Abstract

Newly established firms with early involvement in international markets have received considerable attention during the past 25 years. These firms have been labelled ‘Born Globals’ (Rennie 1993), ‘International New Ventures’ (McDougall et al. 1994), ‘Instant Internationals’ (Preece et al. 1999) or ‘Global Start-ups’ (Jolly et al. 1992), while the research stream has often been defined as International Entrepreneurship (McDougall and Oviatt 2000; Peiris et al. 2012). We will use the term ‘Born Global’, referring to firms with significant international sales within a short time of inception.