nach oben

Journal of International Entrepreneurship

Erschienen in:

17.03.2015

Be international or be innovative? Be both? The role of the entrepreneurial profile

verfasst von: Stefano Denicolai, Birgit Hagen, Alessia Pisoni

Erschienen in: Journal of International Entrepreneurship | Ausgabe 4/2015

Einloggen

Aktivieren Sie unsere intelligente Suche, um passende Fachinhalte oder Patente zu finden.

search-config

KI-gestützte Suche

Aus

Abstract

Be international? Be innovative? Be international and innovative? Following the logic of the upper echelon (UE) perspective, this paper studies the impact of the entrepreneur(s) demography, background, and experience on their strategic choices, i.e., innovation, internationalization, or a combination of the two strategies. We employ cluster analysis on a sample of 88 Italian Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) operating in different industries to classify the firms along their entrepreneur(s)’ characteristics. Three significantly different clusters emerge, i.e., the typical Italian family firms, a group of businesses led by solitary self-made men, and the team-founded firms. The three groups are related to differences in internationalization behavior and innovation practice. Family-led firms are mainly domestic and concentrated on product innovation, while team-founded firms combine intensive internationalization with innovative marketing and management practices. A third cluster describes the solitary founder with serial business experience, whose businesses foster product and process innovation combined with moderate levels and scope of internationalization. Furthermore, our findings reveal that internationalization tends to be related to the type of innovation, much more than to R&D intensity or other measures of novelty (i.e., radical or incremental).

Vorheriger Artikel An experimental analysis of risk and entrepreneurial attitudes of university students in the USA and Brazil

Nächster Artikel The effect of internal capabilities and external environment on small- and medium-sized enterprises’ international performance and the role of the foreign market scope: The case of the Malaysian halal food industry

Sie haben noch keine Lizenz? Dann Informieren Sie sich jetzt über unsere Produkte:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 102.000 Bücher
über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

Jetzt informieren

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 67.000 Bücher
über 340 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

Jetzt informieren

Definition of SME acknowledged by the EU Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC (6 May 2003). It defines micro, small, and medium company on the respective bases of headcount, turnover, or balance sheet total.

Aaby N, Slater SF (1989) Management influences of export performance: a review of the empirical literature 1978–1988. Int Mark Rev 6(4):7–26CrossRef

Acs ZJ, Morck R, Shaver JM, Yeung B (1997) The internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises: a policy perspective. Small Bus Econ 9:7–20CrossRef

Amit RH, Brigham K, Markman GD (2000) Entrepreneurial management as strategy. In: Meyer GD, Heppard KA (eds) Entrepreneurship as strategy. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, pp 83–99

Ansoff HI (1957) Strategies for diversification. Harv Bus Rev 35(2):113–124

Ansoff HI (1965) Corporate strategy. McGraw-Hill, New York

Bantel KA, Jackson SE (1989) Top management and innovations in banking: does the composition of the top team make a difference? Strateg Manag J 10:107–124CrossRef

Barkema HG, Shvyrkov O (2007) Does top management team diversity promote or hamper foreign expansion? Strateg Manag J 28:663–680CrossRef

Baron RA (2004) The cognitive perspective: a valuable tool for analysing entrepreneurship’s basic «why» questions. J Bus Ventur 19(2):221–239CrossRef

Baron RA, Tang J (2011) The role of entrepreneurs in firm-level innovation: joint effects of positive affect, creativity, and environmental dynamics. J Bus Ventur 26(1):49–60CrossRef

Barringer BR, Jones FF, Neubaum DO (2005) A quantitative content analysis of the characteristics of rapid-growth firms and their founders. J Bus Ventur 20:663–687CrossRef

Bates T (1990) Entrepreneur human capital inputs and small business longevity. Rev Econ Stat 72:551–559CrossRef

Bates T (2002) Restricted access to markets characterizes women-owned businesses. J Bus Ventur 17(4):313–324CrossRef

Bernard AB, Jensen JB (1999) Exceptional exporter performance: cause, effect, or both? J Int Econ 47:1–25CrossRef

Bernard AB, Wagner J (1997) Exports and success in German manufacturing. Weltwirtschaftliches Arch 133(1):134–157CrossRef

