Networking capability and international entrepreneurship

TLDR

International entrepreneurship is a nascent, multidisciplinary field rooted in born‑global research, focusing on the rapid internationalization of small and medium‑sized firms and attracting attention from international marketing scholars. The study aims to deepen understanding of IE by examining networking in born‑globals to develop richer insights and more robust theoretical frameworks. The authors analyze networking practices among born‑global firms to uncover mechanisms that inform theoretical development.

Abstract

Purpose – International entrepreneurship (IE) is a new field of multi‐disciplinary enquiry that has its origins in the research on born globals. Within international marketing the concept has attracted the attention of researchers examining the factors driving small‐ and medium‐size firm internationalisation. These small, rapidly internationalising, entrepreneurial new ventures have recently both challenged and fascinated scholars and practitioners. While IE researchers are beginning to call for a broadening of the field of IE enquiry, this research continues the focus on the special breed of small firms, the born globals. We do this to deepen our understanding of IE, and focus on networking in born globals to attempt to develop richer insights directed towards establishing more in‐depth understanding and more robust theoretical frameworks.