Does entrepreneurs' human and relational capital affect early internationalisation? A cross-regional comparison

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-215

  Federico, Juan S ^a,b   Kantis, Hugo D ^a   Rialp, Alex ^b,c   Rialp, Josep ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early internationalising firms; EIF; International entrepreneurship; Latin American; Mediterranean Europe; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 64149109905     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2009.024322     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Acedo, F. and Casillas, J. (2007) 'Age at entry in international markets of Spanish SMEs. Entrepreneurial and institutional determinants', International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 130-150.
2. Acedo, F. and Jones, M. (2007) 'Speed of internationalization and entrepreneurial cognition: insights and a comparison between international new ventures, exporters and domestic firms', Journal of World Business, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 236-252.
3. Alvarez, S. and Busenitz, L. (2001) 'The entrepreneurship of resource-based theory', Journal of Management, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 755-775.
4. Andersson, S. and Evangelista, F. (2006) 'The entrepreneur in the born global firm in Australia and Sweden', Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 642-659.
5. Andersson, S. and Wictor, I. (2003) 'Innovative internationalisation in new firms: born-globals - the Swedish case', Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 249-275.
6. Autio, E., Sapienza, H.J. and Almeida, J.G. (2000) 'Effects of age at entry, knowledge intensity, and imitability on international growth', Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 43, No.5, pp. 909-924.
7. Bloodgood, J., Sapienza, H.J. and Almeida, J. (1996) 'The internationalization of new highpotential US ventures: antecedents and outcomes', Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 20, No.4, pp. 61-76.
8. Colombo, M. and Grilli, L. (2005) 'Founders' human capital and the growth of new technologybased firms: a competence-based view', Research Policy, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 795-816.
9. Cooper, A., Gimeno-Gascon, F. and Woo, C. (1994) 'Initial human and financial capital as predictors of new venture performance', Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 9, No 5, pp. 371-396.
10. Coviello, N. and Jones, M. (2004) 'Methodological issues in international entrepreneurship research', Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 485-508.
11. Coviello, N. and McAuley, A. (1999) 'Internationalisation and the smaller firm: a review of contemporary empirical research', Management International Review, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 223-256.
12. Coviello, N. and Munro, H. (1995) 'Growing the entrepreneurial firm: networking for international market development', European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 7, No. 29, pp. 49-61.
13. Coviello, N.E. (2006) 'The network dynamics of international new ventures', Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 713-731.
14. Fan, T. and Phan, P. (2007) 'International new ventures: revisiting the influences behind the 'born-global' firm', Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 38, No. 7, pp. 1113-1131.
15. Gnyawali, D. and Fogel, D. (1994) 'Environments for entrepreneurship development: key dimensions and research implications. Entrepreneurship', Theory and Practice, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 43-62.
16. Greene, W. (2003) Econometric Analysis, 5th ed., Pearson Education Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ.
17. Greve, A. and Salaff, J. (2003) 'Social networks and entrepreneurship', Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 1-22.
18. Jones, M. and Coviello, N. (2005) 'Internationalisation: conceptualising an entrepreneurial process of behaviour in time', Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 284-303.
19. Kantis, H., Ishida, M. and Komori, M. (2002) Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: the Creation and Development of New Firms in Latin America and East Asia, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC.
20. Kantis, H., Moori-Koening, V. and Angelelli, P. (2004) Developing Entrepreneurship. Experience in Latin America and Worldwide, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC.
21. King, G. and Zeng, L. (2001a) 'Logistic regression in rare events data', Political Analysis, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 137-163.
22. King, G. and Zeng, L. (2001b) 'Explaining rare events in international relations', International Organization, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 693-715.
23. Knight, G. and Cavusgil, S. (1996) 'The born global firm: a challenge to traditional internationalization theory', in Cavusgil, S. and Madsen, T. (Eds): Export Internationalizing Research-Enrichment and Challenges. Advances in International Marketing, Vol. 8, JAI Press, New York, NY, pp. 11-26.
