The article “International entrepreneurship: A meta-analysis on the internationalization and performance relationship” was accepted for publication in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (VHB-Ranking: A; Impact Factor: 3.414).
The paper is joint work of Christian Schwens, Florian B. Zapkau, Michael Bierwerth (all of them University of Düsseldorf), Rodrigo Isidor (University of Passau), Gary A. Knight (Willamette University) und Rüdiger Kabst (University of Paderborn).
Abstract:
The paper conducts a meta-analysis on the relationship between internationalization and firm performance in International Entrepreneurship. Empirical evidence from 15,648 internationalizing entrepreneurial firms nested in 43 independent samples reveals a positive relationship between degree and scope of internationalization and performance. Knowledge intensity positively moderates the relationship between speed of internationalization and performance and negatively moderates the scope of internationalization and performance association. In contrast, we neither find a relationship between speed of internationalization and performance nor for knowledge intensity’s moderation on the degree of internationalization–performance association. Based on the findings, the paper systematically points at future research opportunities.