Title :
Knowledge-based view on internationalization and effect of product/service types
Author :
Kuivalainen, Olli ; Kylaheiko, Kalevi ; Puumalainen, Kaisu ; Saarenketo, Sami
Author_Institution :
Telecom Bus. Res. Center, Lappeenranta Univ. of Technol., Finland
Abstract :
Small Infocom firms often show fast international growth. However, there are also differences in attitudes, speed and scope of internationalization within the industry and these can partly be attributed to differences in knowledge related variables like level of knowledge, its tacitness and path dependency. Results from the authors´ survey of 171 Finnish SMEs show that product or service type may act as a moderator in the relationship between the knowledge variables and internationalization
Keywords :
commerce; knowledge engineering; research and development management; technology transfer; Finland; SMEs; internationalization; knowledge level; knowledge tacitness; knowledge-based view; knowledge-related variables; path dependency; product/service types effects; small and medium sized enterprises; Business; Communication industry; Communications technology; Costs; Economic forecasting; Globalization; Industrial relations; Personnel; Technological innovation; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-06-7
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2001.952032
