RT journal article
T1 How financing and information drive international corporate entrepreneurs’ innovations
A1 Franco Leal, Noelia
A1 Díaz Carrión, Rosalía
A2 Organización de Empresas
K1 Corporate social entrepreneurship
K1 international corporate entrepreneurship
K1 social innovation
K1 funding
K1 information
AB This research combines the literature on social entrepreneurship and international corporateentrepreneurship to determine the relevance financial resources and information provided bydifferent entities have for the innovation processes of international corporate entrepreneurs. Weconsider financing supplied by other companies, by national public sources, and by foreignsources; information might come from market or research sources. The study adopts an empiricalapproach, analyzing 4,748 international entrepreneurial Spanish firms by employing the partialleast squares technique. Our results show the relevance of information and financing forinternational corporate entrepreneurs in developing strategic and social innovations. The latter isespecially relevant because of its contribution to the creation of value in terms of employmentenhancement and environmental protection. Our results also suggest that the source that providesthe resource conditions the objectives that these entrepreneurs pursue when developinginnovations, allowing them to maintain their competitive position in international markets and togenerate social and economic value globally.
PB Springer Nature
SN 1573-7349
YR 2021
FD 2021-03-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/40073
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/40073
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026