This research adopted an exploratory, case-based theorising approach and empirically examined the model of forces influencing the speed of internationalization developed by Oviatt and McDougall (2005). This study proposed a 4-by-4 matrix consisting of the time axis and the speed axis in order to...

This paper aims to examine the influence of national institutions on start-up firms’ initial growth and internationalization. Focusing on two entrepreneurial start-ups in the ICT sector, this study highlights Japanese institutions in transition, and depicts the way in which rapidly growing...

This chapter draws on three branches of management studies – corporate strategy, technology strategy, and institutional strategy – in order to develop a framework aimed at analyzing and predicting the nature and structure of GVCs. First, corporate strategy informs how firms shape GVC...