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Submissions deadline: Oct 1, 2014

Internationalization Strategies and Processes of New Ventures and SMEs

For publication in: Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy, Volume 15 (2015)

Volume editors

Barak S. Aharonson, Uriel Stettner, Terry L. Amburgey

Traditionally, international business was mainly the domain of large, well-resource endowed multinational enterprises (MNEs). This was largely due to the fact their entrepreneurial counterparts have far fewer financial, human, and tangible resources, and suffer from liability of newness. Recently, entrepreneurial firms with distinctive characteristics have emerged that address resources and legitimation issues, which are at the core of their survival. Born global firms are organizations that at or near the founding of the firm are active in the international arena by design rather than by emergence (Fan and Phan, 2007; Hashai, 2011; Lopez, Kundu, and Ciravegna, 2008; Zhou, Wu, and Luo, 2007). Such firms are much smaller than their MNEs counterparts, yet they are able to establish an international presence and revenue streams rapidly. (Autio, Sapienza, and Almeida, 2000; Knight and Cavusgil, 2004; McDougall and Oviatt, 2000).

This volume of Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy is devoted to research aimed at understanding the environment in, both the home and host countries that facilitates the emergence of Born-Global organizations, the entrepreneurial actions and inclinations of these firms' founders that lead them to enter the international arena at an early stage. We seek papers that explore how such organizations are able to overcome the liability of newness and lack of resources and engage in international activities.  Research topics might include but are not limited to studies that offer insights into the relative performance implications of Born-Global firms, Born-Global strategies, factors that lead to greater success of Born-Global firms, and the learning process of building dynamic international capabilities of such firms.

We welcome contributions that tackle these and related issues from a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives. Contributions to this TIE-CS volume may take a range of forms, may focus on different levels of analysis, and may employ both quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Submission Guidelines

All papers submitted must represent original research not previously published elsewhere. Depending on the scope that you wish to present, the chapter should be approximately 30-40 double-spaced pages including any illustrations, figures, tables and graphs. References to other publications must be in APA 6th Edition reference style.

All copyedited submissions will be subject to in-depth review, and editorial decisions and revision requests will be communicated to authors.

For questions regarding the content of this TIE-CS volume, the editorial process, or to submit a paper, please contact: Barak Aharonson (aharonson@tau.ac.il) or Uriel Stettner (urielste@tau.ac.il)