Disentangling the effects of post-entry speed of internationalization on INVs’ export performance

This paper aims to explore the under-researched topic of post-entry speed of internationalization (PSI) in the context of international new ventures (INVs). We unbundle PSI and examine its relationship with both financial and non-financial export performance, considering three related, but conceptually distinct, dimensions of PSI: internationalization intensity, spread, and geographical diversity. Building on organizational learning theory, we highlight different mechanisms that contribute to post-entry performance outcomes among INVs. Our findings from a sample of 112 INVs in New Zealand provide evidence that the three dimensions of PSI are distinct and that they have different impacts on financial and non-financial export performance. This paper contributes to the limited, yet growing body of literature on PSI by providing a deeper understanding of PSI and its constituent dimensions. In addition, this study offers new theoretical insights into how and why different dimensions of post-entry speed of internationalization can contribute to stronger export performance

A holistic model of human capital for value creation and superior firm performance : the Strategic factor market model

Abstract:Understanding the link between human capital, competitive advantage and firm performance is a major focus of research in strategic human capital studies in strategic management and Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM). Indeed, much progress has been made in understanding this link. However, strategy scholars have emphasized firm-specific human capital as the most strategic form of human capital, and mobility constraints as the route to human capital-based competitive advantage and superior performance. SHRM, on the other hand, have been primarily focused on human resource policies, practices and systems, and more recently on the ability, motivation, and opportunity framework. Consequently, there has been an implicit assumption that there is already an understanding of how human capital actually creates value in firms. This article presents a succinct review of extant studies and a model that explores value creation from human capital. The model, based primarily on the theory of strategic factor market, holds promise in furthering extant understanding of the link between human capital, competitive advantage and firm performance. The model takes a more holistic approach to the role of human capital in value creation in firms

Life After Succession in the Family Business: Is It Really the End of Problems?

The succession processes in family business are well chronicled in the business literature. Most of the research focuses on the process of transferring power within the business-family. What has not been as closely examined is the after-succession environment that exists when the management and leadership of the family business are passed on to the next generation. This article addresses that organizational climate and the potential for additional problems in the business-family if post-succession issues are not identified and addressed and suggests some steps that will be helpful in producing complete succession success.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline

The Impact of Timing and Mode of Entry on Successor Development and Successful Succession

Family businesses frequently are disrupted by the process of succession of leadership and ownership. This article focuses on causes of conflict and how to manage success after siblings have entered the business.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline

Personnel- and action control in gazelle companies in Sweden

Behavioral accounting theory questions the role of accounting and how accounting constructs can support other organizational activities. This paper examines whether personnel and action controls and the perception of current growth mediate meaningful support of innovative ideas (i.e., innovativeness) on future growth. While some literature has supported innovativeness as a spontaneous process, this paper examines whether innovative ideas are supported by formal behavioral controls on current and future growth. The paper further develops and finds support for the notion that future growth builds on the relative confidence of current growth. This paper uses exploratory factor analysis (EFA) for construct validation and further tests mediation using structural equation modeling and the bootstrapping technique of indirect effects. The model testing is based on a survey conducted in Sweden with key informants from high-growth (i.e., gazelle) companies. A total of 150 usable responses were returned.  The results may stimulate further research as they show that the predefined hypothesis has different direct and indirect roles in the building of future growth.</p