A configurational analysis of internationalization, absorptive capacity, and resource-based factors explaining firms' innovation performance
Freixanet, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Empresa)
Federo, Ryan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Empresa)

Publicació:	Elsevier, 2025
Resum:	This study adopts a configurational approach to examine how firm internationalization leads to innovation through the learning-by-exporting (LBE) effect. It investigates how combinations of internationalization dimensions-earliness, market scope, and intensity-along with absorptive capacity and resource-based factors, influence innovation outcomes. Drawing on the dynamic capabilities perspective, we argue that LBE necessitates all three elements but recognize that simultaneously pursuing early exports, broad market scope, and innovation may strain resources and impede LBE. Through a qualitative comparative analysis of 2748 manufacturing firms from 2007 to 2014, this study captures the causal complexity of LBE factors, including possible equifinal and asymmetric relationships. Our findings provide valuable insights for researchers, particularly highlighting the significance of internationalization dimensions in the context of LBE. They also offer practical implications for managers regarding the need to enhance exporters' absorptive capacity and secure resources for these various activities, as well as for export- and innovation-promotion organizations to align their efforts.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Absorptive capacity ; Exports ; Innovation ; Learning-by-exporting ; Qualitative comparative analysis
Publicat a:	International Business Review, Vol. 34, Num. 4 art. 102449, ISSN 0969-5931

DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102449

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