Born global or born regional? Evidence from an exploratory study in the Costa Rican software industry
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Firms that operate internationally from birth with wide geographic reach are rare.
“However, companies with a broad geographic scope from inception remain the exception rather than the rule (Lopez, Kundu, & Ciravegna, 2009;Verbeke & Ciravegna, 2018).”
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- Authors
- Lopez, L. E., Kundu, S. K., & Ciravegna, L.
- Affiliations
- Florida International University (US)
- Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas (CR)
- Corresponding author
- Kundu, Sumit K
- Venue
- Journal of International Business Studies
- Published
- 2008-10-30
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1228-1238
- ISSN
- 0047-2506 (ISSN-L)
- 1478-6990
- OpenAlex
- W2098311741
- Cited by
- 327
- References
- 58
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- FWCI
- 25.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of International Business Studies (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Florida International University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › International Business and FDI
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Global trade and economics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Keywords
- born global firms, software industry, internationalization, gradual internationalization, small business, Costa Rica, developing countries, open economy
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