How and Why Internationalization Facilitates High Firm Growth

Abstract

Current gazelle and high growth firm (HGF) research provides relatively little systematic knowledge if, how, why firm internationalization facilitates accelerated growth. This chapter aims at providing such an insight by addressing the following three questions: (1) What is the evidence of internationalization as an determinant of HGF; (2) How does internationalization facilitates fast growth?; (3) What do we know about the circumstance under which internationalization contributes to HGF? The chapter concludes that while there is clear evidence that internationalization and its different modes can be important determinants of accelerated firm growth, our knowledge remains limited on how different circumstances of the firm at the micro-, meso- and macro-level interact to condition growth opportunities through internationalization.

Citation

Becker-Ritterspach, F. (2022), "How and Why Internationalization Facilitates High Firm Growth", Becker-Ritterspach, F., Dörrenbächer, C. and Tomenendal, M. (Ed.) The Promises and Properties of Rapidly Growing Companies: Gazelles, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 107-127. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-818-120221006