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Wach, K. (2014). The Role of Knowledge in the Internationalisation Process: An Empirical Investigation among Polish Businesses (chapter 7) In: D. Kiendl-Wendner & K. Wach K. (Eds.), International Competitiveness in Visegrad Countries: Macrto and Micro Perspective. Graz: Fachhochschule Joanneym (ISBN: 978-3-200-03673-4).
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Abstract
In the era of the knowledge-based economy, especially with the constitution of the new paradigm of the entrepreneurial economy, it is knowledge which is attributed to play the key role in economic growth and socio-economic development, what is more knowledge plays a especial role for firms, in their corporate growth. Nowadays, business knowledge is increasingly used as an important variable to explain the process of internationalisation of firms. The aim of this study is to present the essence and role of knowledge in the internationalisation process as well as nature of knowledge-based models of internationalisation of the firm and to show the empirically proved dependences between knowledge and internationalisation process among surveyed Polish businesses. The research results do not let generalise and absolutise, nevertheless they prove that the level of experience on international markets among top management team is positively related to the acquisition and utilisation of knowledge on international markets, which proves the theoretical assumptions from the literature on knowledge-based models and learning process models. The mechanism of knowledge acquisition and utilisation impacts on the intensiveness of internationalisation coefficient, however there is weak correlation. The V4 survey was dedicated to general patterns of internationalisation and it was not assumed to research deeply into knowledge-based models, so this is why it is to be undertaken in the future.
Keywords: internationalisation, knowledge-based models, learning approach, business knowledge
JEL classification: M16, L20, L21
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Wach, K., Wojciechowski, L. (2014). The Size and the Strategic International Orientation: The Use of EPRG Model among Polish Family and Non-Family Firms. Przedsiębiorczość i Zarządzanie, XV(7[1]), pp. 143-156.
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Contact:
Dr hab. Krzysztof Wach
Cracow University of Economics
wachk@uek.krakow.pl
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