%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2017 %T Lean Internationalization: How to Globalize Early and Fast in a Small Economy %A Michael Neubert %K born-global firm %K early and fast internationalization %K global marketing %K high-tech startup %K international entrepreneurship %K lean internationalization %K small and open economy %K Uppsala internationalization process %X This study examines the early market internationalization of 32 high-tech startups that operate internationally from small and open economies. It uses a comparative cross-national multiple case study research design to explore how such startups may differ in their speed of internationalization. Based on interviews with the founders, the speed of early market internationalization in these startups increases significantly due to the application of lean market development processes. The findings provide a basis for developing propositions for further comparative studies focusing on the early and fast internationalization of high-tech startups based in emerging and developed markets. The study contributes to the literature on networks, internationalization, and international entrepreneurship. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 7 %P 16-22 %8 05/2017 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1073 %N 5 %1 International School of Management Michael Neubert is a Professor at the International School of Management in Paris, France, where he obtained his PhD and is now also Chair of the Strategic Management Committee. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Universidad Paraguayo Alemana in AsunciĆ³n, Paraguay. He teaches international business, strategic management, doing business in foreign markets, and international finance. His research interests concern the internationalization of high-tech startups from small and open economies. Michael is member of the Academy of International Business, and he is a partner of a private equity firm that invests in high-tech startups and supports them in the development of new foreign markets. Michael is also the CEO of C2NM, a Swiss consulting firm specializing in the field of international and intercultural management. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1073