Outward foreign investment by transnational entrepreneurs: Insights from emerging economies
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Published:2023-05-07
Issue:6
Volume:65
Page:611-623
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ISSN:1096-4762
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Container-title:Thunderbird International Business Review
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev
Affiliation:
1. Lowth Entrepreneurship Center, Sykes College of Business University of Tampa Tampa Florida USA
Abstract
AbstractThis research considers how transnational entrepreneurs in emerging economies identify and develop opportunities for investment into international ventures. Specifically, this study seeks to identify common drivers for outward investment by transnational entrepreneurs from their country of origin (Brazil and India) to their adopted country (the US). Findings indicate three common drivers of this type of internationalization: formal education, effectual logic, and the leveraging of perceived market differences. Furthermore, the data show that entrepreneurs prefer a gradual process of investment rather than a large‐scale initial investment during the exploitation of international opportunities in the adopted country. The results of this study have important practical implications and are valuable additions to the scholarly understanding of the growing field of transnational entrepreneurship.
Funder
Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University
Subject
Political Science and International Relations,Geography, Planning and Development,Business and International Management
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