.... Furthermore, national mechanisms of social empowerment will be examined to understand how they contribute to the development of the multidimensional nature of absorptive capacity. Knowledge is considered one of the main resources for economic development, in both developed and developing countries...

...Anders Pehrsson; Andreas Pehrsson Purpose Drawing on the knowledge-based theory, the purpose of this paper is to extend the current understanding of a company’s upgrading of a foreign subsidiary’s value-adding scope and its impact on growth. Design/methodology/approach This study applies...

... of internationalization have been presented as competing and fundamentally different explanations, as past research focuses mostly on the original 1977 Uppsala model without accounting for its five subsequent extensions (1990-2013) and not considering in sufficient depth the critical role of the knowledge construct...

...Vanessa Ratten; Joao Ferreira; Cristina Fernandes Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how entrepreneurs in emerging economies use their knowledge to help create new businesses and increase their profitability in the international marketplace. Emerging economies are playing...