Per Servais

Plasticity of International Ventures

My research interest is on why some firms chooses a more slow and gradual internationalization process and why other newly started firms become “Born Globals” that is; from their inception proactively seek to derive significant competitive advantage from sourcing and selling to multiple countries.

The research field is the intersection between entrepreneurship and international business, which I study in three areas;

Entrepreneurial Internationalization (International Opportunity Alertness, E/M business networks, founding teams – virtual teams, Portfolio Entrepreneurs, Business model ambidexterity/synchronization/lean internationalization, change management).

International Entrepreneurship (Transnational Entrepreneurship, Diaspora Entrepreneurs, Returnee entrepreneurs, Emerging market entrepreneurship and sustainable internationalization, Imprint theory, talent management).

International New Ventures (event driven – outcome driven, domestic driven – customer driven, import/supplier orientation, Born Global Superstars – hidden champions, signal theory, Cultural capital, local networks).

My research groups

My ongoing research projects

Project: Multi-Use Offshore Platform This project examines the feasibility of developing a pilot-scale multi-use offshore platform (MUOP) at the wind farm nearshore Kårehamn in the Baltic Sea.

Publications

Article in journal (Refereed)

Bhatti, W.A., Larimo, J., Servais, P. (2020). Relationship learning : A conduit for internationalization. International Business Review. 29 (3). 1-13.
Status: Published
Vedel, M., Servais, P. (2019). The role of entry nodes in industrial firms’ internationalization : the significance of network structures for value innovation. Journal of business & industrial marketing. 34 (6). 1236-1247.
Status: Published
Luthje, T., Servais, P. (2005). Firms’ International Sourcing and Intra-Industry Trade. Quaderni di ricerca. (2). 3-41.
Status: Published
Madsen, T.K., Rasmussen, E.S., Servais, P. (1999). Små, globalt orienterede virksomheders internationalisering og kompetencer. Ledelse & Erhvervsøkonomi. 63 (4). 251-266.
Status: Published
Madsen, T.K., Servais, P. (1997). The internationalization of Born Globals : an evolutionary process?. International Business Review. 6 (6). 561-583.
Status: Published

Conference paper (Refereed)

Owusu, R.A., Servais, P. (2019). The internationalization of project-business firms : an opportunities, learning, and networks perspective. 15th Vaasa Conference on International Business, August 19-21, 2019 : proceedings. 43-43.
Owusu, R.A., Servais, P. (2018). Potential localization effects of international new ventures : some implications for emerging economies. Presented at the 22nd McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference, Halmstad, Sweden, August 22-24, 2018.

Chapter in book (Refereed)

Emontspool, J., Servais, P. (2019). Learning in various types of new ventures : the role of “incoming” entrepreneurs. Diaspora Networks in International Business : Perspectives for Understanding and Managing Diaspora Business and Resources. Springer. 41-54.

Article in journal (Other academic)

Elo, M., Sandberg, S., Servais, P., Discua Cruz, A., Basco, R. (2019). Editorial. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. 36 (1/2). 1-14.
Status: Published
Elo, M., Sandberg, S., Servais, P., Basco, R., Cruz, A.D., et al. (2018). Advancing the views on migrant and diaspora entrepreneurs in international entrepreneurship. Journal of International Entrepreneurship. 16 (2). 119-133.
Status: Published

Conference paper (Other academic)

Søndergaard, M., Servais, P. (1999). Global relational capital in supplier networks of Danish small and medium sized enterprises : determinants of capacity of exploiting global inter-firm relations. Proceedings of the Metamorphosis of Organizations Conference (2nd Colloque la Metamorphose des Organisations), Nancy, France, October 21-23, 1999.
Rasmussen, E.S., Servais, P. (1999). Born Globals : connectors between various industrial districts. Proceedings of RENT XIII (Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business), November 25-26, 1999, Middlesex University, London, UK, 1999.

Chapter in book (Other academic)

Elo, M., Servais, P. (2018). Migration perspective on entrepreneurship. The Palgrave Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Entrepreneurship. Palgrave Macmillan. 355-386.
Knudsen, M.P., Servais, P. (2004). SME’s international engagements : import, exports and intra-industry trade. Recent European research on SME export behavior and internationalization. Vaasa, University of Vaasa. 115-130.