European Born Globals

Irene Mandl is Head of Unit ‘Employment’ at Eurofound and has been working in policy-oriented research on employment and labour market as well as entrepreneurship for more than 15 years. Some of her major research topics refer to SMEs, internationalisation, specific forms of entrepreneurship or new forms of employment. Valentina Patrini is a researcher at Eurofound. Valentina is mainly focusing on entrepreneurship, internationalisation and innovation and their relationship with employment and job creation. She has ten years of experience in the field of socioeconomic research, including policy evaluations and comparative studies at European level.

Introduction



SMEs and job creation in Europe





Introduction



Economic and labour market contribution of European SMEs



Determinants of job creation in SMEs





Overview



Company external determinants



Company internal determinants




Concluding remarks: The profile of the job creating SME




Born globals’ job creation dynamism – the European perspective





Introduction



The business model of born globals



Economic and labour market contribution of born globals in Europe



Drivers and constraints for job creation



Processes and characteristics of job creation




Job creation in Swedish born globals





Introduction



Sweden’s economy and international trade



Born Globals in Sweden



Number of employees in born global enterprises



Willingness and expectation to grow



Examples of Swedish born globals





Axelent



Camp Scandinavia



Creative industries sector




Discussion



Managerial and policy implications




Employment and job creation in born global enterprises in Austria





Introduction



Mapping and characterising born globals in Austria





The number and share of born globals



Prevalence of born globals by sector



Size and workforce of born globals



Innovation activity of born globals



Owners and managers of born globals



Growth performance of born globals




Strategic orientation of born globals



Types of jobs created and personnel needed by born globals



Recruitment practices used



Barriers to job creation and recruiting



Support for recruitment and job creation



Key results and policy pointers

Annex: Further information on company case studies




Estonian born globals’ job creation





Introduction



Literature review





The literature on job creation



The literature on born globals



The literature on born globals as potential job creators




Data and method



Results



Conclusion and implications




Born globals and the Medical Technology cluster in the West of Ireland





Introduction



Literature review





Cluster theory



Born globals and industry clusters



The cluster life cycle




Irish medical technology industry





The Medical Technology Cluster in the west of Ireland



Indigenous entrepreneurship in the cluster




Discussion



Conclusions




More than job creation. Employee engagement in knowledge sharing and learning advantages of newness





Introduction



Learning advantages of newness



Employee engagement in knowledge sharing





Selective recruitment



Training




Primary evidence from six Spanish case studies





Sample



Description of the jobs created



Employees’ engagement in knowledge sharing



Recruitment and employee engagement in knowledge sharing



Training and employee engagement in knowledge sharing




Conclusions: uncovering the role of human resource practices in promoting born globals’ learning advantages of newness




Conclusions and policy pointers





Why focusing on job creation in born globals?



Development pathways of born globals



Specific public support for job creation in born globals



For future policy debate: Job creation by born globals