This paper investigates the role of networks when emerging-economy firms enter into advanced- economy markets. More specifically, it focuses on how advanced-economy market supplier networks are created by the emerging-economy firm to legitimate it vis-á-vis advanced-economy customers. The purpose of the paper is to examine how emerging-economy firms establish supplier networks in advanced-economy markets in order to gain legitimacy with customers in other advanced-economy markets. The paper thereby highlights a different role of networks in internationalisation than what is portrayed in previous research and illustrates this through two case studies. The supplier networks in advanced economies are used to gain knowledge but also reputation, and thus deals with the liability of outsidership beyond what is described in previous research. The construct of a supplier network to reach a customer network points at two different networks and the connectivity between in them as a means for an emerging-economy firm to become accepted.