Internationalization of chinese entrepreneurial firms

Ilan Alon*, Orly Yeheskel, Miri Lerner, Wenxian Zhang

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Abstract

This article uses the resource-based and internationalization theories to explain the export behavior of Chinese entrepreneurial firms. Based on multiyear data on Chinese firms from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), we show that contextualized resource-based theory can adequately explain some of the variation in export behavior among young Chinese firms. Exports by small Chinese firms are driven by the social and intellectual capital of the entrepreneur and their entrepreneurial proclivity, and the innovativeness/uniqueness of the product/offering.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)495-512
Number of pages18
JournalThunderbird International Business Review
Volume55
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2013

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