Thunderbird International Business Review · 2013 · 66 citations · 65 references
BusinessEntrepreneurshipInternational BusinessExport ManagementForeign Direct InvestmentInternational EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurial InternationalizationInternational ExpansionInternationalization Of Small EnterprisesInternationalization ProcessInternationalization StrategySocial Capital In EntrepreneurshipExport BehaviorExporting By Small FirmsIntellectual CapitalInternationalizationInternationalization Of New VenturesResource-based View Of InternationalizationSmall Business ExportingSmall Business Internationalization
Abstract This article uses the resource‐based and internationalization theories to explain the export behavior of Chinese entrepreneurial firms. Based on multiyear data on Chinese firms from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), we show that contextualized resource‐based theory can adequately explain some of the variation in export behavior among young Chinese firms. Exports by small Chinese firms are driven by the social and intellectual capital of the entrepreneur and their entrepreneurial proclivity, and the innovativeness/uniqueness of the product/offering. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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A resource‐based view of the firm
Birger Wernerfelt · Strategic Management Journal · 1984 · 24.8K citations · Full text