Internationalization Strategies and Processes of New Ventures and SMEs
Traditionally, international business was mainly the domain of large, well-resource endowed multinational enterprises (MNEs). This was largely due to the fact their entrepreneurial counterparts have far fewer financial, human, and tangible resources, and suffer from liability of newness. Recently, we have witnessed more small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) build sufficient capabilities to go global at early stages. In some cases we see entrepreneurial firms with distinctive characteristics that emerge at the international level from inception (born global). SMEs are more than ever able to address resources and legitimation issues, which are needed for international expansion and which are at the core of their survival.
This volume of Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy is devoted to research aimed at understanding the environment in, both the home and host countries that facilitates the emergence of Born-Global organizations, the fostering of internationalization activity of new ventures and SMEs and the entrepreneurial actions and inclinations of these firms’ founders that lead them to enter the international arena at an early stage. We seek papers that explore how such organizations are able to overcome the liability of newness and lack of resources and engage in international activities.
Research topics might include but are not limited to studies that offer insights into the Internationalization strategies of new ventures, born global firms and SMEs; performance implications of the internationalization of new ventures, SMEs and Born-Global firms; factors that lead to greater success of Born Global firms; and the learning processes associate with international capabilities of such firms.
We welcome contributions that tackle these and related issues from a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives. Contributions to this TIE-CS volume may take a range of forms, may focus on different levels of analysis, and may employ both quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Submission Guidelines: All papers submitted must represent original research not previously published elsewhere. Depending on the scope that you wish to present, the chapter should be approximately 30-40 double-spaced pages including any illustrations, figures, tables and graphs. References to other publications must be in APA 6th Edition reference style. All copy-edited submissions will be subject to review and editorial decisions.
For questions regarding the content of this TIE-CS volume, the editorial process, or to submit a paper, please contact: Barak Aharonson (aharonson@tau.ac.il) or Uriel Stettner (urielste@tau.ac.il)
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