Unpacking global digital competence in the contemporary international venture

IF 5.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-02-15 DOI:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102414

Fernanda Cahen , Felipe Borini , Charles Dhanaraj , Rafael Morais

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Abstract

What do digital ventures need to expand globally? To address this question, we investigate the intersection of capability development in new venture internationalization and the role of digitalization in creating and exploiting these capabilities. Drawing on the capability lens and earlier findings in international entrepreneurship (IE) research, we introduce the concept of global digital competence (GDC). We define it as a measure of a digital venture’s ability to enter and succeed in international markets. It is operationalized as a multidimensional construct, encompassing global sensing, business model dexterity, business connectivity, and technology platform connectivity. Using mixed-method research, we develop, refine, and validate a measurement scale for GDC with qualitative case studies and a quantitative survey. We discuss how the GDC scale can support robust empirical investigations into the global evolution of digital ventures and outline key implications for theory, practice, and policy.

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剖析当代国际企业的全球数字竞争力

数字企业在全球扩张需要什么？为了解决这个问题，我们研究了新企业国际化中能力发展的交集，以及数字化在创造和利用这些能力中的作用。借鉴能力视角和国际创业（IE）研究的早期发现，我们引入了全球数字能力（GDC）的概念。我们将其定义为衡量数字企业进入国际市场并取得成功的能力。它作为一个多维结构进行操作，包括全局感知、业务模型灵活性、业务连接性和技术平台连接性。通过混合方法研究，我们通过定性案例研究和定量调查，开发、完善和验证了GDC的测量尺度。我们讨论了GDC规模如何支持对数字企业全球演变的有力实证调查，并概述了理论、实践和政策的关键含义。

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International Business Review BUSINESS-

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14.10

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6.90%

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审稿时长

62 days

期刊介绍： The International Business Review (IBR) stands as a premier international journal within the realm of international business and proudly serves as the official publication of the European International Business Academy (EIBA). This esteemed journal publishes original and insightful papers addressing the theory and practice of international business, encompassing a broad spectrum of topics such as firms' internationalization strategies, cross-border management of operations, and comparative studies of business environments across different countries. In essence, IBR is dedicated to disseminating research that informs the international operations of firms, whether they are SMEs or large MNEs, and guides the actions of policymakers in both home and host countries. The journal warmly welcomes conceptual papers, empirical studies, and review articles, fostering contributions from various disciplines including strategy, finance, management, marketing, economics, HRM, and organizational studies. IBR embraces methodological diversity, with equal openness to papers utilizing quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-method approaches.