Speed of internationalization: Conceptualization, measurement and validation

被引:188
作者
Chetty, Sylvie [1 ,2 ]
Johanson, Martin [2 ,3 ]
Martin Martin, Oscar [2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Otago, Sch Business, Ctr Entrepreneurship, Dunedin, New Zealand
[2] Uppsala Univ, Dept Business Studies, Uppsala, Sweden
[3] Mid Sweden Univ, Dept Business Econ & Law, S-85170 Sundsvall, Sweden
[4] Univ Publ Navarra, Dept Business Adm, Pamplona 31006, Navarre, Spain
关键词
Speed of internationalization; Market knowledge; Market commitment; International performance; Small and medium-size enterprises; BORN-GLOBAL FIRMS; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; ACCELERATED INTERNATIONALIZATION; MARKET ENTRY; PERFORMANCE; COMMITMENT; EXPANSION; KNOWLEDGE; VENTURES; MODEL;
D O I
10.1016/j.jwb.2013.12.014
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
To better manage and understand the speed at which firms internationalize, managers and scholars need an appropriate conceptualization and a reliable and valid measure of speed of internationalization. The literature, however, adopts a limited temporal perspective and usually conceptualizes and measures it as the time it takes the firm to start to internationalize. This unidimensional view neglects the central aspects of internationalization that create speed. Our purpose is, therefore, to propose a new, theory-driven - embedded in the main concepts of the original Uppsala model - and multidimensional conceptualization and operationalization. The main contribution is that we develop this conceptualization and measure. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:633 / 650
页数:18
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