Is internationalisation beneficial for novice internationalisers? The performance effects of firm-specific advantages, internationalisation degree and firm size revisited

IF 7.6 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Oeconomia Copernicana Pub Date : 2021-04-13 DOI:10.24136/OC.2021.003

Krystian Barłożewski, Piotr Trąpczyński

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Abstract

Research background: Research on the performance outcomes of different forms of internationalisation has attracted significant attention due to its theoretical and practical relevance. Still, the related findings have remained conflicting. Scholars have argued that companies need to possess or acquire firm-specific advantages (FSAs) to succeed internationalisation. However, a significant part of International Business (IB) research has treated FSAs as enablers of internationalisation, while some have argued that internationalisation in itself only helps firms translate the possessed resources into performance. Purpose of the article: The objective of this study, which is based on the resource-based view (RBV), is to explore the moderating effect of internationalisation on the relationship between FSAs and performance, considering internationalisation degree and firm size as boundary conditions for that relationship. Methods: We carry out statistical analyses on a longitudinal dataset containing 304 novice internationalisers from the post-transition economy of Poland and a total of 1167 firm-year observations. Thereby, we compare SMEs with large firms. Findings & value added: We find that while FSAs do positively affect firm performance, this relationship becomes weaker for higher levels of internationalisation. However, the negative moderating effect of the internationalisation degree becomes weaker for larger novice internationalisers, which are more able to handle the complexity of managing foreign operations.

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国际化对新手国际主义者有益吗？企业特定优势、国际化程度和企业规模的绩效效应

研究背景：对不同形式国际化的绩效结果的研究由于其理论和实践的相关性而引起了人们的极大关注。尽管如此，相关的发现仍然存在矛盾。学者们认为，企业需要拥有或获得企业特定优势（FSA）才能成功实现国际化。然而，国际商业（IB）研究的很大一部分将FSA视为国际化的推动者，而一些人认为国际化本身只会帮助企业将所拥有的资源转化为绩效。本文的目的：本研究基于基于资源的视角（RBV），以国际化程度和企业规模为边界条件，探讨国际化对FSA与绩效关系的调节作用。方法：我们对一个纵向数据集进行了统计分析，该数据集包含304名来自波兰转型后经济的新手国际主义者和1167个公司年度的观察结果。因此，我们将中小企业与大公司进行比较。研究结果和附加值：我们发现，虽然FSA确实对公司业绩产生了积极影响，但随着国际化程度的提高，这种关系会变得更弱。然而，对于更大的新手国际化者来说，国际化程度的负面调节作用变得更弱，他们更能够处理管理海外业务的复杂性。

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Oeconomia Copernicana ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

13.70

自引率

5.90%

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审稿时长

24 weeks

期刊介绍： The Oeconomia Copernicana is an academic quarterly journal aimed at academicians, economic policymakers, and students studying finance, accounting, management, and economics. It publishes academic articles on contemporary issues in economics, finance, banking, accounting, and management from various research perspectives. The journal's mission is to publish advanced theoretical and empirical research that contributes to the development of these disciplines and has practical relevance. The journal encourages the use of various research methods, including falsification of conventional understanding, theory building through inductive or qualitative research, first empirical testing of theories, meta-analysis with theoretical implications, constructive replication, and a combination of qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory, and meta-analytic approaches. While the journal prioritizes comprehensive manuscripts that include methodological-based theoretical and empirical research with implications for policymaking, it also welcomes submissions focused solely on theory or methodology.