Bernardino L, Jones M (2008) Internationalization and performance: an empirical study of high-tech SMEs in Portugal. Bookonomics Lda, Portugal

Bloodgood JM, Sapienza HJ, Almeida JG (1996) The internationalization of new high-potential US ventures: antecedents and outcomes. Entrep Theory Pract 20:61–76

Bonaccorsi A (1992) On the relationship between firm size and export intensity. J Int Bus Stud 23(4):605–635CrossRef

Brockhaus RH (1980) Risk-taking propensity of entrepreneurs. Acad Manag J 23(3):509–520CrossRef

Buckley PJ (1979) Foreign investment success for smaller firms. Multinatl Bus 3:12–19

Calof JL (1994) The relationship between firm size and export behavior revisited. J Int Bus Stud 25:367–387CrossRef

Cannella AA, Park JH, Lee HU (2008) Top management team functional background diversity and firm performance: examining the roles of team member colocation and environmental uncertainty. Acad Manag J 51(4):768–784

Cannone G, Ughetto E (2014) Born globals: a cross-country survey on high-tech start-ups. Int Bus Rev 23(1):272–283CrossRef

Cannone G, Pisoni A, Onetti A (2014) Born global companies founded by young entrepreneurs. A multiple case study. Int J Entrep Innov Manag 18(2/3):210–232

Cantwell J, Janne O (1999) Technological globalisation and innovative centres: the role of corporate technological leadership and locational hierarchy. Res Policy 28:119–144CrossRef

Carpenter MA, Fredrickson JW (2001) Top management teams, global strategic posture, and the moderating role of uncertainty. Acad Manag J 44:533–545CrossRef

Carpenter MA, Geletkanycz M, Sanders WG (2004) Upper echelons research revisited: antecedents, elements, and consequences of top management team composition. J Manag 30(2):749–78

Cassiman B, Golovko E (2011) Innovation and internationalization through exports. J Int Bus Stud 42:56–75CrossRef

Cavusgil ST (1980) On the internationalization process of firms. Eur Res 8(6):273–281

Chowdhury S (2005) Demographic diversity for building an effective entrepreneurial team: is it important? J Bus Ventur 20(6):727–746CrossRef

Ciravegna L, Majano SB, Zhan G (2014) The inception of internationalization of small and medium enterprises: the role of activeness and networks. J Bus Res 67:1081–1089CrossRef

Colombo MG, Grilli L (2005) Founders’ human capital and the growth of new technology-based firms: a competence-based view. Res Policy 34(6):795–818CrossRef

Coviello NE, McAuley A (1999) Internationalization and the small firm: a review of contemporary empirical research. Manag Int Rev 39(3):223–237

Davidsson P, Honig BL (2003) The role of social and human capital among nascent entrepreneurs. J Bus Ventur 18(3):301–331CrossRef

Davis PS, Schul PL (1993) Addressing the contingent effects of business unit strategic orientation on relationships between organizational context and business unit performance. J Bus Res 27:183–200CrossRef

Delios A, Beamish PW (1999) Geographic scope, product diversification, and the corporate performance of Japanese firms. Strateg Manag J 20(8):711–727CrossRef

Delmar F, Davidsson P, Gartner W (2003) Arriving at the high-growth firm. J Bus Ventur 18:189–216CrossRef

Denicolai S, Cotta Ramusino E, Sotti F (2015) The impact of intangibles on firm growth. Tech Anal Strat Manag 27(2):219-236

Denicolai S, Ramirez M, Tidd J (2014a) Creating and capturing value from external knowledge: the moderating role of knowledge intensity. R&D Manag 44:248–264CrossRef

Denicolai S, Zucchella A, Strange R (2014b) Knowledge assets and firm international performance. Int Bus Rev 23:55–62CrossRef

Dess GG, Robinson RB Jr (1984) Measuring organizational performance in the absence of objective measures: the case of the privately-held firm and conglomerate business unit. Strat Manag J 5:265–273CrossRef

Dibrell C, Davis PS, Craig J (2008) Fueling innovation through information technology in SMEs. J Small Bus Manag 46(2):203–218CrossRef

