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Emerging market digital firms : identifying and exploiting international opportunities
Mini Dissertation (MPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/80442 Emerging market digital firms : identifying and exploiting international opportunities Mamabolo, Anastacia ichelp@gibs.co.za Henz, Jakob UCTD Mini Dissertation (MPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2020. In emerging markets, local technology firms (referred to as EM digital INVs) are increasingly driving business ecosystem development and inclusive growth. Many of such firms are internationalizing to other emerging markets early in their development, thereby creating competitive advantages across borders. However, a lack of empirical studies of such firms has meant that there is limited understanding of their internationalization process. This study explores the initial stages of EM digital INVs internationalization, specifically investigating how such firms identify and exploit opportunities in other emerging markets. The study took an exploratory approach, using qualitative methods to interview 12 founders and internationalization managers of EM digital INVs from countries across sub-Saharan Africa. The study led to the development of the EM digital INVs internationalization model, which illuminated the process of identifying opportunities, overcoming internationalization barriers, accumulating resources and determining entry mode. The study contributes to the literature by classifying a new type of firm, EM digital INVs. Furthermore, the study addresses the lack of research conducted on emerging market firms, specifically those in the technology sector. pt2021 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MPhil Unrestricted 2021-06-22T12:29:07Z 2021-06-22T12:29:07Z 2021/04/14 2020 Mini Dissertation Henz, J 2020, Emerging market digital firms : identifying and exploiting international opportunities, MPhil Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80442> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80442 en © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Emerging market digital firms : identifying and exploiting international opportunities |
| title | Emerging market digital firms : identifying and exploiting international opportunities |
| title_full | Emerging market digital firms : identifying and exploiting international opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Emerging market digital firms : identifying and exploiting international opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emerging market digital firms : identifying and exploiting international opportunities |
| title_short | Emerging market digital firms : identifying and exploiting international opportunities |
| title_sort | emerging market digital firms identifying and exploiting international opportunities |
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| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80442 |