Early international entrepreneurship in China: Extent and determinants

Naudé, Wim; Rossouw, Stephanié

doi:10.1007/s10843-010-0049-7

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“…The two regions from which we drew our sampled firms are known for their international growth models (Naudé and Rossouw 2010), which makes it likely that many of these competitors are also involved in international activities.…”

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Entrepreneurial Strategic Posture and Performance in Foreign Markets: The Critical Role of International Learning Effort

Clercq

Ling

2014

Journal of International Marketing

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Drawing from the attention-based view of the firm, this study adds to research on the entrepreneurial process of early and rapid internationalization by investigating the mediating role of international learning effort in the relationship between international young ventures' entrepreneurial strategic posture and international performance and explores how external and internal factors might moderate this role. Using data from international young ventures based in China, the authors show that an entrepreneurial strategic posture enhances international performance through the intensity of learning efforts expended in foreign markets. Furthermore, the findings reveal that this mediating effect of international learning effort is more pronounced at higher levels of external competitive intensity and intrafirm social interaction. This study has great significance for the increasing body of research on international new ventures in that it reveals a critical behavioral mechanism that underpins the learning advantages of these ventures.

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Entrepreneurial Strategic Posture and Performance in Foreign Markets: The Critical Role of International Learning Effort

Clercq

Ling

2014

Journal of International Marketing

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“…Naudé and Rossouw, 2010). However, firms from some countries (e.g., Indonesia, Vietnam) are sometimes forced to pursue less conventional internationalization strategies such as subcontracting or clustering (i.e.…”

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International entrepreneurship research in emerging economies: A critical review and research agenda

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Danis

Çavuşgil

2012

Journal of Business Venturing

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“…This is especially important for SMEs, for which exporting may be the preferred growth strategy (Bonaccorsi 1992). Business networks determine this export performance to a great extent (Naudé and Rossouw 2010), as do firm competences more generally (Zou and Stan 1998). Therefore, in the case of already internationalized SMEs, the firms have to possess internal organizational competences (such as network competence) that support both early internationalization and subsequent success in foreign markets (Knight and Cavusgil 2004).…”

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The effect of network competence and environmental hostility on the internationalization of SMEs

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Research findings suggest that networks offer small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) opportunities to internationalize successfully. However, the role of internal organizational competence in the process of developing and maintaining such networks in hostile external environments has received little attention. The aim of this study is to shed light on the relationship by examining the positive influence that the network competence of SMEs has on their propensity to internationalize, and on their subsequent international performance. Given that the willingness of firms to enter and perform well in markets appears to also depend on environmental hostilities, this external influence on SME internationalization is incorporated into the study. We also examine whether the level of environmental hostility moderates the relationship between network competence and SME internationalization. The empirical part of the study comprises a web survey of 298 Finnish SMEs representing five different industry sectors: metal, food, furniture, software, and knowledge-intensive business services. Confirmatory factor analysis and regression models are used in the analysis. The results indicate that higher levels of network competence are positively related to the propensity of SMEs to internationalize, as well as to their international performance. Conversely, the level of environmental hostility has a negative effect on the performance measure, but not on the internationalization propensity. Additionally, the influence of network competence is not moderated by environmental hostility. The results indicate that internal network competence and external environmental hostility play a role in SME internationalization, and that the positive influence of network competence exists independently of the hostility in the environment.

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Early international entrepreneurship in China: Extent and determinants

Cited by 85 publications

References 40 publications

Entrepreneurial Strategic Posture and Performance in Foreign Markets: The Critical Role of International Learning Effort

Entrepreneurial Strategic Posture and Performance in Foreign Markets: The Critical Role of International Learning Effort

International entrepreneurship research in emerging economies: A critical review and research agenda

The effect of network competence and environmental hostility on the internationalization of SMEs

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