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Social Capital and its Impact on Born Transnational Firms

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Authors:
  1. Martin Krikken

    1. Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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  • Study in the field of economic sciences
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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction

    • Martin Krikken
    Pages 1-4

  3. Introducing the Born Transnational Firm as a Distinct Type of International Start-Up

    • Martin Krikken
    Pages 5-17

  4. Corporate Flexibility and its Development in the Born Transnational Firm

    • Martin Krikken
    Pages 19-39

  5. Social Capital and its Contribution to Corporate Flexibility

    • Martin Krikken
    Pages 41-64

  6. Assessing the Contribution of Social Capital to Corporate Flexibility in Real-Life Contexts

    • Martin Krikken
    Pages 65-83

  7. Conclusion

    • Martin Krikken
    Pages 85-88

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 89-108
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About this book

Recent literature on international entrepreneurship hints toward an increasing number of firms engaging in business activities across national borders from or near their inception. Employing the transnational organization model to cope with hypercompetitive markets, the so-called born transnational firms represent a rather new prototype of such rapidly internationalizing firms and appear to be prime candidates of integrating value-added processes in multiple countries in a timely manner. Martin Krikken aims at shedding light on the nature of this distinct and under-researched type of international start-up by assessing the impact of social capital on its corporate flexibility. He illuminates how born transnational firms utilize networks of relationships to increase their capacity to adapt to environmental change.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Martin Krikken

About the author

Martin Krikken holds the position of a research assistant at the Chair in Small Business and Entrepreneurship (LEMEX) at the University of Bremen.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Capital and its Impact on Born Transnational Firms

  • Authors: Martin Krikken

  • Series Title: BestMasters

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-04615-6

  • Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-04614-9Published: 03 January 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-04615-6Published: 05 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2625-3577

  • Series E-ISSN: 2625-3615

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 108

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Entrepreneurship

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