Classical models often describe the internationalization of small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) as a gradual process and data underpins that SMEs are less likely to …

This chapter explores three core topics of the literature on early internationalization: the pre-
founding phase, the creation of early internationalizing firms, and the achievement of early …

Studies have stressed the need to study processes and dynamics that allow ventures to
acquire or develop strategic resources and capabilities that support early …

Born global firms represent an optimistic, contemporary trend for international business in
which any firm—of any size or base of experience or resources—can participate actively in …

The theme of drivers of performance has always represented a fundamental node in the
literature on early internationalization. During the second decade of research, studies …

The phenomenon of companies achieving early and rapid internationalization, first
discovered in the late 1980s, has been studied for over three decades and has been …