What explains born global firms who internationalize very early through exports, when theories of internationalization recommend they focus on domestic markets first? While prior research suggests a number of factors that enable exporting by new ventures, empirical tests of these theories have not evaluated if these factors uniquely explain new venture exporting. We propose and empirically test hypotheses that exporting by young (relative to established) emerging‐economy firms increases when they tap into the drivers of modern globalization (Internet technologies, global talent flows) and overcome home‐country institutional constraints (government inefficiencies, location), all of which have bigger impacts on exporting by young firms than established ones. Understanding these unique drivers of born global emerging‐economy firms is critical for reconciling this phenomenon with traditional theories of firm internationalization.

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来自新兴经济体的全球人士：将早期出口与国际化理论相协调

当国际化理论建议他们首先关注国内市场时，如何解释通过出口国际化而早日诞生的全球性公司呢？尽管先前的研究提出了许多因素可以使新企业进行出口，但是这些理论的经验检验尚未评估这些因素是否具有独特性。解释新创企业的出口。我们提出并通过实证检验以下假设：新兴的（相对于已建立的）新兴经济公司的出口在利用现代全球化的推动力（互联网技术，全球人才流动）并克服母国制度约束（政府效率低下，位置不便）时会增加，所有这些对年轻企业的出口影响都大于成熟企业。理解出生于全球的新兴经济公司的这些独特驱动因素，对于将这种现象与公司国际化的传统理论相协调至关重要。