The Internationalisation of British Start-up Companies in High-Technology Industries /
The present study analyses the international activities of British start-up companies in high-technology industries. The research makes the following contributions. First, it is the first study that establishes the prevalence of internationally operating start-up companies in a particular country. A...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg :
Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint : Physica,
2000.
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| Series: | ZEW Economic Studies, Publication Series of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany ;
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The present study analyses the international activities of British start-up companies in high-technology industries. The research makes the following contributions. First, it is the first study that establishes the prevalence of internationally operating start-up companies in a particular country. Accordingly, we find that the majority of British high-tech start-ups have engaged in international activities within a few years since formation. Second, it consolidates the existing knowledge in the fields of international entrepreneurship and subjects it to empirical testing. Third, it assesses the power of different theories in international business to explain the cross-border activities of start-up companies. Overall, the research lends support to a resource-based perspective of international entrepreneurship since the proxies for transaction cost-based arguments and the internationalisation process theory are of limited explanatory power. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages 11 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9783642576713 (electronic bk.) 3642576710 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 1615-6781 ; |