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Instigating Start-Up Industries as a Foundation for International High-Growth Venturing

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The present study approaches international venturing with a deep contextualized view, emphasizing the social setting in which international entrepreneurial behavior is embedded. Relying on a review of research on contextual influences on international entrepreneurship and the concept of high-growth venturing, we develop a conceptualization of a collective activity-based start-up industry for international high-growth venturing. Through an empirical study of the start-up industry in Israel, we explicate the contextual determinants of international venturing in start-up industries. We contribute to the understanding of start-up industries as a particular growth frontier in international business.

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    Tuija Mainela, Vesa Puhakka & Sakari Sipola

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Mainela, T., Puhakka, V., Sipola, S. (2017). Instigating Start-Up Industries as a Foundation for International High-Growth Venturing. In: Ibeh, K., Tolentino, P., Janne, O., Liu, X. (eds) Growth Frontiers in International Business. The Academy of International Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48851-6_2

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