Too Much of a Good Thing? Employee Human Capital and the Accelerated Internationalization of Belgian Small- and Medium-Sized Companies

Jonas Onkelinx, Tatiana S. Manolova () and Linda F. Edelman ()
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Jonas Onkelinx: Vlerick Business School
Tatiana S. Manolova: Bentley University
Linda F. Edelman: Bentley University

A chapter in Organizational Mindset of Entrepreneurship, 2020, pp 25-51 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, we explore the role of employee general and specific human capital for the accelerated internationalization of Belgian small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs). We test our ideas using a unique dataset of all Belgian manufacturing SMEs which internationalized between 1998 and 2005 and followed a strategy of accelerated internationalization. Findings indicate a significant curvilinear (inverted U) association between general human capital (education) and the company’s scope of internationalization (number of foreign markets served), while specific human capital (training) had a significant effect only in the medium-low technology sector. Implications for theory, managerial practice, and public policy are discussed.

Keywords: Human capital; Technology; Internationalization; Belgium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36951-4_3

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