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European Management Journal

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship

The informal economy makes an important contribution to economic activity but knowledge about the... more The informal economy makes an important contribution to economic activity but knowledge about the country-level conditions that influence an informal firm’s willingness to formalise is limited. This article integrates insights from institutional theory and the imprinting hypothesis to explain how factor markets and institutional quality affect the likelihood that informal firms formalise over time, as well as how these effects are contingent on economic conditions at the founding stage. Using data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys comprising of 8005 observations from 2477 firms in 73 countries, the results suggest that better factor markets and institutional quality increase the likelihood of formalisation and these relationships are strengthened by favourable economic conditions at the founding stage. The low correlation between factor markets and institutional quality supports the importance of separating these dimensions, while the moderating effect of economic conditions at...

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2016

Abstract This research fills a gap in the literature regarding managerial retention and performan... more Abstract This research fills a gap in the literature regarding managerial retention and performance in the context of cross-border acquisitions (CBA). Blending institutional with resource-based theories, this study posits that retaining acquired managers becomes more important in unfamiliar environments where the institutional infrastructure is underdeveloped. Our results support the theory. Contrary to expectations and prior research, however, the results also call into question the long-held belief that managerial retention is generally beneficial to post-acquisition performance. The findings and implications are discussed regarding managerial turnover, CBA, and the institutional environment.

This article aims to distinguish between the different types of knowledge and show how they inter... more This article aims to distinguish between the different types of knowledge and show how they interact to shape the internationalization process of the firm. We disaggregate experiential knowledge into market knowledge and internationalization knowledge, and show how each of them is related to the development of international opportunities. Moreover, we suggest that market and internationalization knowledge combine to form the international knowledge stockpile of the firm, which will moderate the relationship between the development of international opportunities and the internationalization process of the firm beyond a threshold. We assess the internationalization process of the firm using a dynamic approach that considers not only foreign market entry but also sequential moves that happen after entry. By arguing that the accumulation of knowledge only shapes the internationalization process of the firm beyond a threshold, we refine the current assumption that the accumulation of kno...

This study examines the internationalization of African new ventures. In particular, integrating ... more This study examines the internationalization of African new ventures. In particular, integrating insights from agency theory and institutional theory, it examines how the knowledge, resources, and influence of firms’ owners shape their willingness and ability to internationalize and, also, how the informal and formal institutions in the firms’ home countries shape the influence of these owners. Supporting our theory, the results suggest that both state ownership and foreign ownership increase African new ventures’ internationalization. Importantly, however, the fractionalization of informal institutions (i.e., variation in ethnicities, languages, and religions) weakens the effect of foreign ownership on internationalization, and the development of formal institutions (i.e., reliable and effective governments) weakens the effect of state ownership on internationalization. We discuss the implications of the study for agency theory, for institutional theory, and for understanding and p...

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020

RAUSP Management Journal, 2018

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish a conversation between international business a... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish a conversation between international business and international entrepreneurship literatures by analyzing if and how international opportunities are related to the internationalization process of the firm. Design/methodology/approach This paper reports finding from a backward-looking longitudinal, qualitative, embedded case study of an internationalized Brazilian firm, covering all 13 foreign markets where the firm has operated over 18 years. Findings Modal shifts within foreign markets were rare. Over time, the firm learned how to refine, rather than change, the servicing modes within each foreign market; it also learned how to better develop internal and exploitative opportunities, manage a portfolio of servicing modes across foreign markets, and use more complex mode servicing packages. Overall, international opportunities and the internationalization process of the firm were inextricably connected. Research limitations/implicatio...

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019

Organizações & Sociedade, 2019

Our understanding of the temporal dimension of the internationalization of the firm is incomplete... more Our understanding of the temporal dimension of the internationalization of the firm is incomplete at best. Based on this knowledge gap, this article analyzes how the internationalization processes within a firm can be differentiated according to the pace of modal shifts. We built a qualitative, retrospective longitudinal, embedded case of the internationalization of a Brazilian medium-sized firm that established a footprint in 16 foreign markets over nearly three decades. We find that its internationalization processes can be classified into three groups as far as pace is concerned: an Unmovable Internationalization Process, an Inert Internationalization Process and an Accelerated Internationalization Process. We then call attention to a mismatch between the pace of learning and the modal shifts in the firm’s internationalization processes. Further, we suggest a new picture of the internationalization of the firm by proposing the existence of a number of internationalization process...

Africa Journal of Management, 2018

The informal economy is an important phenomenon in African countries, accounting for up to 90% of... more The informal economy is an important phenomenon in African countries, accounting for up to 90% of the jobs in the lowest income Sub-Saharan countries such as Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Management research about Africa, therefore, cannot be complete without a closer look at and a better understanding of the informal economy on the continent, the opportunities it brings and challenges it faces. Research on the informal economy started during the early 1970s has been conducted mainly by economists and sociologists. Managerial and organizational knowledge of the informal economy in Africa, however, remains largely underdeveloped. We reviewed the literature on the informal economy taking a pan-African approach by surveying 102 studies published from 1992 to 2017 in English, French and Portuguese language outlets. We summarize the current state of the literature, identify seven general themes, raise pertinent research questions, and suggest directions to further advance research about the informal economy with a focus on management and organization knowledge in all of Africa.

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 2019

Purpose By bringing together the IB and IE literatures, the purpose of this paper is to examine t... more Purpose By bringing together the IB and IE literatures, the purpose of this paper is to examine the internationalization process as an entrepreneurial process related to the development of international opportunities. It explicitly connects different types of knowledge (i.e. market and internationalization), international opportunities and the internationalization process comprising both new foreign market entry and sequential moves that happen after entry. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper that reviews the literature on knowledge, opportunities and the internationalization process. Moreover, the paper identifies the current gaps in the literature and builds new theory that sheds light into how these three concepts are related. The paper also presents a model and propositions that should guide future research. Findings The proposed model shows that market and internationalization knowledge combine to form the international knowledge stockpile of the firm, which ...