The internationalization of Austrian firms in Central and Eastern Europe

Schien Ninan and Jonas F. Puck

Journal of East European Management Studies, 2010, vol. 15, issue 3, 237-259

Abstract: We test and expand the Uppsala model with a sample of 109 Austrian companies active in the CEE region, representing 1,271 entries. On the one hand, our expansion of the model is based on collective learning of firms from a specific context, an issue largely neglected in IB research. On the other hand, we expand the model by including two further strategic, i.e. dependent, variables. The paper contributes to research by finding three distinct internationalization processes in CEE, two of them new to the Uppsala Model. Furthermore, the paper strongly supports our argumentation with regard to collective learning and thereby draws new conclusions on learning processes that take place within and between firms over time.

Keywords: Austrian companies; CEE region; internationalization processes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L20 L21 L25 M10 N64 P12 P31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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