Start-up patterns of internationalization: A framework and its application in the context of knowledge-intensive SMEs

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International commitment, post-entry growth and survival of international new ventures (2014, background): “As commitment to foreign operations increases, firms are less likely to withdraw from international markets (Benito, 1997; Kuivalainen et al., 2012).”
The Internet as an alternative path to internationalization (2013, background): “Furthermore, drawing on TCE and on the efficiency motive perspective of information technology (IT) adoption (Kuivalainen et al., 2012), we suggest that the internet’s potential to reduce export barriers and enhance customer acquisition are two important drivers of internet use as an alternative to…”
Understanding the drivers of international performance for born global firms: an integrated perspective (2015, background): “There is no universally accepted definition of a born global firm; see Kuivalainen, Saarenketo, and Puumalainen (2012) for a discussion of the complexity of this issue in the context of Finnish knowledge-intensive SMEs.”
Local and international networks in small firm internationalization: cases from the Rhône-Alpes medical technology regional cluster (2013, result): “In line with extant studies, critical episodes have been found to be either external (e.g. through client followership) or internal (e.g. change of management and change of owners) (Andersson 2000; Kuivalainen, Saarenketo, and Puumalainen 2012).”