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Internationalization through business model innovation: In search of relevant design dimensions and elements

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Internationalization through business model innovation involves the creation, or reinvention, of the business itself. This paper aims to integrate basic insight from the literature on business model innovation, internationalization of the firm, international entrepreneurship, and global marketing into a conceptual model. Our model illustrates that internationalization through business model innovation includes design dimensions, which are domestic or globalized in upstream production as well as in downstream markets. The outcome of this paper is four international business model types each with a specific resource allocation for dealing with differences across geographical locations and entry mode elements. We address the interrelation of these dimensions and elements in firms’ international activities.

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Rask, M. Internationalization through business model innovation: In search of relevant design dimensions and elements. J Int Entrep 12, 146–161 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10843-014-0127-3

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