Are firms born Global? Because knowledge spillovers that lead to new venture creation are geographically constrained we believe that firms are born local. It follows that the decision to create sustainable new ventures is independent from the decision to interna-tionalize, even if that is the...

This paper examines how Sweden and the United States have been impacted by philanthropic activities, commercialization of university-based knowledge and international entrepreneurship. The analysis comprises a detailed case study of Swedish and U.S. universities, as well as a statistical...

For SMEs, interaction with the local subsidiaries of multinational corporations (MNCs)provides tremendous opportunities for collaborative innovation which may formthe basis for internationalisation, providing resources not normally available, andbestowing credibility and legitimacy which would...

This briefing examines the international success of British companies in the contextof the industries that they operate in. It does this by measuring international successusing global market share and international revenues and combining these in a matrixto create a visual representation of...

The rapid development of Internet technologies has led to the emergence of e-business companies(EBCs). This paper investigates the foreign market entry mode choice of EBCs andseeks to address whether and how internationalization rules have changed for them. The evidenceof four selected cases of...

A fundamental part of the transition process is for firms to integrate with the world economy. After having been denied access for many years to world markets under totalitarian rule and the auspices of the CMEA, this will require significant advances in labour productivity, product technology,...

Case study of Polish company Elektrim illustrates the changing basis of growth of enterprises between the transition and post-transition periods. Elektrim grew primarily through conglomeration in the transition period. After the exhaustion of this mode of growth Elektrim has started to focus on...

Outward FDI of firms from Brazil, Russia, India, and China has increasedsignificantly in the last years. Despite this trend comprehensive research on thespecific motives and antecedents of outward FDI from BRIC countries is stillunderrepresented. Case studies of eight companies were conducted...

The internationalization of business within the last fifty years has led to a growing importanceof international human resource management (IHRM) (see, for example, Dowling et al. 1994,Desatnick and Bennet 1977, Evans et al. 2002 or Harzing/van Ruysseveldt 1995). Especiallythe role of...

As a main dimension of intercultural communication competence,intercultural sensitivity has increasingly gained attention in research indifferent disciplines. In the United States, Chen and Starosta havedeveloped an instrument, comprising 5 factors with 24 items, formeasuring intercultural...