Analyzing Capabilities which Born Global Firms Develop and Implement for their International Growth
2016 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The aim of this paper is to investigate how born global firms co-operate with local and international network actors to provide innovations for international growth, Consequently, born globals’ use of their own innovation capabilities, stemming from firm-specific advantages, and their access to complementary resources and activities of their network partners, termed here as network capabilities, are analyzed to aid our understanding of the provision of innovative solutions that lead to firms’ international growth. The paper opted for an exploratory study, using a qualitative case study approach of five born global companies. Focus groups, work-shops and interviews with the entrepreneur-CEOs in the companies are used to gain deep insight into innovation and internationalization processes that underlie the case companies’ international growth. The study shows that the entrepreneur-CEOs’ networking and innovation capabilities, have been crucial for the born global firms international growth. A high responsiveness to changes in the environment and incremental rather than radical innovation characterize the firms’ growth. A fruitful relationship between the Born Globals and other actors is crucial for them to be able to get access to resources, which can complement their own to create innovative solutions that will lead to growth.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2016.
Keywords [en]
Born Global, innovation, internationalization, growth, innovation capabilities, network capabilities
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-31877OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-31877DiVA, id: diva2:955976
Conference
20th McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference at Department of Management, Hanken School of Economics, Vaasa, Finland, August 23-25, 2016
2016-08-282016-08-282020-03-20Bibliographically approved