MNE networks
and new venture
internationalisati
on
BUSI 1692
International
Entrepreneurship
, LEARNING OUTCOME
• Understand how network relationships and
social capital influence the internationalisation
process of high technology INVs?
• Understand how high technology SMEs establish
links and collaborate with big MNEs? (empirical
evidence from Scotland and Greece)
, WHAT IS A NETWORK?
• A firm’s set of relationships, both vertical and horizontal
with other organizations and entities (Gulati, Nohria and
Zaheer, 2000 in Zucchalla, Hagen and Serapio, 2018)
• Network relationships enable firms to gain access to a
variety of resources held by others. E.g information which
enables the identification and exploitation of opportunities
and new venture
internationalisati
on
BUSI 1692
International
Entrepreneurship
, LEARNING OUTCOME
• Understand how network relationships and
social capital influence the internationalisation
process of high technology INVs?
• Understand how high technology SMEs establish
links and collaborate with big MNEs? (empirical
evidence from Scotland and Greece)
, WHAT IS A NETWORK?
• A firm’s set of relationships, both vertical and horizontal
with other organizations and entities (Gulati, Nohria and
Zaheer, 2000 in Zucchalla, Hagen and Serapio, 2018)
• Network relationships enable firms to gain access to a
variety of resources held by others. E.g information which
enables the identification and exploitation of opportunities
