Despite the plethora of studies on SMEs' export performance and survival, empirical works
on export initiation are relatively limited. Thus far, extant literature has fallen short of …

The literature on early internationalization has evolved rapidly in the last few decades. Firms
that achieve early and rapid internationalization have emerged as newcomers in the …

Purpose Technology is an important force in the entrepreneurial ecosystem as it has the
potential to impact entrepreneurial opportunities and processes. This paper explores the …

Social enterprises (SEs) are firms that employ a business-oriented approach to tackling
social problems. This paper quantitatively analyzes the importance of SEs' business models …

This study demonstrates that web-search traffic information, in particular, Google Trends
data, is a credible novel source of high-quality and easy-to-access data for analyzing …

Despite an increasing number of studies identifying factors that influence the
internationalization process for early internationalizing firms (EIFs), it remains unclear which …

The economic advancement of emerging markets such as China, Brazil, and India has been
regarded as one of the benefits of a globalized world. This paper revisits and evaluates the …

Purpose External knowledge is a key resource for the success and the survival of born
global firms; however, existing models provide minimal evidence on how these firms should …

Open innovation (OI) has received significant attention from practices and theories over the
past decades. This paper investigates the role of OI and personalized patterns in firms at …

According to statistics, low-temperature waste heat below 300° C accounts for more than
89% of industrial waste heat. If the waste heat is not recycled, a large amount of low …