Effects of age at entry, knowledge intensity, and imitability on international growth

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Autio, E; Sapienza, HJ; Almeida, JG
• 署名单位: Aalto University; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; Fairleigh Dickinson University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/1556419
• 发表日期: 2000
• 页码: 909-924
• 关键词: COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; dynamic theory; firm; strategy; TECHNOLOGY; PERSPECTIVE; performance; INNOVATION; ventures; linking

摘要

We employed knowledge-based theory to shed light on international growth in entrepreneurial firms. We found earlier initiation of internationalization and greater knowledge intensity to be associated with faster international growth. However, contrary to expectations, firms with more imitable technologies also grew faster. The former results suggest that early pursuit of international opportunity induces greater entrepreneurial behavior and confers a growth advantage, whereas the latter call into question current views of the role of imitability in international growth.