Local Bridging Ties and New Venture Internationalization:Exploratory Studies in Bangalore and Cambridge

The research question addressed here is: How does the nature of local embeddedness of network relationships influence new venture internationalization? We distinguish between ties’ spatial embeddedness as dispersed or concentrated. We explore local bridging tie embeddedness’ differential effects on new venture internationalization based on a case study pertaining to each spatial embeddedness type – a Bangalore start-up engaged in joint activity with Microsoft India (dispersed) and a Cambridge venture with links to a local VC firm (concentrated). We posit that local ties’ spatial embeddedness could have differential effects on internationalization of new ventures in terms of (a) differing trajectories of opportunity creation...