Internationalisation in new ventures what role do team dynamics play? Online publication date: Thu, 14-Aug-2014
by Christian Hauser; Petra Moog; Arndt Werner
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (IJESB), Vol. 15, No. 1, 2012
Abstract: The role of team size and dynamics in the internationalisation process of new ventures has received little attention in entrepreneurship literature so far. We hope to fill this gap by investigating how team formation and the intertemporal dynamics of teams in the first years of new ventures affect their propensity for early-stage-internationalisation. Using the resource-based view and matching theory, our study generates new insights in this field regarding productivity effects. Using regression models for binary outcome variables, we test our hypotheses with a data set of start-ups that are either internationalised or not (Cologne Founder Study). We find that new ventures with productive matched teams will overcome barriers to internationalisation easier than single person start-ups. In particular, we can show that a variation in team size (a decrease) enhances the productivity of the management and increases the probability to internationalise.
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