Research on the internationalization process of firms shows that the development of experiential knowledge is a major factor in explaining firms’ internationalization. However, our knowledge of how this takes place is limited. The detailed mechanisms of learning, and the effects of the duration of the firm’s international operations, have not been studied in depth. Using examples from Denmark, Finland, South Korea, New Zealand and Sweden, the contributors to this book examine these factors and test the basic assumptions of the internationalization process of firms.
In doing so, they explore how firms accumulate knowledge on foreign markets and analyze whether the number of countries in which firms operate influences the quantity and quality of knowledge accumulated. The effect is to expand our understanding of the use of knowledge and the international transfer of knowledge in the internationalization process.
Learning in the Internationalization Process of Firms will be of great interest to scholars, researchers and practitioners of international business and management.
Anders Blomstermo, Associate Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden and D. Deo Sharma, Professor, Department of Marketing, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
