Luis E Lopez (INCAE, Graduate School of Business, Alajuela, Costa Rica) Sumit K Kundu (College of Business Administration, Florida International University, Miami, USA) Luciano Ciravegna ([1] INCAE, Graduate School of Business, Alajuela, Costa Rica[2] London School of Economics, London UK)
Abstract
This paper provides empirical evidence about born-global firms in the software industry of a small developing country with an open economy: Costa Rica. The paper is based on data collected through interviews with CEOs or founders of 40 Costa Rican software companies. Findings show that there are few born-global firms among Costa Rican software providers. We find that most companies followed a gradual approach to internationalization, and they did not export immediately upon birth. A careful analysis of firms that exported soon after they were born reveals that most firms are actually “born regional.”
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