Business, Network, and Entrepreneur: The Drivers of Rapid Internationalization of the Born Global Firms

Author

Cao Chang-xing ; Ma Hai-yan

Author_Institution

Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Zhejiang Forestry Univ., Hangzhou, China

fYear

2009

fDate

20-22 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of business-, network and entrepreneur - specific factor in driving rapid internationalization of the born global firms. Drawing upon a sample of 74 born global firms in the Yangtze Delta, results of a LISRELL analysis reveal that business-, network and entrepreneur - specific factor have a positive influence on the rapid internationalization of the born global firms. Furthermore, this research shows that entrepreneur-specific factor is positively related to business and network. The results illustrate that entrepreneur-specific factor plays an important role in driving rapid internationalization of the born global firms.

Keywords

globalisation; LISRELL analysis; entrepreneur-specific factor; global firms; rapid internationalization; Asia; Business communication; Europe; Forestry; Geology; Internet; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; North America; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management and Service Science, 2009. MASS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4638-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4639-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMSS.2009.5301707

Filename

5301707