Enhancing export intensity of entrepreneurial firms through bricolage and international opportunity recognition: The differential roles of explorative and exploitative learning

Francis Donbesuur, Diana Owusu-Yirenkyi, George Oppong Appiagyei Ampong and Magnus Hultman

Journal of Business Research, 2023, vol. 156, issue C

Abstract: This study proposes and tests a framework relating to the effect of entrepreneurial bricolage on international opportunity recognition (IOR) and the influence of the latter on export intensity. Survey data from 193 export-oriented entrepreneurial firms operating in Ghana indicates that entrepreneurial bricolage has an inverted U-shaped relationship with IOR – and that IOR has a positive effect on export intensity. A further analysis reveals that explorative learning enhances the inverted U-shaped relationship between bricolage and IOR, while exploitative learning improves the IOR–export intensity relationship. Our findings present important implications for international entrepreneurship research and the management of export-oriented entrepreneurial firms in developing economies.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial bricolage; International opportunity recognition; Explorative learning; Exploitative learning; Export intensity; Developing economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113467

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