Internationalization of Digital Firms: Overcoming Costs and Challenges
Abstract
Digital firms are becoming
increasingly important actors in the business environment and
society. Commonly, digital firms have been argued to have particularly good o pportunities to
internationalize due to their unique characteristics. However, researchers have recently
acknowledged and emphasized the challenges and costs digital firms face when
internationalizing. Though, a discrepancy between digital firms’ internal facilitators of
internationalization, and the challenges and costs digital firms face when internationalizing,
exists in the academic literature. This explorative qualitative research study sets out to fill this
gap by attempting to answer how digital firms , in light of the associated challenges and
can facilitate successful internationalization. Findings reveal that digital firms can facilitate
successful internationalization through integration with local users, local institutions, and
online com plementors. Their ability to integrate with local use rs, local institutions, and online
complementors were indicated to depend on their Dynamic Capabilities, involving
Knowledge Capability Updating and Adaptive Capability.
Degree
Master 2-years
Other description
MSc in International Business and Trade
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Date
2023-09-08Author
Svanberg, Niklas
Keywords
Digital firms
Internationalization
Business Ecosystems
Digital Economy
Digitalization
Liability of Ecosystem Integration
Dynamic Capabilities
Costs
Challenges
Series/Report no.
2023:15
Language
eng