Speed of the internationalisation process. The role of objective vs. subjective perceptions of time

Jose C. Casillas (), Ana M. Moreno-Menéndez (), Francisco J. Acedo () and Encarnación Ramos-Hidalgo ()
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Jose C. Casillas: University of Seville (Spain), Avda Ramón y Cajal, 1
Ana M. Moreno-Menéndez: University of Seville (Spain), Avda Ramón y Cajal, 1
Francisco J. Acedo: University of Seville (Spain), Avda Ramón y Cajal, 1
Encarnación Ramos-Hidalgo: University of Seville (Spain), Avda Ramón y Cajal, 1

Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2025, vol. 23, issue 1, No 5, 166-195

Abstract: Abstract Time is often neglected as a factor in international business research. In this paper, objective and subjective perspectives of time are incorporated into the study of speed of a firm's internationalisation process. The concept of speed is defined as the relationship between distance and time, and therefore we propose a theoretical framework that applies these two perspectives of time both to distance and to time, and differentiate between three levels of analysis: individual, organisational, and environmental. Our framework also incorporates two mediating constructs: learning speed and risk perception. Ten hypotheses are proposed that contribute towards a better understanding of the temporal dimension of the internationalisation process.

Keywords: Time perception; Speed of the internationalisation process; Subjective time; International distance; Temporal framework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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