Title: The impact of ecosystem on the speedy internationalisation of born global firms in emerging markets

Authors: Mohammad Falahat; Zizah Che Senik; Yan-Yin Lee; Melissa W. Migin

Addresses: School of Marketing and Management, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU), 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ' Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Selangor, Malaysia ' Faculty of Accountancy and Management (FAM), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia ' School of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Malaysia Campus, 62200 Putrajaya, Malaysia

Abstract: This study presents the ecosystem of born global firms in emerging markets by combining international entrepreneurship, born global perspective and the forces contributing to the advancement of competitive capabilities. The qualitative approach through in-person interviews with six born global firms was employed. Thematic coding was performed to facilitate model building required for this study. Findings reveal that triggering facets of push and pull factors, government support initiatives, enabling factors of entrepreneurial characteristics, market orientation, learning orientation and networking strongly contribute to building the competitive capabilities of born global that leads to speedy internationalisation. This study extends the research agenda in the field of international entrepreneurship in emerging markets by presenting the ecosystem comprising seven triggering, supporting and enabling forces contributing to competitive capabilities that lead to the speed of internationalisation of export-oriented enterprises in emerging markets.

Keywords: early internationalisation; speedy internationalisation; ecosystem; born globals; institutional voids; competitive capabilities; emerging markets.

DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2023.133935

European Journal of International Management, 2023 Vol.21 No.3, pp.509 - 538

Received: 10 Nov 2018
Accepted: 14 Aug 2019
Published online: 06 Oct 2023 *

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