Purpose – The establishment and growth of new ventures play a major role in wealth creation in most industrialized economies. Consequently, there is much emphasis these days on how to foster their growth, and on determining the fundamental prerequisites. The purpose of this paper is to propose...

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the underlying reasons for business model change among internationalizing SMEs and illustrate how home market context affects that change. Design/methodology/approach: This is a comparative case study of two companies with similar backgrounds from different...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to, first, offer insights into the relationship between industry idiosyncrasies and international new ventures (INVs), and then present a research conceptual framework that identifies the role of industry factors in new venture internationalization...

Purpose – This paper addresses the strategic orientations (entrepreneurial orientation, learning orientation, and market orientation) of rapidly internationalizing small software companies. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical analysis is based on an intensive investigation of ten...