24. Lafuente, E., Vaillant, Y. and Rialp, J. (2007) 'Regional differences in the influence of role models: comparing the entrepreneurial process of rural Catalonia', Regional Studies, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 779-796.
25. Madsen, T. and Servais, P. (1997) 'The internationalization of born globals: an evolutionary process?', International Business Review, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 561-583.
26. Madsen, T., Rasmussen, E. and Servais, P. (2000) 'Differences and similarities between born globals and other types of exporters', in Yaprak, A. and Tutek, J. (Eds): Globalization, the Multinational Firm, and Emerging Economies, Advances in International Marketing, Vol. 10, JAI/Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 247-265.
27. McDougall, P. and Oviatt, B. (1996) 'New venture internationalization, strategic change, and performance: a follow-up study', Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 23-40.
28. McDougall, P. Oviatt, B. and Shrader, R. (2003) 'A comparison of international and domestic new ventures', Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 59-82.
29. McDougall, P., Shane, S. and Oviatt, B. (1994) 'Explaining the formation of international new ventures: the limits of theories from international business research', Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 469-487.
30. North, D. (1990) Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance, Cambridge University Press, New York.
31. Ostgaard, T. and Birley, S. (1996) 'New venture growth and personal networks', Journal of Business Research, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 37-50.
32. Oviatt, B. and McDougall, P. (1994) 'Toward a theory of international new ventures', Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 45-64.
33. Oviatt, B. and McDougall, P. (1995) 'Global start-ups: entrepreneurs on a worldwide stage', Academy of Management Executive, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 30-43.
34. Pla-Barber, J. and Escribá-Esteve, A. (2006) 'Accelerated internationalisation: evidence from a late investor country', International Marketing Review, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 255-278.
35. th European International Business Academy (EIBA) Conference, Athens, December.
36. Rialp, A., Rialp, J. and Knight, G. (2005) 'The phenomenon of early internationalizing firms: what do we know after a decade (1993-2003) of scientific inquiry?', International Business Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 147-166.
37. Sapienza, H., Autio, E., George, G. and Zahra, S. (2006) 'A capabilities perspective on the effects of early internationalization on firm survival and growth', Academy of Management Review, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 914-933.
38. Shane, S. and Kolvereid, L. (1995) 'National environment, strategy and new venture performance: a three country study', Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 37-50.
39. Shane, S. (2000) 'Prior knowledge and the discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities', Organization Science, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 448-469.
40. Sharma, D. and Blomstermo, A. (2002) The Internationalization Process of Born Globals, The Stockholm School of Economics and Copenhagen Business School, and Uppsala University, pp. 306-332.
41. Sharma, D. and Blomstermo, A. (2003) 'The internationalization process of born globals: a network view', International Business Review, Vol. 12, No.6, pp. 739-753.
42. Stuart, R. and Abetti, P. (1990) 'Impact of entrepreneurial and management experience on early performance', Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 151-162.
43. Szarka, J. (1990) 'Networking and small firms', International Small Business Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 10-22.
44. Wagner, J. (2005) Nascent and Infant Entrepreneurs in Germany: Evidence from the Regional Entrepreneurs hip Monitor (REM), IZA Discussion Paper No. 1522. Available online at: http://ssrn.com/abstrac t=684007
45. Westhead, P., Wright, M. and Ucbasaran, D. (2001) 'The internationalization of new and small firms: a resource-based view', Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 333-358.
46. Zahra, S. and George, G. (2002) 'International entrepreneurship: the current status of the field and future research agenda', in Hitt, M., Ireland, D., Camp, M. and Sexton, D. (Eds): Strategic Leadership: Creating a New Mindset, Blackwell, London, pp. 255-288.
47. Zou, S. and Stan, S. (1998) 'The determinants of export performance: a review of the empirical literature between 1987 and 1997', International Marketing Review, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 333-356.