Handbook of Research on Born Globals

Contents: Foreword Preface PART ONE 1. Overview, Background and Historical origin of BGs Development of Theoretical and Empirical Research on BGs 2. Born Global or Simply Rapidly Internationalizing? Leonidas C. Leonidou and Saeed Samiee 3. Determinants of Different Types of BGs Matthias Baum, Christian Schwens and Rudiger Kabst 4. Born Global and Born-Again Global Firms: A Comparison of Internationalization Patterns Michael Sheppard and Rod McNaughton 5. The Born Global Dilemma: Trade-off Between Rapid Growth and Control Carl Arthur Solberg 6. An Inquiry on Born Global Firm's Learning Process: Industrial Policy A Case Study of Information Technology - Based SMEs Alex Rialp, Inmaculada Galvan-Sanchez and Minerva Garcia PART TWO 7. Born Globals: Research Areas That Still Need to be Covered More Fully 8. Born Globals Firms' Use of Networks and Alliances: A Social Dynamic Perspective Susan Freeman 9. Sourcing Networks of Born Global Firms Jukka Partanen and Per Servais 10. Born Global Firms, Internet and New Forms of Internationalization Rotem Shneor 11. Do Born-Global SMEs Reap More Benefits From ICT Use Than Other Internationalising Small Firms? Noemi Pezderka, Rudolf R. Sinkovics and Ruey-Jer 'Bryan' Jean 12. An Institutional Perspective on the Strategic Behaviour of Chinese New Ventures Huan Zou and Pervez N. Ghauri PART THREE 13. Born Globals: Trends in Developing Intellectual Entrepreneurs, Founders / Managers and in Other Research Areas 14. International Pathways of Software Born Globals Olli Kuivalainen and Sami Saarenketo 15. Characteristics of Born Global Industries-The Birth of Offshore Renewables Nicolai Lovdal and Arild Aspelund 16. Portuguese BGs: Founders' Linkages, Company Evolution and International Geographic Patterns Vitor Corado Simoes 17. Battleship Strategy for Managing MNC - Born Global Innovation Networks T.J. Vapola 18. China BGs Tiia Vissak, Xiaotian Zhang and Kadri Ukrainski 19. Annotated Bibliography for Researchers