Institutional theory perspective and internationalization of firms. How institutional context influences internationalization of SMES?

Creative Internationalization: The Importance of Institutional Culture

Institutional open access at home and outward internationalization

While voluminous research has focused on the impact of host country institutions on foreign entrants, the rise of outward internationalization of firms from emerging economies is challenging this research stream. Limited work has been done to investigate a crucial question: How do home country institutions influence firms from emerging economies to engage in outward internationalization? Inspir...

Internationalization of Software Firms Finnish Small and Medium-Sized Internationalization of Software Firms

Ojala, Arto Internationalization of software firms: Finnish small and medium-sized software firms in Japan Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2008, 57 p. (+ articles) (Jyväskylä Studies in Computing, ISSN 1456-5390; 89) ISBN 978-951-39-3251-0 (PDF), 978-951-39-3130-8 (nid.) Finnish summary Diss. This dissertation investigates internationalization of small and medium-sized software firms first ...

Internationalization of Firms from Emerging Economies: Theory, Evidence and Policy

India and China have emerged as an important source of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) in the global economy. The increasing presence of their enterprises in the advanced countries has posed a challenge both to theory of internationalization of firms and public policy alike to explain why this has happened. In this paper, an attempt is made to examine, in comparative framework, the tre...

Geographical and Institutional Distances in Venture Capital Deals: How Syndication and Experience Drive Internationalization Patterns

Drawing on a novel dataset of worldwide venture capital deals, we investigate how venture capitalists (VCs) overcome the complexity of investing in geographically and institutionally distant regions. Our results indicate that syndicating with local VCs is a common way for foreign VCs to gain deal access, overcome the complexity of investing in distant regions and offset their lack of within-cou...