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Language | English |
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Pages | 35-48 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Euromarketing |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2008 |
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Keywords
- studies
- foreign investment
- EU membership
- economic policy
- econimic planning
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Internationalising from the European periphery: triggers, processes, and trajectories. / Ibeh, K.I.N.; Vissak, T.; Paliwoda, S.J.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Internationalising from the European periphery: triggers, processes, and trajectories
AU - Ibeh, K.I.N.
AU - Vissak, T.
AU - Paliwoda, S.J.
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - With accession to the EU, internationalisation is increasingly relevant to the three Baltic states, thus, this paper explores the triggers, processes, and trajectories of internationalisation behaviour, and the relevance and explanatory power of extant theory. Case study evidence has pointed to the internationalisation-triggering effects of firm-specific and managerially-embedded knowledge assets, relational/network and other resources, and foreign investments. Small domestic markets and EU accession were identified as having had push and pull effects on behaviour, with the latter shifting Baltic firms' expansion away from former Soviet bloc countries toward Western European markets. The findings reinforce the importance of the resource-based approach to explaining internationalisation, and highlight its ability to accommodate the partial perspectives offered by alternative models. Managerial issues and future research questions raised by the findings are also discussed.
AB - With accession to the EU, internationalisation is increasingly relevant to the three Baltic states, thus, this paper explores the triggers, processes, and trajectories of internationalisation behaviour, and the relevance and explanatory power of extant theory. Case study evidence has pointed to the internationalisation-triggering effects of firm-specific and managerially-embedded knowledge assets, relational/network and other resources, and foreign investments. Small domestic markets and EU accession were identified as having had push and pull effects on behaviour, with the latter shifting Baltic firms' expansion away from former Soviet bloc countries toward Western European markets. The findings reinforce the importance of the resource-based approach to explaining internationalisation, and highlight its ability to accommodate the partial perspectives offered by alternative models. Managerial issues and future research questions raised by the findings are also discussed.
KW - studies
KW - foreign investment
KW - EU membership
KW - economic policy
KW - econimic planning
M3 - Article
VL - 17
SP - 35
EP - 48
JO - Journal of Euromarketing
T2 - Journal of Euromarketing
JF - Journal of Euromarketing
SN - 1049-6483
IS - 1
ER -