Fra Diavolo: Speed or Control in Global Expansion?
Silvia Carnini Pulino, Davide Ebraheem, Laiba Ashfaq, Matilde Pederzani
Product #:W51489
Supplier:Ivey
Discipline:Entrepreneurship, International Business
Setting:Italy, 2025
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Learning Objectives
- Evaluate whether the capabilities that drive a company’s domestic success constitute a transferable and sustainable competitive advantage in international markets.
- Analyze alternative international expansion strategies, comparing gradual, regionally focused growth with rapid, multi-market expansion.
- Assess the role of partners in enabling and constraining international growth, including trade-offs among local market knowledge, hospitality expertise, franchising capabilities, operational control, and growth speed.
- Evaluate the organizational capabilities required to transition from domestic growth to international expansion, particularly in fast-growing entrepreneurial firms with limited managerial capacity.
- Formulate and defend a strategic recommendation under uncertainty, balancing growth opportunities, execution risks, organizational readiness, and long-term competitive positioning.