Financing global gazelles : Financement des gazelles à dimension internationale

As a result of our research, the following definition is proposed: A global gazelle is any company that operates outside of its domestic domicile, demonstrates a growth in sales of 100% by the end of a period of four consecutive years, and shows positive profit overall in that period. [...] They are bold and innovative in their ability to identify and rapidly adapt to the global innovative environment, and to leverage their knowledge and capital through alliances and partnerships.9 Highly responsive. [...] Page 8 Financing Global Gazelles As in many business cases the growth of the business goes as far as the ability of the owner to transfer their intangible knowledge to other individuals, and to focus on the owner’s personal skills in networking, product development, sales, etc. [...] Out of the 271 clients served up to January 2006, the countries of origin were 62.6% Chinese, 23.8% Korean, and others 13.6%.16 3.10 Potential changes in public policy and incentives Most of the respondents indicated that they are unaware of any new public policy and incentives that will be offered in Canada to facilitate and stimulate the growth of global gazelles. [...] The commonality among the companies is that they were started by one or more individuals who had experience in the industry, and saw some form of a global opportunity in a niche sector of the industry.