Modelling internationalization of high growth firms: Micro level approach

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F70883521%3A28120%2F19%3A63523464" target="_blank" >RIV/70883521:28120/19:63523464 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.ekonomie-management.cz/en/archiv/search/detail/1564-modelling-internationalization-of-high-growth-firms-micro-level-approach/" target="_blank" >http://www.ekonomie-management.cz/en/archiv/search/detail/1564-modelling-internationalization-of-high-growth-firms-micro-level-approach/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2019-1-004" target="_blank" >10.15240/tul/001/2019-1-004</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Modelling internationalization of high growth firms: Micro level approach

Original language description

The role of owners/professional managers has been recognized as a vital in the development processes of high growth firms (HGFs), contributing to countries&apos; productivity and competitiveness. The purpose of the paper is to identify and analyse some of the most significant factors, impacting internationalization of HGFs by investigating the attitudes of owners and professional managers. Theoretical discussion, related to international entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial traits and entrepreneurial perceptions, has led to the development of the research instrument. The analysis is based on a quantitative approach: the survey focuses on Lithuanian HGFs. The sample comprises 353 firms, included in the annual Gazelle list. The study does not reveal the difference between the attitudes of owners and professional managers. The results corroborate previous investigations disclosing that the traits of entrepreneurs and managers, matching entrepreneurial tasks, are good predictor of HGFs internationalization. The importance of external incentives, perceived by the owners and managers, are decreasing while HGFs internationalization is increasing. The joint effect of entrepreneurial traits and perceptions of internal and external barriers are good predictors of HGFs internationalization. The findings of the study are useful for the policy makers in the financial support decision making process and in the development of additional training programs. The implications for the managers of HGFs lie in the possibility to assess their personality traits and conclude about their suitability to that task. The research fills the gap in the extant knowledge by investigating micro-level factors and provides valuable findings on HGFs in Eastern European country.

Czech name

—

Czech description

—

Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

—

OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

—

Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

E+M. Ekonomie a Management

ISSN

1212-3609

e-ISSN

—

Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

54-71

UT code for WoS article

000461177700004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85069230833