Learning from Difference

Martine Cardel Gertsen

Chapter 13 in Global Collaboration: Intercultural Experiences and Learning, 2012, pp 207-220 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The quotations above, from two Born Global small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are active in Asia, indicate a sincere willingness to learn from intercultural collaboration and a global orientation. This is not surprising, as the Born Global concept of refers to a company that attempts to gain significant advantages through the use of resources from or the sale of outputs to multiple countries from the time of its founding. These companies do not launch their activities in their home market and expand geographically in a gradual manner. Rather, they view the world as their marketplace and have an international or even a global perspective on their business from the outset (Madsen & Servais, 1997). With very few exceptions, Born Globals start out as SMEs.

Keywords: Knowledge Worker; International Entrepreneurship; Born Global; Intercultural Interaction; International Business Review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137026064_13

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