Antecedents of Venture Firms’ Internationalization: A Conjoint Analysis of International Entrepreneurship in the Net Economy With the continuing dispersion of the global digital network and performance improvements of information and communication technologies, resource-poor start-ups with online business models have emerges in large numbers. These firms are able to deploy their competitve advantages across their country boards early in their life-cycle and engage in international commerce at a fast pace. A increased immediacy between the firms and the glabally accessible customer is observed.