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International springboard as an entrepreneurial act

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  • Maksimov, Vladislav
  • Luo, Yadong

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International springboard is an entrepreneurial act that requires international entrepreneurial orientation (IEO). An important aspect of international springboard is the establishment of a deeply localized flagship foreign subsidiary to help pursue diverse international strategic goals. We model parent-level IEO as a mediator in the relationships between diversity of international strategic goals and flagship subsidiary localization strategies (customer responsiveness, market scope, and local cooperativeness). The results from a sample of 208 Chinese MNEs demonstrate that the three dimensions of IEO (innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk taking) play an important but differentiated mediation role. The study illustrates the connection between parent-level entrepreneurial behavior and subsidiary-level strategic actions through which MNEs capture cross-national entrepreneurial opportunities.

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  • Maksimov, Vladislav & Luo, Yadong, 2021. "International springboard as an entrepreneurial act," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 56(3).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:worbus:v:56:y:2021:i:3:s1090951620301048
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2020.101176
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