International entrepreneurship in emerging economies: the role of social capital, knowledge development and entrepreneurial actions Academic Article

abstract

• Increasingly, emerging economies are surfacing value-creating entrepreneurial opportunities for firms committed to entrepreneurship as a path to firm growth. However, these opportunities are recognised and exploited only when the firm entrepreneurially manages its resources. Herein, we adopt a contextual approach and integrate resource-based theory, organisational learning theory, social capital theory and strategic entrepreneurship in order to present a theoretical analysis of the means firms employ to create and exploit competitive advantages in emerging economies. We emphasise strategic alliances as the most suitable entry mode for a foreign firm to use to enter an emerging economy successfully. In addition, we use social capital theory to describe the actions the partners of an alliance (a foreign firm and a local emerging economy firm) take to develop a mutually beneficial cooperative relationship and to establish an effective, continuous learning process. Copyright 2007 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

authors

• Ireland, Robert

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

author list (cited authors)

• Pisano, V., Ireland, R. D., Hitt, M. A., & Webb, J. W.

citation count

• 20

complete list of authors

• Pisano, Vincenzo||Ireland, R Duane||Hitt, Michael A||Webb, Justin W

publication date

• February 2007

publisher

• Inderscience Publishers  Publisher

published in

• International Journal of Technology Management  Journal

keywords

• Emerging Economies
• International Entrepreneurship
• Strategic Alliances

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1504/IJTM.2007.012427

start page

• 11

end page

• 28

volume

• 38

issue

• 1-2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijtm.2007.012427