Does it transfer? The effects of pre-internationalization experience on post-entry organizational learning in entrepreneurial Chinese firms

Congcong Zheng (), Susanna Khavul () and Dilene Crockett ()

Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2012, vol. 10, issue 3, 232-254

Abstract: Although organizational learning plays a critical role in the internationalization of firms, researchers have largely focused on learning that occurs after a firm’s international entry (“learning by doing”). Few studies have discussed how a firm’s experiences prior to international entry affect its organizational learning after entry. Using a sample of Chinese internationalizers, we argue that pre-entry characteristics will influence organizational learning after international entry. We argue and show that prior experience with international companies in the domestic market is transferable and does affect an organization’s post-entry learning through a mechanism called analogical reasoning or “learning by analogy.” Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012

Keywords: Organizational learning; Intent; Transferable experience; Emerging markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s10843-012-0090-9

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