International Entrepreneurship and Capability Development—Qualitative Evidence and Future Research Directions

By Erkko Autio, Gerard George, Oliver Alexy. 2011

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In this article, we explore how new capabilities emerge and solidify in new ventures that are faced with fundamental uncertainty from their environment. To do so, we draw from the organizational and entrepreneurial literature on cognition and capabilities. Using initial qualitative evidence from a multifirm study in the context of new venture internationalization, we develop a cognition–based model of capability emergence in new ventures. Our findings extend the capability development and learning implications of internationalization to the fundamental character of organizing processes in start–ups. Moreover, we derive avenues for future entrepreneurship research on the origins and evolution of capabilities in new ventures.

Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

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Friends, Family, or Fools: Entrepreneur Experience and its Implications for Equity Distribution and Resource Mobilization (2012, background): “Research has examined the role of teams in survival (Delmar and Shane, 2006), sales or market share growth (McDougall et al., 1994), and entry into international markets (Autio et al., 2011).”
Learning Sequences: Their Existence, Effect, and Evolution (2012, background): “In general, our finding on the dampening effect of overconfidence on learning and performance over time helps address the question in the international entrepreneurship literature of whether the “imprinting” of early executives provides continued performance advantages (Autio et al., 2011).”
International entrepreneurship: A critical analysis of studies in the past two decades and future directions for research (2012, background): “…2011) Andersson and Wictor (2003) Arenius et al. (2005) Armario et al. (2008) Arranz and De Arroyabe (2009) Aspelund et al. (2007) Autio (2005) Autio et al. (2011) Autio et al. (2000) Axinn and Matthyssens (2002) Baker et al. (2005) Barkema and Drogendijk (2007) Baum et al. (2011a, b) Bausch…”
The entrepreneurship research in hospitality and tourism (2019, background): “Theme-focused review studies include those focusing on international entrepreneurship (Autio et al., 2011; Coviello et al., 2011; Jones et al., 2011), sustainable entrepreneurship (Dean and McMullen, 2007), history (Lohrke and Landström, 2010), women’s entrepreneurship (de Bruin et al., 2006),…”
Post-entry survival of developing economy international new ventures: A dynamic capability perspective (2018, background): “…al., 1994), the key concerns of developing economy INVs’ in relation to their growth and survival in the international market could involve securing the necessary amount of resources, and developing and diversifying their capabilities (Autio et al., 2011; Mudambi & Zahra, 2007; Sui & Baum, 2014).”
Strategic Entrepreneurial Internationalization: A Normative Framework (2017, background): “Such learning challenges can be proactively harnessed for capability development (Autio et al., 2011; De Clercq et al., 2012; Sapienza, De Clercq and Sandberg, 2005).”
A dynamic model of growth phases and survival in international business-to-business new ventures: The moderating effect of decision-making logic (2013, background): “Since INVs often suffer from resource limitations (Oviatt &McDougall, 1994), the amount of resources (Hannan, 1998) and the dynamic capabilities (Autio et al., 2011; Sapienza et al., 2006) become central in understanding growth and survival.”
Examining the Future Trajectory of Entrepreneurship (2018, background): “Global entrepreneurship, the global focus of entrepreneurial firms and the challenges of fostering entrepreneurial activity around the world (Autio, George, and Alexy 2011; Coviello, McDougall, and Oviatt 2011; Jones, Coviello, and Tang 2011).”