Article: Driving global success: entrepreneurialness and strategic competency of ICT-born global firms in Sri Lanka Journal: International Journal of Business Excellence (IJBEX) 2025 Vol.37 No.5 pp.1 - 29 Abstract: This study investigates the role of entrepreneurialness-measured through international entrepreneurial culture (IEC) - in enhancing the international performance of ICT-born global firms in Sri Lanka, with strategic competency (SC) as a mediating variable. Based on the dynamic capability view, IEC exhibits five strategic orientations: international entrepreneurial orientation, international market orientation, international learning orientation, international network orientation, and international growth orientation. A cross-sectional online survey of 225 ICT firms was analysed using PLS-SEM. The results confirm that all IEC dimensions significantly influence international performance, and through the mediating effect of SC. The findings offer empirical evidence from a developing country context, highlighting how internally driven dynamic capabilities can enable small firms to overcome resource constraints and succeed globally. The study contributes to the literature by offering a new perspective on the multidimensional IEC model and reinforcing the strategic role of SC in the international expansion of born global firms. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Driving global success: entrepreneurialness and strategic competency of ICT-born global firms in Sri Lanka

Authors: H.M.T.S. Herath

Addresses: Department of Commerce and Financial Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Abstract: This study investigates the role of entrepreneurialness-measured through international entrepreneurial culture (IEC) - in enhancing the international performance of ICT-born global firms in Sri Lanka, with strategic competency (SC) as a mediating variable. Based on the dynamic capability view, IEC exhibits five strategic orientations: international entrepreneurial orientation, international market orientation, international learning orientation, international network orientation, and international growth orientation. A cross-sectional online survey of 225 ICT firms was analysed using PLS-SEM. The results confirm that all IEC dimensions significantly influence international performance, and through the mediating effect of SC. The findings offer empirical evidence from a developing country context, highlighting how internally driven dynamic capabilities can enable small firms to overcome resource constraints and succeed globally. The study contributes to the literature by offering a new perspective on the multidimensional IEC model and reinforcing the strategic role of SC in the international expansion of born global firms.

Keywords: born global firms; dynamic capability view; DCV; entrepreneurialness; international entrepreneurial culture; IEC; international performance; Sri Lanka; strategic competency.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2025.149030

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2025 Vol.37 No.5, pp.1 - 29

Received: 23 Jun 2025
Accepted: 08 Jul 2025
Published online: 09 Oct 2025 *

Title: Driving global success: entrepreneurialness and strategic competency of ICT-born global firms in Sri Lanka

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