The Internationalization of Internet‐Enabled Entrepreneurial Firms: Evidence from Europe and North America
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Abstract
Abstract The main focus of this paper is the internationalization strategies of Internet start‐ups. Much of the extant literature focuses on the Internet's potential to enable smaller firms to improve their international activities and performance by reducing problems associated with distance, size, and scale. However, there is also growing evidence that many new firms are embracing Internet technologies from the outset and adopting an e‐business format to be global from inception. This suggests that the Internet can be employed not simply as a tool to improve international performance, but, in many cases, as a core capability that underpins the firms'overall international strategy. Empirical research, involving a case study methodology and thematic analyses, investigates a cross‐national sample of Internet start‐ups, and identifies their chosen internationalization pathways firms. We explore the patterns, pace, and drivers of internationalization and the processes involved in order to determine the extent to which the Internet has influenced the firms' international activities, behaviour, and overall strategy. Résumé La présente étude se donne comme objectif majeur d'analyser les stratégies d'internationalisation de mises en route de l'Internet. En effet, une partie non négligeable de la littérature existante s'appesantit sur la capacité de l'Internet à promouvoir et à améliorer les activités internationales et la performance des plus petites entreprises, par la réduction des problèmes liés à la distance, à la taille et à l'échelle. Pourtant, on constate de plus en plus que plusieurs nouvelles entreprises, dans le but de se mondialiser, embrassent les technologies de l'Internet et adoptent le modèle du commerce électronique dès leur gestation. Cette situation prouve que l'Internet peut être utilisée non seulement comme un outil d'amélioration de la performance internationale, mais aussi et dans beaucoup de cas, comme une capacité fondamentale qui sous‐tend l'ensemble de la stratégie internationale des entreprises. La recherche empirique, qui comporte une méthodologie d'étude de cas et des analyses thématiques, se penche sur un échantillon transnational de mises en route de l'Internet et identifie les voies choisies pour l'internationalisation. Nous explorons les modèles, le rythme et les facteurs motivants de l'internationalisation ainsi que les processus impliquées, ce qui nous permet de déterminer dans quelle mesure l'Internet influence les activités internationales des entreprises, leur comportement et leur stratégie globale.
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| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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