INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DETERMINANTS OF INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN A DIGITAL AND SUSTAINABLE CONTEXT

THE MAIN MOTIVATION OF THIS PROJECT IS THE GENERATION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW FORMAL AND INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS, ON THE ONE HAND, AND DYNAMIC ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES, ON THE OTHER, AFFECT IN THE WAY IN WHICH SPANISH INTERNATIONAL NEW VENTURES AND SMES ARE TRANSFORMING AND ADAPTING TO THIS NEW CONTEXT THAT IS INCREASINGLY DIGITAL, SOCIAL AND SUSTAINABLE. THUS, IT IS INTENDED TO EXAMINE IN DEPTH SEVERAL ISSUES THAT DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF DIGITALIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY ON INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ITS RESULTS AT TWO LEVELS: 1) AT THE MACRO LEVEL: COMPARATIVE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FROM A SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH; AND 2) AT THE MICRO LEVEL: INTERNATIONALIZATION OF NEW VENTURES AND SMES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES. THE PROJECT CONSTITUTES A CONTINUATION AND EXTENSION OF THE RESEARCH TOPIC ON INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP THAT SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE RESEARCH TEAM OF THIS PROJECT ALREADY SAW SUPPORTED BY THE GRANT OF THE PREVIOUS FUNDED PROJECT (ECO2017-87885 -P). IN THE PRESENT PROJECT, HOWEVER, THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY IS SIGNIFICANTLY BROADENED TO COVER AND INTEGRATE NOT ONLY THE INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONS AND DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES ON INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN A BROADER SENSE, BUT ALSO KEY ISSUES RELATING TO DIGITALIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY INVOLVED IN THIS RELATIONSHIP. THUS, SPECIAL RELEVANCE IS PROVIDED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE INTERRELATION OF CERTAIN FACTORS THAT CONSTITUTE THE OBJECT OF STUDY OF THE PROJECT AND THAT GIVE CONTINUITY AND/OR GREATER EXPANSION TO TOPICS SUCH AS: 1) THE INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONS AND DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PHENOMENON, INTERNATIONALIZATION AND THE (INTERNATIONAL) PERFORMANCE OF NEW VENTURES AND SMES; 2) THEIR DIGITALIZATION AND/OR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION; AND 3) SUSTAINABILITY LINKED TO THEIR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY. IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES, THIS PROJECT IS BASED ON AN EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON THE MAIN TOPICS COVERED IN IT AND WILL BE DEVELOPED COMBINING QUALITATIVE (CASE STUDIES) AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (EXPLOITATION OF DATA COLLECTED THROUGH A SURVEY WITH MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES). THE EXPECTED RESULTS OF THE PROJECT WILL STRENGTHEN BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS AT BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS, THE GENERATION OF QUALIFIED EMPLOYMENT, TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF SPANISH NEW INTERNATIONAL VENTURES AND SMES. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR GREATER KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF THEIR POTENTIALLY RELEVANT ROLE IN PROTECTING THE SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENAT THAT SURROUNDS THEM, CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS) DEFINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS AND ALSO FACILITATING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SOCIAL CHALLENGES DEFINED BY THE EU, AS WELL AS THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SPANISH STRATEGY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.