Doutriaux J, Simyar F (1987) Duration of comparative advantage accruing from some start-up factors in high-tech entrepreneurial firms. In: Churchill NA, Hornaday JA, Kirchhoff BA, Krasner OJ, Vesper KH (eds) Frontiers of entrepreneurship research. Babson College, Wellesley, pp 436–450

Doz Y, Santos JFP, Williamson PJ (2001) From global to metanational. Harvard Business School Press, Boston

Duchesneau DA, Gartner W (1990) A profile of new venture success and failure in an emerging industry. J Bus Ventur 5:297–312CrossRef

Dyke LS, Fisher EM, Reuber AR (1992) An inter-industry examination of the impact of owner experience on firm performance. J Small Bus Manag 30(4):73–86

Eckhardt J, Shane S (2003) Opportunities and entrepreneurship. J Manag 29(3):333–349

Ettlie JE, Reza EM (1992) Organizational integration and process innovation. Acad Manag J 35(4):795–827CrossRef

Filipescu DA, Prashantham S, Rialp A, Rialp J (2013) Technological innovation and exports: unpacking their reciprocal causality. J Int Mark 21(1):23–38CrossRef

Flynn BB, Huo BF, Zhao XD (2010) The impact of supply chain integration on performance: a contingency and configuration approach. J Oper Manag 28:58–71CrossRef

Forbes D, Borchert P, Zellmer-Bruhn M, Sapienza H (2006) Entrepreneurial team formation: an exploration of new member addition. Entrep Theory Pract 30:225–248CrossRef

Freel MS (2005) Patterns of innovation and skills in small firms. Technovation 25(2):123–134CrossRef

Ganotakis P, Love JH (2011) R&D, product innovation, and exporting: evidence from UK new technology based firms. Oxf Econ Pap 63(2):279–306CrossRef

Gereffi G, Korzeniewicz M (eds) (1994) Commodity chains and global capitalism. Praeger, Westport

Girish P, Stewart DW (1983) Cluster analysis in marketing research: review and suggestions for applications. J Mark Res 20:134–38CrossRef

Golovko E, Valentini G (2011) Exploring the complementarity between innovation and export for SMEs’ growth. J Int Bus Stud 42:362–380CrossRef

Gomez-Mejia LR, Nunez-Nickel M, Gutierrez I (2001) The role of family ties in agency contracts. Acad Manag J 44:81–95CrossRef

Grandi A, Grimaldi R (2003) Exploring the networking characteristics of new venture founding team. Small Bus Econ 21:329–341CrossRef

Hagen B, Zucchella A (2014) Born global or born to run? The long-term growth of born global firms. Manag Int Rev 54(4):497–525CrossRef

Hagen B, Zucchella A, Cerchiello P, De Giovanni N (2012) International strategy and performance—clustering strategic types of SMEs. Int Bus Rev 21:369–382CrossRef

Hall P (1995) Habitual owners of small businesses. In: Crittenden F, Robertson Marshall M (eds) Small firms: partnership for growth. Paul Chapman, London, pp 217–230

Hambrick DC, Mason PA (1984) Upper echelons: the organization as a reflection of its top managers. Acad Manag Rev 9(2):193–206

Hambrick DC, Cho TS, Chen MJ (1996) The influence of top management team heterogeneity on firms’ competitive moves. Adm Sci Q 41(4):659–684CrossRef

Hatum A, Pettigrew A (2006) Determinants of organizational flexibility: a study in an emerging economy. Br J Manag 17(2):115–137CrossRef

Helfat CE (2007) Dynamic capabilities: understanding strategic change in organizations. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford

Herrmann P, Datta DK (2005) Relationships between top management team characteristics and international diversification: an empirical investigation. Br J Manag 16(1):69–78CrossRef

Higón DA, Driffield N (2010) Exporting and innovation performance: analysis of the annual small business survey in the UK. Int Small Bus J 29(1):4–24CrossRef

Hirsch S, Bijaoui I (1985) R&D intensity and export performance—a micro view. Weltwirtschaftliches. Arch -Rev World Econ 121(2):238–251

