RT Journal Article
T1 The typology of entrepreneurial exporters: has it all been said? An empirical approach using latent class segmentations
A1 Ruiz-Lopez, A.
A1 Navarro-García, A.
A1 Berbel Pineda, Juan Manuel
K1 True-born global exporters
K1 Early internationals
K1 Traditional exporters
K1 True born-again global
K1 Latent class segmentation
AB The main aim of this work is to close the research gap that is the lack of a dominant typology of exporting firms in the area of international entrepreneurship (IE). It combines the principles of gradual or stage approaches, scale and scope, with those associated with international entrepreneurial behaviours: time to internationalisation and speed. Latent class segmentation is achieved using a sample of 136 Spanish exporting firms to uncover the nature and characteristics of the different exporters. The results enable us to identify four groups of exporters: true-born global exporters, early international and market concentration exporters, traditional exporters, and true born-again globals. The differences between these four groups are the earliness of their internationalisation, their pace of international expansion, their development of strategies for diversification or market concentration, and their level of international propensity. The results produce both academic and managerial contributions to the field of export activities.
PB Routledge
YR 2021
FD 2021-12-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22518
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22518
LA en
NO Economic research-Ekonomska istraživanja, 35(1), 4177-4194.
NO Departamento de Organización de Empresas y Marketing. Universidad Pablo de Olavide.
DS RIO
RD Apr 25, 2026