The present study analyses the international activities of British start-up
companies in high-technology industries. The research makes the following
contributions. First, it is the first study that establishes the prevalence of
internationally operating start-up companies in a particular country.
Accordingly, we find that the majority of British high-tech start-ups have
engaged in international activities within a few years since formation. Second,
it consolidates the existing knowledge in the fields of international
entrepreneurship and subjects it to empirical testing. Third, it assesses the
power of different theories in international business to explain the
cross-border activities of start-up companies. Overall, the research lends
support to a resource-based perspective of international entrepreneurship