The role of international knowledge acquisition and absorptive capacity as a predictor of international performance

  1. Casillas Bueno, José Carlos
  2. Acedo González, Francico José
  3. Moreno Menéndez, Ana María
  4. Barbero, José Luis
Llibre:
Descubriendo nuevos horizontes en administracion: XXVII Congreso Anual AEDEM, Universidad de Huelva, 5, 6 y 7 de junio de 2013
  1. García Machado, Juan José (coord.)

Editorial: Escuela Superior de Gestión Comercial y Marketing, ESIC

ISBN: 978-84-7356-914-9

Any de publicació: 2013

Congrés: Asociación Europea de Dirección y Economía de Empresa. Congreso Nacional (27. 2013. Islantilla)

Tipus: Aportació congrés

Resum

International Business literature recognizes the central role of knowledge and learning as a key determinant of internationalization of firms. While stage-model underlined the influence of experiential learning, new research has shown that other knowledge acquisition are also relevant, which can be structured following Huber's model (1991) �as congenital, grafted, vicarious and search knowledge acquisition. But knowledge acquisition is only a first step for learning. In this sense, absorptive capacity appears as a useful construct, integrating knowledge acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and exploitation capacity (Zahra & George, 2002). This paper analysed the influence of knowledge acquisition types on international performance, considering absorptive capacity dimensions as moderator and mediators variables, based on a sample of 200 Spanish exporters SMEs.