Nowadays, the buzzwords for organizations to be prepared competitive environment’s challenges are sustainability, digitalization, resilience and agility. However, despite fact that these concepts have come into common use at level of both scholars practitioners, nature relation between sustainability has not yet been sufficiently clarified. Above all, there is still no evidence what factors determine greater change in an organization also wants more sustainable, especially times crisis...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize strategic agility in entrepreneurial internationalization and highlight the role marketing “under particular conditions” – those early fast internationalizers. Design/methodology/approach study based on in-depth case studies four internationalizers using an inductive approach. studied along a set key business processes, i.e. sensing through selective customer/partner intimacy; development experimentation testing; coordination...

Abstract There is near unanimity among international business scholars that it takes more time to expand internationally than domestically. Hence, this why some are puzzled by born globals (BGs), firms make large foreign sales at birth or shortly afterwards. Explanations given for “anomaly” BGs have exceptional resources—advanced technologies and a high orientation on the part of their entrepreneurs, they rely cheaper internationalization strategies like Internet networks. What almost...

This study provides a theoretical analysis of SME strategic postures and presents empirical evidence types international SMEs across three European countries, namely Italy, Finland Greece. Empirical investigation based on sample more than 550 is performed through cluster analysis. Findings suggest there are four broad types, namely, the entrepreneurial/growth oriented group firms, marketing/selling business, firms which lack orientation strategy, focuses innovation/technology core...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the exogenous and endogenous drivers high-growth Unicorn start-ups along their life cycle, with a particular focus on Unicorns in fintech industry. Design/methodology/approach employs an explorative longitudinal analysis matched-pair two cases similar antecedent features understand holistically over longer term. Findings High-growth patterns term are result combined industry- company-life cycle perspective. Drivers growth vary significantly...

A B S T R C This paper identifies different strategic types of internationalised SMEs, in so doing providing managers and entrepreneurs with a much better understanding the main options their relationship international performance firms. We provide theoretical analysis orientations behaviour followed by an empirical investigation based on sample Italian SMEs. The SMEs are grouped into using cluster analysis, link between type is subsequently analysed logistic regression. data suggest that...

This study investigates the interplay of firms' business strategies and their export activities, with a special emphasis on role niche in early fast internationalisation new young ventures. By coupling theoretical arguments case-based empirical evidence, we offer insights how strategic pattern can influence internationalisation. Furthermore, discuss evolution over time this pattern. Our case evidence sheds light mechanism underpinning both 'niche explorative phase', which opportunity...

Our study replicates a US and an Australian in the Italian context to address whether home- country influences nature of dynamic capabilities (DCs) that are developed deployed small, entrepreneurial firms for these internationalize. We measure suite relate innovation firm which is put internationalization. The findings portray two logics, dominant entrepreneur's logic lesser significant logic. centered on entrepreneur their vision model. logic, based bundling DCs learn from internal external...

Purpose This study aims to illustrate how a university can leverage Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) act as boundary spanner in international collaborations and multi-stakeholder value co-creation. research explores the potential of reimagined abroad program connect disparate entrepreneurial ecosystems enhance university’s role fostering collaborative projects. Design/methodology/approach uses case methodology investigate an Erasmus+ BIP aimed at integrating real-world entrepreneurship with...

This paper presents strategic types of internationalized SMEs across four European countries responding to the call in International Business developing studies field generic international strategy. The objective our research is twofold: first, by employing cluster analyses we try uncover groups out from data. Second, aim link emerging clusters and their internationalisation behaviour patterns. Results show some that are part common different countries, even though relevant country...