Journal article

Publication year: 2009

Pages: 509-522

Journal: International Business Review

Volume number: 18

Issue number: 5

ISSN: 0969-5931

eISSN: 1873-6149

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.06.001

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
Although learning plays a pivotal role in the internationalization context of the firm, studies elaborating aspects of learning of early internationalizers (as opposed to late internationalizers) are largely missing. We address this deficit by examining the process of learning in the entry phase of internationalization. Our empirical results show that learning from direct experience is negatively related to early internationalization, whereas learning from others and learning from paradigms of interpretation have a positive impact on early internationalization. Furthermore, our results suggest that early internationalizers compared to late internationalizers continue to prefer cooperative modes of market penetration and show higher entry-mode stability in the same country. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Harvard Citation style: Schwens, C. and Kabst, R. (2009) How early opposed to late internationalizers learn: Experience of others and paradigms of interpretation, International Business Review, 18(5), pp. 509-522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.06.001

APA Citation style: Schwens, C., & Kabst, R. (2009). How early opposed to late internationalizers learn: Experience of others and paradigms of interpretation. International Business Review. 18(5), 509-522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.06.001