The role of intellectual capital and women managers in the internationalization-performance relationship: An analysis of Spanish hotel firms

IF 10.5 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI:10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115378

Rosario Andreu, Laura Rienda, Lorena Ruiz-Fernández

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Abstract

Many research studies have separately addressed the relationships between internationalization and firm performance, and between Intellectual Capital (IC) and firm performance. The three-way relationship between internationalization, IC and performance has received less attention. However, internationalization allows firms to increase knowledge that can be transformed into IC and contribute to increased firm performance. From the knowledge-based view of the firm, this paper considers IC as a mediating variable in the internationalization-performance relationship. According to this view, knowledge management is key to the development of IC and firm performance. The presence of women in management positions is also analyzed as a moderating variable in this relationship. Increasingly, gender diversity in management teams is associated with both greater growth orientation and higher corporate performance. The results obtained confirm that IC mediates the relationship between internationalization and performance and that the presence of women in management strengthens this relationship.

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智力资本和女性管理者在国际化绩效关系中的作用：西班牙酒店企业的分析

许多研究分别探讨了国际化与企业绩效、智力资本与企业绩效之间的关系。国际化、集成电路和绩效之间的三方关系很少受到关注。然而，国际化允许企业增加知识，这些知识可以转化为集成电路，并有助于提高企业绩效。本文从企业知识基础的角度出发，认为国际化与绩效关系中的中介变量是国际化与绩效的关系。根据这一观点，知识管理是集成电路发展和企业绩效的关键。管理职位中女性的存在也被分析为这种关系的调节变量。管理团队中的性别多样性越来越多地与更大的增长导向和更高的公司绩效联系在一起。所获得的结果证实，国际化和绩效之间的中介关系，而女性在管理中的存在加强了这种关系。

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Journal of Business Research BUSINESS-

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20.30

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10.60%

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956

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