Author(s)

Xiaoguo Xiong ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China

Corresponding Author

Xiaoguo Xiong

ABSTRACT

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, born-global firms have been emerged with the development of globalization and the advancement of technology. Its emergence is not only a great challenge to the existing theories of corporate internationalization in the academic field, but also a supplement and improvement to the traditional internationalized firms in real life.  There is strong research enthusiasm and interest of many foreign scholars. Over the past two decades, the born globalized enterprise has become an inescapable and highly valuable frontier issue in the field of international business and business management. This paper reviews the existing research in three aspects: (1) the connotation and characteristics of born-global firms, (2) the driving factors, and (3) the reasons for success. Based on a systematic review of the important research results on born-global firms, this paper presents the prospects for future research in view of the limitations of existing research and the needs of practical development.

KEYWORDS

Born-global firms, Driven factor, Competitive advantage, Enterprise performance

CITE THIS PAPER

Xiaoguo Xiong. A Literature Review of the Born-global Firms and Research Prospect. Accounting and Corporate Management (2021) 3: 31-41. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/acccm.2021.030106.

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