Hoffman K, Parejo M, Bessant J, Perren L (1998) Small firms, R & D, technology and innovation in the UK: a literature review. Technovation 18(1):39–55CrossRef

Hölzl W (2009) Is the R&D behaviour of fast-growing SMEs different? Evidence from CIS III data for 16 countries. Small Bus Econ 33(1):59–75CrossRef

Horwitz SK, Horwitz IB (2007) The effects of team diversity on team outcomes: a meta-analytic review of team demography. J Manag 33(6):987–1015

Huse M (2000) Boards of directors in SMEs: a review and research agenda. Entrep Reg Dev 12(4):271–290CrossRef

Ibeh KIN (2003) Toward a contingency framework of export entrepreneurship: conceptualisations and empirical evidence. Small Bus Econ 20(1):49–68CrossRef

Ireland RD, Hitt MA, Camp SM, Sexton DL (2001) Integrating entrepreneurship and strategic management action to create firm wealth. Acad Manag Exec 15(1):49–63CrossRef

Jarillo JC (1989) Entrepreneurship and growth—the strategic use of external resources. J Bus Ventur 4(2):133–147CrossRef

Joshi A, Dencker JC, Franz G, Martocchio JJ (2010) Unpacking generational identities in organizations. Acad Manag Rev 35(3):392–414CrossRef

Kafouros MI, Buckley PJ, Sharp JA, Wang C (2008) The role of internationalization in explaining innovation performance. Technovation 28:63–74CrossRef

Kamm JB, Shuman JC, Seeger JA, Nurick AJ (1990) Entrepreneurial teams in new venture creation: a research agenda. Entrep Theory Pract 14(4):7–17

Katsikeas C, Leonidou L, Morgan N (2000) Firm-level export performance assessment: review, evaluation, and development. J Acad Mark Sci 28(4):493–511CrossRef

Kellermanns FW, Eddleston KA (2004) Feuding families: when conflict does a family firm good. Entrep Theory Pract 28(3):209–229CrossRef

Kellermanns FW, Eddleston KA, Barnett T, Pearson A (2008) An exploratory study of family member characteristics and involvement: effects on entrepreneurial behavior in family firms. Fam Bus Rev 21(1):1–14

Kettenring JR (2006) The practice of cluster analysis. J Classif 23:3–30CrossRef

Knight G, Cavusgil S (2004) Innovation, organizational capabilities, and the born-global firm. J Int Bus Stud 35(2):124–141CrossRef

Kohn TO, Gomes-Cassares B (1997) Small firms in international competition: a challenge to traditional theory? In: Buckley PJ et al (eds) International technology transfer by small and medium sized enterprise. Country studies. MacMillan, London

Kuemmerle W (2002) Home base and knowledge management in international new ventures. J Bus Ventur 17(2):99–122CrossRef

Langston CM, Teas RK (1976) Export commitment and the characteristics of management. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Business Association. St Louis, Missouri

Le Roy F, Torrès O (2000) La place de l’innovation dans les stratégies concurrentielles des P.M.E. internationals. Innovations 13(1):43–60CrossRef

Lee HU, Park JH (2006) Top team diversity, internationalization and the mediating effect of international alliances. Br J Manag 17(3):195–213CrossRef

Leonidou LC, Katsikeas CS, Palihawadan D, Spyropoulou S (2007) An analytical review of the factors stimulating smaller firms to export: implications for policy makers. Int Mark Rev 24(6):735–770CrossRef

Levesque M, Minniti M (2006) The effect of aging on entrepreneurial behavior. J Bus Ventur 21(2):177–194CrossRef

Lewis K, Massey C (2003) Youth entrepreneurship and government policy. Paper to the ICSB Conference 2003. Belfast, Northern Ireland

Lim JS, Sharkey TW, Kim KI (1991) An empirical test of an export adoption model. Manag Int Rev 31(1):51–62

Lipparini A, Sobrero M (1994) The glue and the pieces: entrepreneurship and innovation in small firm networks. J Bus Ventur 9(2):125–140CrossRef

Lisboa A, Skarmeas D, Lages C (2011) Entrepreneurial orientation, exploitative and explorative capabilities, and performance outcomes in export markets: a resource-based approach. Ind Mark Manag 40(8):1274–1284CrossRef

