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Psychic Distance, Innovation, and Firm Performance

Authors: Goudarz Azar, Rian Drogendijk

Published in: Management International Review | Issue 5/2014

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Previous research suggests that internationalization improves a firm’s ability to innovate, but the effect of internationalizing into specific target markets or destinations on the innovation ability of firms has not been fully investigated. This study examined whether the psychic distance between target market and home market affects firms’ propensity to innovate. The starting assumption was that perception of a high degree of differences and subsequent environmental uncertainty when expanding into psychically distant markets triggers strategies for interacting and integrating with the market environment. These include producing and adopting innovations to processes and products and to organizational strategy, structure, and administrative procedures to cope with the new environment and overcome uncertainties. These innovations and the associated competitive advantages can improve firm performance. Hypotheses regarding the relationships between psychic distance, innovation, and firm performance were tested here by structural equation modeling using data from 186 export ventures into 23 international markets by Swedish companies. The results indicate that the link between psychic distance and firm performance is mediated by innovation.

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Title: Psychic Distance, Innovation, and Firm Performance
Authors: Goudarz Azar
Rian Drogendijk
Publication date: 01-10-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Management International Review / Issue 5/2014
Print ISSN: 0938-8249
Electronic ISSN: 1861-8901
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-014-0219-2

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