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Author
Jarosiński Mirosław (Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie)
Title
The early internationalisation of Polish companies : research results
Source
Journal of Management and Financial Sciences, 2012, vol. 5, nr 7, s. 34-49, tab., bibliogr. 31 poz.
Keyword
Internacjonalizacja przedsiębiorstw, Wyniki badań
Enterprise internationalization, Research results
Note
summ.
Country
Polska
Poland
Abstract
The survey conducted on the sample of the randomly selected 47 medium-sized companies based in Poland with the majority of Polish capital established after 1987 operating on foreign markets allows the author to state that there are born globals in Poland irrespective of how they are defined operationally. Unfortunately, on a closer examination of the identified companies, it appears that some of them, although they meet the criteria determined in the operational definition of born globals, their characteristics do not fit the theoretical definitions. It should be emphasized that these statements refer only to the surveyed companies and due to the small size of the sample, these conclusions cannot be spread to cover the whole population of companies. That is why, a similar survey is worth repeating on a much larger sample of companies, resigning from applying the definition of T. K. Madsen et al. with regard to its limited ability to distinguish companies corresponding to the characteristics of born globals. The author's research allowed also for drawing additional conclusions. Firstly, the strictness of criteria specified in the definitions determines the characteristics of companies identified on their basis. Secondly, the operational definitions of stricter criteria allow for the distinction of companies with characteristics closer to the theoretical definitions of born globals. Hence, the future research of born globals should be concerned with the application of operational definition closer to the theoretical definitions of born globals. In this respect, the definition of S. Kandasaami (1998) seems already suitable, as it excludes the superficial involvement in internationalisation. Also, the definition of K. Przybylska (2010) seems to be a good definition to be used in research. It would be best to apply in the future research such a definition of born globals that could be approved of by all researchers of this phenomenon. It would allow for the comparison of research results and drawing far reaching conclusions due to it. (original abstract)
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