Litz RA, Kleysen RF (2001) Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: toward a theory of family firm innovation with help from the Brubeck family. Fam Bus Rev 14(4):335–352CrossRef

Lommelen T, Matthyssens P, Pauwels P (2001) The internationalization of services: riding on the waves. Competitive Paper presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the European International Business Academy (EIBA). Paris, France

Lynn GS, Morone JG, Paulson AS (1996) Marketing and discontinuous innovation: the probe and learn process. Calif Manag Rev 38(3):8–37CrossRef

Madsen TK, Servais P (1997) The internationalization of born globals: an evolutionary process? Int Bus Rev 6(6):561–583CrossRef

Mayer C, Flynn J (1973) Canadian small business abroad: opportunities, aids and experience. Bus Q 37:33–47

Mayer M, Heinzel W, Müller R (1989) Performance of new technology-based firms in the Federal Republic of Germany at the stage of market entry. In: Brockhaus RH, Churchill NC, Katz JA, Kirchhoff BA, Vesper KH, Wetzel WE (eds) Frontiers of entrepreneurship research 1989—Proceedings of the 1989 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Babson College, Wellesley, pp 200–215

McDougall P, Oviatt B (1996) New venture internationalization, strategic change, and performance: a follow-up study. J Bus Ventur 11(1):23–40CrossRef

McDougall P, Oviatt B, Shane S (2003) A comparison of international and domestic new ventures. J Int Entrep 1:59–82CrossRef

McGuinness NW, Little B (1981) The impact of R&D spending on the foreign sales of new Canadian industrial products. Res Policy 10(1):78–98CrossRef

Miles RE, Snow CC, Meyer D, Coleman HJ (1978) Organizational strategy, structure, and process. Acad Manag Rev 3(3):546–562

Miller D, Le Breton-Miller I (2005) Managing for the long run: lessons in competitive advantage from great family businesses. Harvard Business School Press, Boston

Mittelstaedt JD, Harben GN, Ward AW (2003) How small is too small? Firm size as a barrier to exporting from the United States. J Small Bus Manag 41(1):68–84CrossRef

Monreal-Perez J, Aragon-Sanchez A, Sanchez-Marin G (2012) A longitudinal study of the relationship between export activity and innovation in the Spanish firm: the moderating role of productivity. Int Bus Rev 21(5):862–877CrossRef

Murphy KM, Shelifer A, Vishny RW (1991) The social construction of organizational knowledge: a study of the use of coercive, mimetic and normative isomorphism. Adm Sci Q 44(4):653–683

Musteen M, Datta DK (2011) Learning about foreign markets: a study of Czech SMEs. J Int Entrep 9(2):91–109CrossRef

Nguyen AN, Pham NQ, Nguyen CD, Nguyen ND (2008) Innovation and export of Vietnam’s SME sector. Eur J Dev Res 20(2):262–280CrossRef

Nielsen BB, Nielsen S (2011) The role of top management team international orientation in international strategic decision-making: the choice of foreign entry mode. J World Bus 46:185–193CrossRef

Nunes PM, Serrasqueiro Z, Leitao J (2012) Is there a linear relationship between R&D intensity and growth? Empirical evidence of non-high-tech vs. high-tech SMEs. Res Policy 41(1):36–53CrossRef

O’Regan N, Ghobadian A, Gallear D (2006) In search of the drivers of high growth in manufacturing SMEs. Technovation 26(1):30–41CrossRef

OECD (2002) SME outlook. Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, Paris

OECD (2010) Innovative SMEs and entrepreneurship for job creation and growth, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development Issues Paper 1

OECD (2012) Review of higher education in regional and city development

Oke A, Burke G, Myers A (2007) Innovation types and performance in growing UK SMEs. Int J Oper Prod Man 27(7):735–753CrossRef

Onetti A, Zucchella A (2008) Imprenditorialità, internazionalizzazione e innovazione. Carocci Editore, Roma

Onetti A, Zucchella A, Jones MV, McDougall PP (2012) Internationalization, innovation and entrepreneurship: business models for new technology-based firms. JMG, Special Issue: Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management in Life Sciences 16(3):337–368

