International new ventures (INVs) and born globals, companies that internationalise from inception, have existed for centuries, but they gained popularity only about 20 years ago. Since then the international entrepreneurship field has been well developed from the entrepreneurship and...

Objective: In this article, we show how agility and international experience influence the adjustment strategies that firms adopt when exposed to sanctions. We also assess how these strategies affect firms' financial performance. Research Design & Methods: Quantitative; international e-survey,...

Over decades, research on multinational enterprises' (MNEs) strategies has been anchored in internalization theory. Strongly grounded in transaction cost economics to explain foreign market entry, it hardly explains how MNEs can build and sustain a competitive advantage. Thus, this paper aims at...

The purpose of this article is twofold: to bring back to discussion the importance of strategy as a key element for international new ventures (INVs) to achieve higher international performance and to assess the relevance of contingency perspective, particularly two organizational contingency...

Part I: The International Environment for Service Firms -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Services in International Business -- Chapter 2: International Service Business and Globalization -- Chapter 3: Development of International Trade and Investment in Services -- Chapter 4: National Differences in...

Numerous studies have focused on retailing firms and their activities in foreign markets; however, these have not been able to fully identify factors that influence the process of retail internationalisation. This paper examines the factors that influence the foreign market entry process in...