents
Contents:
1 Introduction 1
Hamid Etemad, Natasha Evers and Sören Kock
PART I THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
2 Management of tension in coopetition between small and
medium-sized firms 11
Henrik Virtanen and Sören Kock
3 Top management teams and the internationalization of
SMEs: the importance of team composition and strategic
orientations 32
Ann Elida Eide and Tage Koed Madsen
4 Internationalization of location-bound resources: cases
from Canada 57
Hamid Etemad and Hamed Motaghi
5 Fundraising strategies for early internationalizing startups:
the dual model approach 83
Alberto Onetti and Alessia Pisoni
PART II FUNCTIONAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS
OF INTERNATIONALIZATION
6 Born globals: job creation in young international companies 104
Irene Mandl
7 What hinders customers in sourcing services internationally? 123
Anja Geigenmüller and Norbert Bach
8 Women entrepreneurs’ decisions in domestic versus
international new ventures: a theoretical analysis 142
Noor Azlin Ismail and Nurhaya Omar
9 Business model options: how to deal with them 165
Petri Ahokangas, Irina Atkova, Yueqiang Xu and Marko Juntunen
10 Corporate renewal and performance outcome: evidence
from emerging market located MNCs 184
Huu Le Nguyen and Jorma Larimo
PART III INTERNATIONALIZATION ACROSS
TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL CONTEXTS
11 Digital business model internationalisation: illustrative cases of born
global digital companies 208
Brian Mac Cathmhaoil, Natasha Evers and Gabriela Gliga
12 Two case studies of Irish born globals in the natural
cosmetics industry 233
Gabriela Gliga
13 International aspects of growth management in eHealth
service start-ups 260
Martti Saarela, Anna-Mari Simunaniemi, Matti Muhos and Arto Ojala
Afterword: the future of international entrepreneurship 282
Hamid Etemad, Natasha Evers and Sören Kock
Index
1 Introduction 1
Hamid Etemad, Natasha Evers and Sören Kock
PART I THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
2 Management of tension in coopetition between small and
medium-sized firms 11
Henrik Virtanen and Sören Kock
3 Top management teams and the internationalization of
SMEs: the importance of team composition and strategic
orientations 32
Ann Elida Eide and Tage Koed Madsen
4 Internationalization of location-bound resources: cases
from Canada 57
Hamid Etemad and Hamed Motaghi
5 Fundraising strategies for early internationalizing startups:
the dual model approach 83
Alberto Onetti and Alessia Pisoni
PART II FUNCTIONAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS
OF INTERNATIONALIZATION
6 Born globals: job creation in young international companies 104
Irene Mandl
7 What hinders customers in sourcing services internationally? 123
Anja Geigenmüller and Norbert Bach
8 Women entrepreneurs’ decisions in domestic versus
international new ventures: a theoretical analysis 142
Noor Azlin Ismail and Nurhaya Omar
9 Business model options: how to deal with them 165
Petri Ahokangas, Irina Atkova, Yueqiang Xu and Marko Juntunen
10 Corporate renewal and performance outcome: evidence
from emerging market located MNCs 184
Huu Le Nguyen and Jorma Larimo
PART III INTERNATIONALIZATION ACROSS
TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL CONTEXTS
11 Digital business model internationalisation: illustrative cases of born
global digital companies 208
Brian Mac Cathmhaoil, Natasha Evers and Gabriela Gliga
12 Two case studies of Irish born globals in the natural
cosmetics industry 233
Gabriela Gliga
13 International aspects of growth management in eHealth
service start-ups 260
Martti Saarela, Anna-Mari Simunaniemi, Matti Muhos and Arto Ojala
Afterword: the future of international entrepreneurship 282
Hamid Etemad, Natasha Evers and Sören Kock
Index
