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

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.

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