European Born Globals

Job creation in young international businesses

Irene Mandl, Valentina Patrini (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

184 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-71395-6 (ISBN)

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In the aftermath of the global recession, job creation is a policy priority. While it is a well-accepted fact that the majority of jobs are created by small and medium-sized enterprises, not all SMEs are rapidly growing, or even intend to expand. With limited public budgets, business models within the SME population that do show high job creation potential become very attractive.

One of the business types identified as major engines of job creation are ‘born globals’ characterised as firms which engage intensively in internationalisation activities shortly after start-up. They are high on the entrepreneurship research agenda but so far little attention has been devoted to their potential as job creators, the processes they apply when hiring and the barriers they face.

Through a combination of secondary data analysis, literature reviews and international case studies, European Born Globals sheds new light on the motivations and processes of job creation in born global firms. It will contribute to understanding the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of job creation in born globals, essential not only for policy makers, but also for academic research and management education.

Irene Mandl is Head of Unit ‘Employment’ at Eurofound and has been working in policy-oriented research on employment and labour market as well as entrepreneurship for more than 15 years. Some of her major research topics refer to SMEs, internationalisation, specific forms of entrepreneurship or new forms of employment. Valentina Patrini is a researcher at Eurofound. Valentina is mainly focusing on entrepreneurship, internationalisation and innovation and their relationship with employment and job creation. She has ten years of experience in the field of socioeconomic research, including policy evaluations and comparative studies at European level.

Introduction

SMEs and job creation in Europe

Introduction

Economic and labour market contribution of European SMEs

Determinants of job creation in SMEs

Overview

Company external determinants

Company internal determinants

Concluding remarks: The profile of the job creating SME

Born globals’ job creation dynamism – the European perspective

Introduction

The business model of born globals

Economic and labour market contribution of born globals in Europe

Drivers and constraints for job creation

Processes and characteristics of job creation

Job creation in Swedish born globals

Introduction

Sweden’s economy and international trade

Born Globals in Sweden

Number of employees in born global enterprises

Willingness and expectation to grow

Examples of Swedish born globals

Axelent

Camp Scandinavia

Creative industries sector

Discussion

Managerial and policy implications

Employment and job creation in born global enterprises in Austria

Introduction

Mapping and characterising born globals in Austria

The number and share of born globals

Prevalence of born globals by sector

Size and workforce of born globals

Innovation activity of born globals

Owners and managers of born globals

Growth performance of born globals

Strategic orientation of born globals

Types of jobs created and personnel needed by born globals

Recruitment practices used

Barriers to job creation and recruiting

Support for recruitment and job creation

Key results and policy pointers

Annex: Further information on company case studies

Estonian born globals’ job creation

Introduction

Literature review

The literature on job creation

The literature on born globals

The literature on born globals as potential job creators

Data and method

Results

Conclusion and implications

Born globals and the Medical Technology cluster in the West of Ireland

Introduction

Literature review

Cluster theory

Born globals and industry clusters

The cluster life cycle

Irish medical technology industry

The Medical Technology Cluster in the west of Ireland

Indigenous entrepreneurship in the cluster

Discussion

Conclusions

More than job creation. Employee engagement in knowledge sharing and learning advantages of newness

Introduction

Learning advantages of newness

Employee engagement in knowledge sharing

Selective recruitment

Training

Primary evidence from six Spanish case studies

Sample

Description of the jobs created

Employees’ engagement in knowledge sharing

Recruitment and employee engagement in knowledge sharing

Training and employee engagement in knowledge sharing

Conclusions: uncovering the role of human resource practices in promoting born globals’ learning advantages of newness

Conclusions and policy pointers

Why focusing on job creation in born globals?

Development pathways of born globals

Specific public support for job creation in born globals

For future policy debate: Job creation by born globals

Erscheinungsdatum	22.12.2017
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy
Zusatzinfo	18 Tables, black and white; 22 Line drawings, black and white; 22 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-138-71395-3 / 1138713953
ISBN-13	978-1-138-71395-6 / 9781138713956
Zustand	Neuware