The transformation of born globals: From early internationalization to digitalization

Abstract

The paradox of accelerated internationalization has given us the concept of “born global” (BGs) also known as “International new ventures” (INVs) Being novel and enthusiastically international at the same time, BGs/INVs are contradicting the existing theories which explain s the existence of internationalization as gradual process. With an objective to enhance the insight within the emerging field of “international entrepreneurship” (IE), the current paper has emphasised on analyzing the recent literature concerned with the phenomena of INVs also known as ‘global start-ups’ and ‘born-globa’l firms. Extant literature has reported different dimensions of BGs/INVs which have evolved over the period of time. This paper illustrates the evolution of early accelerated internationalization from inception till the present.