1 Why Do Indigenous Businesses Decide to Pursue International Opportunities? The Influence of Networks, Motivations, and Identity on the Degree, Scope, and Speed of Internationalization
The internationalization of businesses is a phenomenon that continues to grow and needs further attention in new contexts. In this chapter, we examine why Indigenous businesses pursue international opportunities (Anderson, Dana, & Dana, 2006; Dana & Wright, 2009). Based on the network theory (Coviello, 2006), eclectic paradigm (Dunning, 1988), and identity theories (Stets & Burke, 2000), we explore the influence of social and economic networks, motivations to internationalize, and identity self-categorization and prominence. Although the literature has ...
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