The internationalisation process theory and the internationalisation of Norwegian firms, 1945 to 1980

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ID8420375
AuthorsRolv Petter Amdam (0000-0003-2200-7484, a BI Norwegian School of Management , Oslo, Norway, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume51
Issue3
Pages445-461
Publication date2009-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBusiness History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00076790902844054
OpenAlexW2108710050
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited9

According to the internationalisation process theory firms tend to invest and expand in countries with a short psychic distance to the home country. This paper discusses the usefulness of bringing this theory into business history by analysing the internationalisation of Norwegian firms before the 1980s. The empirical contribution of this paper is that it adds new knowledge to our understanding of the early internationalisation of Norwegians firms. The theoretical contribution is that the paper develops the discussion on the usefulness of bringing networks into the internationalisation process theory. Based on the Norwegian case, there seems to be a need for including personal networks as one dimension of the psychic distance concept, not only in the new economy but also in the old economy

Business · Business history · Dimension (graph theory · Economics · Industrial organization · International trade · Internationalization · Management · Norwegian · Process (computing · Process theory · Psychic · Work in process · Computer Science · Global trade and economics · Innovation and Knowledge Management · International Business and FDI · Marketing

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