Oviatt B, McDougall P (1994) Toward a theory of international new ventures. J Int Bus Stud 25(1):45–64CrossRef

Oviatt B, McDougall P (2005) Defining international entrepreneurship and modeling the speed of internationalization. Entrep Theory Pract 29(5):537–553CrossRef

Pangarkar N (2008) Internationalization and performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises. J World Bus 43(4):475–485CrossRef

Papadakis VM, Barwise P (2002) How much do CEOs and top managers matter in strategic decision-making? Br J Manag 13(1):83–95CrossRef

Pennings J, Lee K, van Witteloostuijn A (1998) Human capital, social capital and firm dissolution. Acad Manag J 41(4):425–440CrossRef

Pett TL, Wolff JA (2009) SME opportunity for growth or profit: what is the role of product and process improvement? Int J Entrep Ventur 1(1):5–21CrossRef

Piercy N (1981) Export strategy: concentration on key markets versus market spreading. J Int Mark 1(1):56–67

Pisano G (1996) The development factory. Unlocking the potential of process innovation: lessons from pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Harvard Business School Press, Boston

Powell WW, White DR, Koput KW, Owen-Smith J (2005) Network dynamics and field evolution: the growth of interorganizational collaboration in the life sciences. Am J Sociol 110(4):1132–1205CrossRef

Presutti M, Odorici V, Onetti A (2008) Serial entrepreneurship and born-global new ventures. A case study. Int J Entrep Educ 6(4):255–278

Rees M, Edwards R (2010) Innovation roles in SME internationalization. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering (ICMSE 2010), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24–26 November 2010

Reid SD (1981) The decision-maker and export entry and expansion. J Int Bus Stud 12(2):101–112CrossRef

Reuber AR, Fischer E (1997) The influence of the management team’s international experience on the international behaviors of SMEs. J Int Bus Stud 28(4):807–825CrossRef

Rialp A, Galván I, Suárez S (2010) A configuration-holistic approach to born-global firms’ strategy formation process. Eur Manag J 28(2):108–123CrossRef

Roberts EB (1991) Entrepreneurs in high technology: lessons from MIT and beyond. Oxford University Press, New YorkCrossRef

Ronstadt R (1982) Does entrepreneurial career path really matter? Frontiers of entrepreneurship research. Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Babson College, Wellesley

Sapienza H, Grimm C (1997) Founder characteristics, start-up process and strategy/structure variables as predictors of shortline railroad performance. Entrep Theory Pract 22(1):5–24

Sapienza HJ, Autio E, George G, Zahra SA (2006) A capabilities perspective on the effects of early internationalization on firm survival and growth. Acad Manag Rev 31(4):914–933CrossRef

Schoof U (2006) Stimulating youth entrepreneurship: barriers and incentives to enterprise start-ups by young people. Ser Youth Entrep Int Labour Org 76:1–12

Schumpeter J (1934) The theory of economic development. Harvard University Press, Cambridge

Schweizer L (2005) Concept and evolution of business models. J Gen Manag 31(2):37–56

Shepherd D, Zahra S (2003) From conservatism to entrepreneurialism: the case of Swedish family firms. Unpublished paper. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Shoham A (1998) Export performance: a conceptualisation and empirical assessment. J Int Market 6(3):59–81

Simpson C, Kujawa D (1974) The export decision process: an empirical inquiry. J Int Bus Stud 5(1):107–117CrossRef

Sousa C (2004) Export performance measurement: an evaluation of the empirical research in the literature. Acad Mark Sci Rev 4(9):1–22

Sousa CMP, Martinez-Lopez FJ, Coelho F (2008) The determinants of export performance: a review of the research in the literature between 1998 and 2005. Int J Manag Rev 10(4):343–374CrossRef

Stock RM, Zacharias NA (2011) Patterns and performance outcomes of innovation orientation. J Acad Mark Sci 39:870–888CrossRef

Stuart R, Abetti PA (1987) Start-up ventures: towards the prediction of initial success. J Bus Ventur 2(3):215–230CrossRef

