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Explaining the formation of international new ventures: The limits of theories from international business research☆
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In this article, the authors study the formation process of International New Venture (INV) and find that the formation of an INV is not explained by existing theories from the field of international business.About:
This article is published in Journal of Business Venturing.The article was published on 1994-11-01. It has received 1696 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Venture capital & New Ventures.read more
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Toward a theory of international new ventures
TL;DR: The formation of organizations that are international from inception is an increasingly important phenomenon that is incongruent with traditionally expected characteristics of multinational enterprises as mentioned in this paper, and a framework is presented that explains the phenomenon by integrating international business, entrepreneurship, and strategic management theory that describes four necessary and sufficient elements for the existence of international new ventures.
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Toward a Theory of International New Ventures
TL;DR: In this paper, a framework is presented that explains the existence of international new ventures by integrating international business, entrepreneurship, and strategic management theory, and it describes four necessary and sufficient elements for such organizations: organizational formation through internalization of some transactions, strong reliance on alternative governance structures to access resources, establishment of foreign location advantages, and control over unique resources.
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International expansion by new venture firms: International diversity, mode of market entry, technological learning, and performance.
TL;DR: This article examined the effects of international expansion, as measured by international diversity and mode of market entry, on a firm's technological learning and the effect of this learning on the firm's financial performance.
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Innovation, organizational capabilities, and the born-global firm
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TL;DR: This paper investigated the role of innovative culture and knowledge and capabilities in early adopters of internationalization and found that these firms leverage a distinctive mix of orientations and strategies that allow them to succeed in diverse international markets.
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Effects of Age at Entry, Knowledge Intensity, and Imitability on International Growth
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors employed knowledge-based theory to shed light on international growth in entrepreneurial firms and found earlier initiation of internationalization and greater knowledge intensity to be associat...
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