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Capabilities and Performance of Early Internationalizing Firms: A Systematic Literature Review

Year: 2021

Type: review

Abstract: International-entrepreneurship researchers use a capability-based perspective to analyze the international performance of early-internationalizing firms. More than 300 papers seem to address the role of capabilities in international performance. The purpose of this study is to structure this literature and provide an orientation for researchers. First, we develop a capability-categorization model. Second, we use this model in conjunction with our systematic literature review to identify which capabilities dominate the literature and which may have been overlooked. Third, we find that, in a significant share of the papers, “capability” is defined rather loosely, which impedes theory development at the interface of the capability-based perspective and international entrepreneurship. We conclude with a research agenda for future capabilities-based international-entrepreneurship research.

Source: Journal of Small Business Management

DOI: 10.1080/00472778.2021.1955124

Authors: Shuijing Jie, Rainer Harms, Aard J. Groen, Paul Jones

Institutions: Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, University of Twente, National Research University Higher School of Economics, University of Groningen, Swansea University

Language: English

Topic: International Business and FDI

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,500

Funders: Government of Jiangsu Province, China Scholarship Council, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, National Research University Higher School of Economics