The contributions of inter-organizational relations for international entrepreneurship: a theoretical essay

Abstract

This article aims to revisit the theory of international entrepreneurship to understand the origins and conceptualizations about this topic, and check how the inter-organizational relationships can contribute to facilitate international entrepreneurship. To meet the objective of the study, we built a theoretical essay from the primary references on the topics of international entrepreneurship and inter-organizational relations. The main results show that inter-organizational relations through networks contribute and facilitate the process of international entrepreneurship, because they facilitate the process of knowledge sharing due to the links established between the different actors of the network, contributing to the learning process and mitigating risks in identifying opportunities in the international market.