TY - JOUR
T1 - Capabilities and Performance of Early Internationalizing Firms
T2 - A Systematic Literature Review
AU - Jie, Shuijing
AU - Harms, Rainer
AU - Groen, Aard J.
AU - Jones, Paul
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the China Scholarship Council [201506420037] and the Shuang Chuang Talent Program of Jiangsu Province; XJTLU Research Development Fund [RDF-20-02-39]. Rainer Harms’ part of this work is based on the study funded by the Basic Research Program of the HSE University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2023/5/4
Y1 - 2023/5/4
N2 - International-entrepreneurship researchers use a capability-based perspective to analyze the international performance of early-internationalizing firms. More than 300 papers seem to address the role of capabilities in international performance. The purpose of this study is to structure this literature and provide an orientation for researchers. First, we develop a capability-categorization model. Second, we use this model in conjunction with our systematic literature review to identify which capabilities dominate the literature and which may have been overlooked. Third, we find that, in a significant share of the papers, “capability” is defined rather loosely, which impedes theory development at the interface of the capability-based perspective and international entrepreneurship. We conclude with a research agenda for future capabilities-based international-entrepreneurship research.
AB - International-entrepreneurship researchers use a capability-based perspective to analyze the international performance of early-internationalizing firms. More than 300 papers seem to address the role of capabilities in international performance. The purpose of this study is to structure this literature and provide an orientation for researchers. First, we develop a capability-categorization model. Second, we use this model in conjunction with our systematic literature review to identify which capabilities dominate the literature and which may have been overlooked. Third, we find that, in a significant share of the papers, “capability” is defined rather loosely, which impedes theory development at the interface of the capability-based perspective and international entrepreneurship. We conclude with a research agenda for future capabilities-based international-entrepreneurship research.
KW - Capability categorization
KW - dynamic capability
KW - early internationalizing firms
KW - international entrepreneurship
KW - substantive capability
KW - UT-Hybrid-D
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85113719451&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00472778.2021.1955124
DO - 10.1080/00472778.2021.1955124
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85113719451
SN - 0047-2778
VL - 61
SP - 1143
EP - 1173
JO - Journal of small business management
JF - Journal of small business management
IS - 3
ER -