This research combines the literature on social entrepreneurship and international corporate entrepreneurship to determine the relevance financial resources and information provided by different entities have for the innovation processes of international corporate entrepreneurs. We consider financing supplied by other companies, by national public sources, and by foreign sources; information might come from market and research sources. The study adopts an empirical approach, analyzing 4748 international entrepreneurial Spanish firms by employing the partial least squares technique. The results show the relevance of information and financing for international corporate entrepreneurs in developing strategic and social innovations. Social innovation is especially relevant because of its contribution to the creation of value in terms of employment enhancement and environmental protection. Finally, the results also suggest that the source that provides financial resources and information determines the type of innovation developed by these entrepreneurs.

这项研究结合了有关社会企业家精神和国际公司企业家精神的文献，以确定不同实体提供的与国际公司企业家创新过程相关的财务资源和信息。我们考虑其他公司，国家公共资源和外国资源提供的资金；信息可能来自市场和研究来源。该研究采用实证方法，采用偏最小二乘方法分析了4748家国际西班牙创业公司。结果表明，信息和融资对于国际公司企业家在发展战略和社会创新中的相关性。社会创新之所以特别重要，是因为它对创造就业机会和环境保护方面的价值做出了贡献。最后，结果还表明，提供财务资源和信息的来源决定了这些企业家开发的创新类型。