Knowledge acquisition strategy, speed of capability development and speed of SME internationalisation
基于对瑞典、波兰和中国618家国际化中小企业的两阶段实地调研，识别出四种国际知识获取策略，发现“嫁接者”和“实用主义者”的能力发展速度快于“经验者”和“网络者”，且能力发展速度对国际市场扩张速度呈倒U型影响。
From a study following two sequential on-site data collection stages at 618 internationalising SMEs in Sweden, Poland and China, we identify and validate four distinct international knowledge acquisition strategies. In contrast to traditional theories suggesting that firms develop capabilities by generating their own experience, we show that Grafters and Pragmatists have a higher speed of international capability development than Experiencers and Networkers. Subsequently, by drawing on capability development theory, we show that the speed of capability development has a curvilinear (inverted U-shaped) effect on the speed of spread between international markets. These findings have consequences both for practitioners and theory.