The automotive supply chain: global trends and Asian perspectives
In: ERD working paper series 3
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In: ERD working paper series 3
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 35, Heft 7, S. 1134-1151
In: Organization science, Band 33, Heft 3, S. 969-990
ISSN: 1526-5455
We study the evolution of the African mobile telecommunications industry from its effective beginning and explore the sources of ownership advantages among indigenous firms, by assembling historical qualitative and quantitative firm-level data. Our historical qualitative findings suggest that a few start-ups gained industry-specific knowledge through their pre-entry experience, directed their postentry development of capabilities toward adaptations to challenging market and operational conditions, and leveraged their adaptive capabilities to enter and compete in other African countries. Using our quantitative panel data, we show that these firms successfully internationalized across the continent. In particular, compared with other start-ups, they had higher rates of foreign entry in African countries that had relatively weaker rule of law, and greater market reach in African countries that had relatively larger low-income consumer segments. These patterns corroborate that their capabilities for overcoming the industry's challenging market and operational conditions were their key ownership advantages. Through our triangulated analysis, we show that inherited industry knowledge provides a foundation for postentry capability development, and entrepreneurial leadership guides this process to create ownership advantages for regional internationalization.
In: Research Policy, Band 38, Heft 8, S. 1278-1287
In: IEEE transactions on engineering management: EM ; a publication of the IEEE Engineering Management Society, Band 56, Heft 1, S. 95-105
In: Research Policy, Band 36, Heft 7, S. 1035-1051
In: Research policy: policy, management and economic studies of science, technology and innovation, Band 40, Heft 9, S. 1240-1252
ISSN: 1873-7625
In: Research Policy, Band 43, Heft 9, S. 1594-1607
In: From Underdogs to Tigers, S. 99-130
In: Research Policy, Band 42, Heft 9, S. 1555-1567