Purpose

Due to the changes in organizational, social, cultural and technological factors, companies from different contexts are shifting towards open forms of strategy-making with more widened inclusion of internal and external actors and greater transparency regarding their strategic issues, including their internationalization processes. The purpose of this paper is to understand how Open Strategizing occurs in the accelerated process of internationalization considering different contexts.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors conducted a qualitative comparative case study in Brazilian and English technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which rapidly internationalized. Furthermore, data was collected through semi-structured interviews, observations and documental analysis.

Findings

The authors suggest that openness contributes to the accelerated process of internationalization. Additionally, the authors show that the home-country and the national cultural contexts affect openness. The authors also disclose openness as crucial and inherent to the accelerated process of internationalization, while context is relevant but not determinant in the Open Strategizing.

Originality/value

The authors contribute to Open Strategy (OS) literature by presenting how Open Strategizing unfolds daily during the internationalization process and by evidencing the role of home-country and national cultural contexts in the configuration and dynamics of Open Strategizing. The authors also contribute to the international entrepreneurship (IE) literature by advancing the understanding of the strategies and drivers adopted by technology-based SMEs internationalizing in an accelerated way.

中文翻译：

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不同背景下的开放战略和加速国际化进程

目的

由于组织、社会、文化和技术因素的变化，来自不同背景的公司正在转向开放的战略制定形式，包括更广泛的内部和外部参与者以及关于其战略问题（包括其国际化进程）的更高透明度。本文的目的是了解开放式战略制定是如何在考虑不同背景的国际化加速过程中发生的。

设计/方法/途径

作者对迅速国际化的巴西和英国技术型中小企业 (SME) 进行了定性比较案例研究。此外，数据是通过半结构化访谈、观察和文件分析收集的。

发现

作者认为，开放有助于加速国际化进程。此外，作者表明，母国和民族文化背景会影响开放性。作者还披露了开放性对于加速国际化进程至关重要和固有，而背景是相关的但不是开放战略的决定因素。

原创性/价值

作者通过介绍开放战略在国际化过程中每天如何展开，并证明母国和国家文化背景在开放战略的配置和动态中的作用，为开放战略 (OS) 文献做出了贡献。作者还通过加深对以技术为基础的中小企业加速国际化所采用的战略和驱动因素的理解，为国际创业 (IE) 文献做出了贡献。