Journal of Business Venturing – Volume 41, Issue 2
How Cross-national Border Influences of Global Phenomena Render Entrepreneurship Inherently International
Stephanie Fernhaber and Christian Schwens
Amid accelerating global change, entrepreneurship is increasingly shaped by political, social, and technological shifts that cut across borders. Yet, despite these pressing realities, international entrepreneurship (IE) scholarship has paid limited attention to how such global phenomena impact entrepreneurial actors, behaviors, and circumstances. This suggests a disconnect between the evolving global context and current academic attention to the field. Drawing on our perspective as area editors for IE at the Journal of Business Venturing, we reflect on this gap and the concerns voiced across the scientific community about the field’s scope and future. In response, we propose an agenda for future research that treats entrepreneurship as inherently international and, in turn, invites future contributions not only by IE researchers but also from the wider entrepreneurship community.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2025.106560
Budapest Management Review – Volume 56, Issue 12
Entrepreneurial Uncertainty in Central and Eastern Europe
Amitabh Anand, Šejma Aydin, Ivan Radevi, and Emil Knezovi
Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has long been shaped by institutional instability, political volatility, and repeated shocks. This paper synthesizes findings from 42 studies to examine how entrepreneurs in this region navigate uncertainty. The systematic coding process revealed recurring themes, including institutional fragility, political involvement, responses to external shocks, digital innovation, migrant and cultural entrepreneurship, long-term reforms, and regional development. Evidence shows that entrepreneurs in CEE rely less on formal institutions and more on trust-based networks, pragmatic approaches to innovation, and practices rooted in identity. Events such as pandemics and the Ukraine war have exposed existing vulnerabilities, but also highlighted the adaptive strategies, including increased digital engagement and refugee entrepreneurship. Overall, entrepreneurship serves as both a coping mechanism amid crises and a catalyst for transformation in transitional economies. Based on these insights, the paper proposes strategies for institutional reforms, digital skills enhancement, and inclusive support systems.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14267/VEZTUD.2025.12.01
Thunderbird International Business Review
The Export and Financial Effects of Immigrant Team Composition in International New Ventures
Horatio Morgan and Sui Sui
Immigrant-owned international new ventures (INVs) often partner with non-immigrant entrepreneurs as co-owners. Their mixed immigrant-nonimmigrant teams could engender varied perspectives. But it is unclear whether such cognitive diversity improves their international strategy and performance. We develop a cognitive framework to resolve this issue. It relates the export and financial effects of INV teams to their cognitive diversity and flexibility. Based on an analysis of 524 Canadian new ventures from 2011 to 2015, we show that initial immigrant-majority teams positively impact INVs’ country-of-origin export intensity and the associated financial returns. Meanwhile, subsequent non-immigrant co-ownership reverses this export trend but amplifies the financial returns.