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Transnational ties in technology-based sectors: the case of Indian software entrepreneurial firms in Italy

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  • Marco Cucculelli
  • Gabriele Morettini

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The paper aims to empirically analyse the differences present in transnational networking within the same ethnic group. Our study focuses on Indian software firms in Italy, a country where the standard variables defining the structural and agency conditions are weak: these permit to better appreciate the role and impact of ties on the performance of migrant firms. Using a unique, purposely built dataset, we show that firms rely on heterogeneous networks and are involved in different networking activities even when they operate within the same community or insist on the same business environment. This heterogeneity largely influences the role of cross-border ties. Transnational networking and cross-border ties can play very different roles in the competitive behaviour of firms, as they can represent the main asset, a complementary factor or even an accessory element of the business strategy.

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  • Marco Cucculelli & Gabriele Morettini, 2012. "Transnational ties in technology-based sectors: the case of Indian software entrepreneurial firms in Italy," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 17(3), pages 319-337.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:17:y:2012:i:3:p:319-337
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    1. Aluko, Olu & Ott, Ursula F. & Siwale, Juliana & Odusanya, Kayode, 2022. "Overcoming the liability of outsidership: An fsQCA analysis of African transnational entrepreneurs in the UK," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 106-116.
    2. Jan Brzozowski & Marco Cucculelli & Aleksander Surdej, 2014. "Transnational ties and performance of immigrant entrepreneurs: the case of IT industry in Italy," Mo.Fi.R. Working Papers 98, Money and Finance Research group (Mo.Fi.R.) - Univ. Politecnica Marche - Dept. Economic and Social Sciences.
    3. Scandura, Alessandra & Bolzani, Daniela, 2020. "The Role of Collaboration Networks for Innovation in Immigrant-Owned New Technology-Based Firms," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis LEI & BRICK - Laboratory of Economics of Innovation "Franco Momigliano", Bureau of Research in Innovation, Complexity and Knowledge, Collegio 202004, University of Turin.
    4. Aki Harima & Fabrice Periac & Tony Murphy & Salomé Picard, 2021. "Entrepreneurial Opportunities of Refugees in Germany, France, and Ireland: Multiple Embeddedness Framework," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 625-663, June.
    5. Scandura, Alessandra & Bolzani, Daniela, 2020. "The Role of Collaboration Networks for Innovation in Immigrant-Owned New Technology-Based Firms," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers 202021, University of Turin.

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