The Internationalization of Global Start-Ups: Understanding the Role of Serial Entrepreneurs

Onetti Alberto (), Odorici Vincenza () and Presutti Manuela ()
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Onetti Alberto: Department of Economics, University of Insubria, Italy
Odorici Vincenza: Business Administration Department , University of Bologna, Italy
Presutti Manuela: Business Administration Department , University of Bologna, Italy

Economics and Quantitative Methods from Department of Economics, University of Insubria

Abstract: Using qualitative methodology, we aim to understand how serial entrepreneurs can foster the development of born-global ventures. We consider a born-global start-up as the final stage of the learning process for a serial entrepreneur, advancing propositions regarding the importance of prior entrepreneurial experience – in terms of knowledge acquisition, identification and exploitation of opportunities, social networks development – for bornglobal venture creation and growth. We verify that the serial entrepreneur’s previous entrepreneurial experiences could substitute for the lack of knowledge, opportunity recognition and social networks of a born-global start-up. Thus, we recognize the necessity of a shift in the unit of analysis, from born-global start-up to a global serial entrepreneur. Moreover, we suggest to follow a dynamic approach when the born-global start-up issue is discussed since we expect that the entrepreneur’s learning process evolves over time in relation to their quality of previous experiences.

Keywords: born-global; international new ventures; entrepreneurship; serial entrepreneur; internationalization; social network; entrepreneurial experience; opportunity identification; opportunity exploration; longitudinal case study. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2008-04
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