Internationalization of software firms

Mikko Rönkkö*, Juhana Peltonen

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    Abstract

    This paper presents the results of a large sample survey of internationalizing firms in the Finnish software industry. We analyze the data descriptively with plots and tabulations and as more analytically with regression analyses. The results support the conclusion that internationalization can be considered as a natural stage in the firm life-cycle, but patterns of internationalization differ across firms. Considering the current theorizing of software firms as prototypical international new ventures, we find it surprising that many firms seem to choose to internationalize only a little and gradually.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationSoftware Business - First International Conference, ICSOB 2010, Proceedings
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages38-48
    Number of pages11
    Volume51 LNBIP
    ISBN (Print)9783642136320
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010
    MoE publication typeA4 Conference publication
    EventInternational Conference on Software Business - Jyvaskyla, Finland
    Duration: 21 Jun 201023 Jun 2010
    Conference number: 1

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
    Volume51 LNBIP
    ISSN (Print)18651348

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Software Business
    Abbreviated titleICSOB
    Country/TerritoryFinland
    CityJyvaskyla
    Period21/06/201023/06/2010

    Keywords

    • Internationalization
    • Software firm

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