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Argonauts and Icaruses: Social networks and dynamics of nascent international entrepreneurs
Goxe, François; Mayrhofer, Ulrike; Kuivalainen, Olli (Elsevier, 07.07.2021)Drawing on Bourdieu’s theory of practice, we consider internationalization as a process of field crossing and apply this framework to nascent international entrepreneurs. The analysis of 37 interviews with French entrepreneurs, ... -
Artificial Intelligence of Things as an Accelerator of Circular Economy in International Business
Ghoreishi, Malahat; Treves, Luke; Kuivalainen, Olli (Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 02.04.2022)One of the key factors which influences the future of global economy is resource scarcity and the way businesses, policy makers, and environmental scientists respond to climate change by finding solutions for reducing the ... -
Beyond categorization: New directions for theory development about entrepreneurial internationalization
Reuber, A. Rebecca; Dimitratos, Pavlos; Kuivalainen, Olli (Palgrave Macmillan UK, 27.03.2017)Categorizations emphasizing the earliness of internationalization have long been a cornerstone of international entrepreneurship research. Here we contend that the prominence of categories has not been commensurate with ... -
Business Strategies in Internationalisation Outcomes among SMEs
Torkkeli, Lasse; Saarenketo, Sami; Kuivalainen, Olli; Puumalainen, Kaisu (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)In this chapter, we investigate the influence of business strategies upon the internationalisation of SMEs. In particular, we investigate the effect of strategic aim for unique products development and quality focus, the ... -
Digitalization of companies in international entrepreneurship and marketing
Vadana, Ioan-Iustin; Torkkeli, Lasse; Kuivalainen, Olli; Saarenketo, Sami (Emerald, 05.12.2019)Purpose Little research has been done on the emergence of companies that engage in increasingly digital entrepreneurship with digitalized value-chain activities. The purpose of this paper is provide a consistent picture ... -
Dynamic capabilities in MNCs: subsidiary international business competence in the Finnish-Russian context
Pronina, Mariia; Kuivalainen, Olli; Torkkeli, Lasse; Gracheva, Polina (Indercience Enterprises, 23.09.2016)What competencies do companies need to develop in order to internationalise successfully? In this paper our focus is on the dynamic capabilities and, particularly, international business competence of the Russian subsidiaries ... -
Emerging-market firms’ dynamic capabilities and international performance: The moderating role of institutional development and distance
Gölgeci, Ismail; Assadinia, Shahin; Kuivalainen, Olli; Larimo, Jorma (Elsevier, 05.07.2019)While extant research has examined the separate influences of dynamic capabilities and institutions on international performance, their interactive role has received limited attention. Therefore, we examine the role of ... -
Institutional environment and network competence in successful SME internationalisation
Torkkeli, Lasse; Kuivalainen, Olli; Saarenketo, Sami; Puumalainen, Kaisu (Emerald Publishing Limited, 07.10.2018)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of institutional environment on the international performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and how this relationship is influenced by network ... -
Internationalisation of family enterprises: the role of entrepreneurial orientation and international growth orientation
Torkkeli, Lasse; Uzhegova, Maria; Kuivalainen, Olli; Saarenketo, Sami; Puumalainen, Kaisu (Inderscience, 03.11.2021)The determinants of foreign market entry and success among family-controlled small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have not received much attention in research, and especially the role of strategic orientations noted ... -
Knowledge transfer and absorptive capacity in the context of a small multinational enterprise: a systematic study of the nexus of relationships
Øian, Jan-Tore; Kuivalainen, Olli; Vanninen, Heini (Edward Elgar Publishing, 18.01.2022)Knowledge transfer and absorptive capacity of a small firm enhance the use of its existing, typically limited resources and contribute to building knowledge competency and thus sustainable competitive advantage. Existing ... -
Maturing international new ventures: Short- and medium-term Insights
Agusti, Maria; Kuivalainen, Olli; Ramos-Hidalgo, Encarnación; Acedo, Francisco J. (Springer Nature, 29.03.2023)This paper investigates whether the decision to internationalize early in a firm’s life affects its later development in new and adolescent venture phases. To observe this post-entry evolution, this paper analyzes a set ... -
Network competence in Finnish SMEs: implications for growth
Torkkeli, Lasse; Kuivalainen, Olli; Saarenketo, Sami; Puumalainen, Kaisu (Emerald Publishing Limited, 04.04.2016)Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine how network competence is related to the growthof domestic and international SMEs originating from the Nordic region. Business networks have beenfound to drive internationalization ... -
Rapid multinationalization: Propositions for studying born micromultinationals
Vanninen, Heidi; Kuivalainen, Olli; Ciravegna, Luciano (Elsevier, 05.10.2016)This study examines how so-called born micromultinationals multinationalize. Existing theoretical frameworks do not capture the multinationalization of young and small firms because of the literature gap separating studies ... -
Subsidiary’s Network Competence: Finnish Multinational Companies in Russia
Uzhegova, Maria; Torkkeli, Lasse; Kuivalainen, Olli (Taylor & Francis, 18.05.2018)Multinational companies tend to have resources and be capable of establishing subsidiaries across national borders, yet successful foreign operations also require that the established subsidiaries are able to become locally ... -
The antecedents of early internationalization: A configurational perspective
Ciravegna, Luciano; Kuivalainen, Olli; Kundu, Sumit K.; Lopez, Luis E. (Elsevier, 02.06.2018)The literature on international business and international entrepreneurship provides multiple explanations for early internationalization. Using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, this study examines the antecedents ... -
The Internationalisation of New Russian Ventures: The Institutional Frontier
Laine, Igor; Kuivalainen, Olli
The Academy of International Business (Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 17.03.2017)Based on the view that re-engineering and upgrading the institutional environment in previous command economies offer an important new frontier for boosting new venture creation and entrepreneurial internationalization, ... -
The Internationalization of Born-Digital Companies
Vadana, Ioan-Iustin; Torkkeli, Lasse; Kuivalainen, Olli; Saarenketo, Sami (Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 17.01.2019)The impact of the digitalization phenomenon on international entrepreneurship and international business has, until now, received little attention from the research community, and the major models of internationalization ... -
The role of slack resources and managerial capabilities in early and late internationalization: a configurational approach
Vuorio, Anna; Faroque, Anisur R.; Kuivalainen, Olli (Taylor and Francis, 07.09.2022)Internationalization requires a distinct set of managerial capabilities and company resources. Despite a call for examining the impact of cognitive capabilities on international entrepreneurship, only a few studies have ... -
Using Real-time Simulation in Company Value Chains and Business Models for Value Creation
Cheikh-el-Chabab, Maya; Kuivalainen, Olli; Andersson, Ulf R.; Eskola, Roope; Mikkola, Aki (Routledge, 30.05.2021)This chapter describes how incorporating real-time simulation in different value chain processes can affect business models and benefit various stakeholders. The primary objective is to explain how real-time simulation ... -
Value co-creation in an outsourcing arrangement between manufacturers and third party logistics providers: resource commitment, innovation and collaboration
Sinkovics, Rudolf R.; Kuivalainen, Olli; Roath, Anthony S. (Emerald Publishing Limited, 06.01.2018)Purpose This paper aims to explore value co-creation between manufacturing firms and third-party logistics providers (3PLs). The specific focus is on resources and value co-creation with the aim to examine a set of ...