Leveraging networks, capabilities and opportunities for international success: A study on returnee entrepreneurial ventures

Bai, WensongUppsala universitet,Företagsekonomiska institutionen,Zhejiang Univ Technol, Dept Innovat & Entrepreneurship, Zhejiang, Peoples R China (författare)

Leveraging networks, capabilities and opportunities for international success : A study on returnee entrepreneurial ventures

By integrating social capital theory with a capability-based view on performance, this paper aims to examine the extent to which returnee entrepreneurial ventures (REVs) gain international performance advantages from the founding entrepreneurs’ experience with international networks. Using data on 200 Chinese REVs, the paper proposes and tests a structural model with a focus on the link between individual entrepreneurs and the subsequent development of firm capabilities. The results provide evidence that it is important that the returnee entrepreneurs have an international social network for the REV to develop an international network capability, which, in turn, mediates the effects on opportunity knowledge and the international performance of the REVs. The findings highlight the concurrent effect of the role of entrepreneurs and organizational learning in internationalization, and they provide an understanding as to the importance of the returnee-specific advantages for the international performance of these firms.

Holmström Lind, Christine,1969-Uppsala universitet,Företagsekonomiska institutionen(Swepub:uu)chriholm (författare)
Johanson, MartinUppsala universitet,Mittuniversitetet,Högskolan Dalarna,Företagsekonomi,Uppsala University; Mid Sweden University,Avdelningen för ekonomivetenskap och juridik,Uppsala University; Dalarna University,Företagsekonomiska institutionen,Dalarna Univ, Sch Technol & Business Studies, S-79188 Falun, Sweden;Mid Sweden Univ, Dept Business Econ & Law, Uppsala, Sweden(Swepub:uu)mjo22631 (författare)
Uppsala universitetFöretagsekonomiska institutionen (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Scandinavian Journal of Management: Elsevier BV34:1, s. 51-620956-52211873-3387

Av författaren/redakt...: Bai, Wensong; Holmström Lind, ...; Johanson, Martin

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