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Entrepreneur-related constructs explaining the emergence of born global firms: A Systematic Literature Review

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Title Entrepreneur-related constructs explaining the emergence of born global firms: A Systematic Literature Review
 
Creator Pawęta, Elena
 
Subject Economics; International Entrepreneurship
born globals; international entrepreneurship; internationalization
F23
 
Description Objective: The paper is aimed at structuring entrepreneur-related constructs and building a conceptual framework that can serve as a foundation for future international entrepreneurship research and theory building.Research Design & Methods: The author conducted the systematic literature review of 94 empirical studies and conceptual papers on the entrepreneur-related determinants of early internationalization in the international management journals in the years 1966 – 2015.Findings: This article discusses and groups the existing knowledge on entrepreneur-related determinants of born globals successful international performance. The major theoretical contribution of the study is the conceptual framework of the main entrepreneur-level determinants of rapid internationalization.Implications & Recommendations: The results of the study are exploratory and there is a need in validating the theoretical framework through an advanced quantitative study. Future research might try to integrate the reviewed entrepreneur-related constructs with organizational characteristics and external characteristics which determine born globals emergence.Contribution & Value added: This paper provides the conceptual framework that groups entrepreneur-related constructs into 6 main constructs which can enrich future international entrepreneurship research.
 
Publisher Cracow University of Economics
 
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Date 2015-12-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Literature study
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier //eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/113
10.15678/EBER.2015.030402
 
Source Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review; Vol 3, No 4 (2015): Dilemmas of Modern Economy and Business; 11-36
2353-8821
2353-883X
 
Language eng
 
Relation //eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/113/pdf
 
Coverage international research
1966-2015
94 empirical studies and conceptual papers in the international management journals
 
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