The influence of the management team's international experience on the internationalization behaviors of SMEs
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Reuber, AR; Fischer, E
署名单位：
University of Toronto; York University - Canada
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
ISSN/ISSBN：
0047-2506
DOI：
10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490120
发表日期：
1997
页码：
807-825
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摘要：
Why are some small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) more successful in selling outside their domestic markets than are other SMEs in the same industry? Although the traditional explanation is that firms can gain valuable knowledge and resources as they become older and larger, small and young firms are not necessarily disadvantaged if they develop other mechanisms to acquire the requisite knowledge and resources, We examine the role of the management team's international experience as such a mechanism, for the internationalization of Canadian software product firms, We show that internationally experienced management teams have a greater propensity to develop foreign strategic partners and to delay less in obtaining foreign sales after start-up, and that these behaviors are associated with a higher degree of internationalization.
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