Complementary insights from Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) and the Resource-Based View (RBV) of the firm are combined to predict the relationship between firm specific technological knowledge and patterns of integration within organizational boundaries. The findings show that the level of...

This paper presents an expanded version of the product cycle framework, which illustrates how the role of R&D, production and marketing activities, as a salient determinant of competitive advantage, evolves along the product cycle. The framework considers the implications of these changes for...

This study employs a modified resource-based approach to examine the competitive advantage enjoyed by knowledge-intensive, small- and medium-sized multinationals (KI-SMMs). While the resource-based view addresses superior capabilities only, this paper examines both superior and inferior...

In this paper, we propose that gender affects the ambidextrous behavior of a firm. Subsequently, we study this empirically by using a micro‐foundational approach. Building on behavioral ambidexterity and the incentive approach to ambidexterity, we construct a theoretical argument that the...

Recent studies view the phenomenon of ‘born global' firms as a contradiction to the stages theory. This paper shows that the internationalization process of ‘born global' firms may be characterized by gradual increased commitment to foreign markets, albeit not necessarily according to the...