Drawing on internationalization process theory, we develop a new model for firm-specific internationalization risk assessment. The model shows that firm-specific internationalization risks can be determined from a firm's experiences and from current business activities in a firm's network....

The network surrounding a firm's foreign clients has large influence on its ability to act in the market. How firms can utilize the knowledge supplied by client networks is therefore of great importance to their business with clients. Many studies show the usefulness of foreign clients and...

Because networks are a growing mode of doing business, internationalizing firms need to understand how they can use experiential knowledge of networks. In the context of organizational learning theory, we discuss in this article the perceived usefulness of network experiential knowledge, its...

This study examines how individuals' social capital and its dimensions affect biotech SMEs' acquisition of foreign market knowledge and financial resources during their internationalization processes. To examine these processes, we conducted a longitudinal cross-case study of 14 Swedish biotech...

The business opportunities that arise for a firm induce it to consider how useful its existing capabilities and knowledge are when seeking opportunities. Firm knowledge and capabilities have been shown to be dependent on the firm’s business network. In this paper we discuss that firms, by...

This paper develops a knowledge perspective on value creation in organisations that employ mediating technology to facilitate inter-customer relations. Mediators, individually and collectively, build networks of customers between whom linking can take place, and they provide services that...

A supplier's development of a foreign market can be better understood when examined in the context of bridgehead business relationships between a supplier and a foreign customer. In addition to intrarelationship factors, the network of business relationships connected with a supplier and its...

The consumer's perception of a product is affected by his or her perception of similar and complementary products available from foreign countries. The subject under discussion is how consumers perceptually relate standardized products in an international context. The specific focus is on how...

Learning about foreign markets often occurs through collaboration with other firms who have this knowledge. In this paper, we focus on one aspect of foreign market knowledge, which is the knowledge a partner in a dyadic relationship, has of the other partner and of their respective business...

The realization of relationship marketing requires cooperative exchange between buyers and sellers. A key determinant of cooperative exchange is uncertainty perceived by the cooperating parties. This study investigates how cooperation is affected by decision makers’ perception of uncertainties...