The Relation between Alliance Entrepreneurship, Alliance Capability and Foreign Market Performance — An Empirical Investigation

  • Saba Khalid
  • Jorma Larimo
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Abstract

Small- and medium-sized entrepreneurial firms involved in manufacturing and marketing their own products act as small global factories (Buckley, 2009a) in a global network. They play multiple roles: they undertake original equipment manufacture (OEM); design, engineering and R&D for the product; and act as customers for contract manufacturers. Additionally, entrepreneurial firms deal with local market alliances in foreign countries to acquire market knowledge (Knight and Kim, 2009). Local market information is a key source of competitive advantage in foreign markets. Managing and learning from alliances adds to the complexity of the internationalization of these firms.

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Partial Little Square Foreign Market Strategic Management Journal Global Factory International Business Study 
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