TY - JOUR
T1 - International entrepreneurship
T2 - A meta-analysis on the internationalization and performance relationship
AU - Schwens, Christian
AU - Zapkau, Florian B.
AU - Bierwerth, Michael
AU - Isidor, Rodrigo
AU - Knight, Gary
AU - Kabst, Rüdiger
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The article conducts a meta-analysis on the relationship between internationalization and firm performance in international entrepreneurship. Empirical evidence from 15,648 internationalizing entrepreneurial firms nested in 43 independent samples reveals a positive relationship between degree and scope of internationalization and performance. Knowledge intensity positively moderates the relationship between speed of internationalization and performance and negatively moderates the scope of internationalization and performance association. In contrast, we neither find a relationship between speed of internationalization and performance nor for knowledge intensity’s moderation on the degree of internationalization-performance association. Based on the findings, the article systematically points at future research opportunities.
AB - The article conducts a meta-analysis on the relationship between internationalization and firm performance in international entrepreneurship. Empirical evidence from 15,648 internationalizing entrepreneurial firms nested in 43 independent samples reveals a positive relationship between degree and scope of internationalization and performance. Knowledge intensity positively moderates the relationship between speed of internationalization and performance and negatively moderates the scope of internationalization and performance association. In contrast, we neither find a relationship between speed of internationalization and performance nor for knowledge intensity’s moderation on the degree of internationalization-performance association. Based on the findings, the article systematically points at future research opportunities.
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U2 - 10.1177/1042258718795346
DO - 10.1177/1042258718795346
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054091203
SN - 1540-6520
VL - 42
SP - 734
EP - 768
JO - Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
JF - Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
IS - 5
ER -