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The internationalization process of Brazilian software firms and the born global phenomenon: Examining firm, network, and entrepreneur variables

verfasst von: Luis Antonio Dib, Angela da Rocha, Jorge Ferreira da Silva

Erschienen in: Journal of International Entrepreneurship | Ausgabe 3/2010

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This paper examines the born-global phenomenon in the context of an emerging country, Brazil. A literature review was conducted in order to develop an integrative model of the phenomenon under study. Three sets of internal variables were identified in the literature which seemed to explain why a firm would follow a born global, rather than a traditional, internationalization process: firm, network, and entrepreneur variables. The final conceptual model was tested in a Brazilian sample of 79 software firms, of which 35 followed the born-global process of internationalization and 44 followed the traditional process. Logistic regression was used to test the research hypotheses. Results showed that certain firm and entrepreneur variables seemed to be associated to the type of internationalization process chosen by these firms. Network variables did not significantly differentiate the two groups.

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Titel: The internationalization process of Brazilian software firms and the born global phenomenon: Examining firm, network, and entrepreneur variables
verfasst von: Luis Antonio Dib
Angela da Rocha
Jorge Ferreira da Silva
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2010
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of International Entrepreneurship / Ausgabe 3/2010
Print ISSN: 1570-7385
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7349
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10843-010-0044-z

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