The international expansion of Navimor International: Leveraging resources and capabilities remaining from the era of red globalization
研究波兰前国有外贸企业Navimor International如何利用计划经济时代遗留的技术、非洲市场经验和人际网络进行国际扩张，发现其通过选择性剥离、利用遗产资产和合作收购实现扩张，但未创造新资源。
This paper examines how resources and capabilities developed under a centrally planned economy during the era of ‘red globalization’ were reconfigured to shape the internationalisation of Navimor International, a Polish company that emerged from a former state-owned foreign trade organisation (FTO). Drawing on a longitudinal case study, it traces how technical know-how, African market familiarity, and interpersonal networks were retained and repurposed by a community of practice formed by former FTO professionals. This community enabled the firm to reactivate African business ties, navigate state-dominated procurement, and secure major contracts in Nigeria and Angola. Counterintuitively, across three reconfiguration processes—selective divestment, leveraging legacy assets, and acquisition through partnerships—no evidence of resource creation was found: international expansion occurred without generating new resources. The study shows how path-dependent organisational capabilities can facilitate adaptation while simultaneously constraining innovation in post-socialist firms.