Sullivan D (1994) Measuring the degree of internationalization of a firm. J Int Bus Stud 25(2):325–342CrossRef

Talke K, Salomo S, Rost K (2010) How top management team diversity affects innovativeness and performance via the strategic choice to focus on innovation fields. Res Policy 39(7):907–918CrossRef

Tang J, Murphy PJ (2012) Prior knowledge and new product and service introductions by entrepreneurial firms: the mediating role of technological innovation. J Small Bus Manag 50:41–62CrossRef

Tatikonda MV, Montoya-Weiss MM (2001) Integrating operations and marketing perspectives of product innovation: the influence of organizational process factors and capabilities on development performance. Manag Sci 47(1):151–172CrossRef

Tihanyi L, Ellstrand AE, Daily CM, Dalton DR (2000) Composition of the top management team and firm international diversification. J Manag 26:1157–1167

Timmons JA (1990) New venture creation: entrepreneurship in the 1990s, 3rd edn. Irwin, Homewood

Ucbasaran D, Lockett A, Wright M, Westhead P (2003) Entrepreneurial founder teams: factors associated with member entry and exit. Entrep Theory Pract 28:107–128CrossRef

Venkatraman N, Ramanujam V (1986) Measurement of business performance in strategy research: a comparison of approaches. Acad Manag Rev 11:801–814

Verona G (1999) A resource-based view of product development. Acad Manag Rev 24:132–142

Wagner J (1995) Exports, firm size, and firm dynamics. Small Bus Econ 7(1):29–39CrossRef

Watson W, Steward W, BarNir A (2003) The effects of human capital, organizational demography, and interpersonal processes on venture partner perceptions of firm profit and growth. J Bus Ventur 18(2):145–164CrossRef

Westhead P, Wright M (1998) Novice, portfolio, and serial founders: are they different? J Bus Ventur 13(3):173–204CrossRef

Westhead P, Howorth C, Cowling M (2002) Ownership and management issues in first and multi-generation family firms. Entrep Region Dev 14(3):247–269CrossRef

Wheeler CN, Ibeh KIN, Dimitratos P (2008) UK export performance research—review and implications. Int Small Bus J 26(2):207–239CrossRef

Wickramasekera R, Bamberry G (2003) Exploration of born globals/international new ventures: some evidence from the Australian wine industry. Australas J Reg Stud 9(2):207

Wiersema M, Bantel K (1992) Top management team demography and corporate strategic change. Acad Manag J 35:91–121CrossRef

Wolff JA, Pett TL (2006) Small-firm performance: modeling the role of product and process improvements. J Small Bus Manag 44(2):268–284CrossRef

Zahra SA (2005) Entrepreneurial risk taking in family firms. Fam Bus Rev 18(1):23–40CrossRef

Zimmerman MA (2008) The influence of top management team heterogeneity on the capital raised through an initial public offering. Entrep Theory Pract 32(3):391–414CrossRef

Zucchella A, Palamara G, Denicolai S (2007) The drivers of the early internationalization of the firm. J World Bus 42(3):268–280CrossRef

Titel: Be international or be innovative? Be both? The role of the entrepreneurial profile
verfasst von: Stefano Denicolai
Birgit Hagen
Alessia Pisoni
Publikationsdatum: 17.03.2015
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of International Entrepreneurship / Ausgabe 4/2015
Print ISSN: 1570-7385
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7349
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10843-015-0143-y

Springer Professional

Abstract

Bitte loggen Sie sich ein, um Zugang zu Ihrer Lizenz zu erhalten.

Sie haben noch keine Lizenz? Dann Informieren Sie sich jetzt über unsere Produkte:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Weitere Artikel der Ausgabe 4/2015

The principal components of the international entrepreneurial orientation-performance relation and its linkages with the key concepts and key constructs in the present issue

The effects of demographic, cognitive and institutional factors on development of entrepreneurial intention: Toward a socio-cognitive model of entrepreneurial career

An experimental analysis of risk and entrepreneurial attitudes of university students in the USA and Brazil

The effect of internal capabilities and external environment on small- and medium-sized enterprises’ international performance and the role of the foreign market scope: The case of the Malaysian halal food industry

Premium Partner