SMEs' internationalization and innovation activities represent fundamental economic
activities that are conducive to SMEs' individual success, but likewise contribute to the …

The literature emphasises that technological advances have enabled firms to expand
internationally at accelerated speed. Yet, technological advances are treated as a contextual …

This article explores whether new firms managed by founder-chief executive officers (CEOs)
are more likely to survive than those managed by successor-CEOs in times of crisis …

Does a firms resilience distinguish itself from its mere probability of survival in a way that
justifies the expanding research? Answers to this question are found through a novel …

Technological mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have been major strategic options for firm
growth. However, it is not a rudimentary task to build a long list of target firms among a vast …

Speed of internationalization may refer to how early a new venture goes abroad as well as
how fast it expands its activities post-entry. The present paper incorporates both aspects and …

We revisit the relationship between innovation and survival, tracking how innovation types
(product, process, organizational, and marketing innovation) relate to exit routes (closure …

Founder-chief executive officers (founder-CEOs) have several reasons for starting
businesses but often struggle to pursue shareholder wealth and firm control. By conducting …

We estimate the causal effects of a tax incentive for specific productivity-enhancing
equipment introduced in 2014 for Japanese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) …

Academic literature analyzing the conditions of entrepreneurial failure has emerged in the
last decade. Failure can be interpreted in several ways: failure as the disappearance of the …