Donbesuur, F, Zahoor, N, Al-Tabbaa, O orcid.org/0000-0003-2669-4576 et al. (2 more authors) (Cover date: April 2023) On the performance of platform-based international new ventures: The roles of non-market strategies and managerial competencies. Journal of International Management, 29 (2). 101002. ISSN 1075-4253
Abstract
The implications of non-market strategies have gained considerable attention in recent international business and strategy research. However, an in-depth understanding of these strategies and their underpinning mechanisms in platform-based international new ventures (INVs) remains underexplored. To close this gap, this study investigates the drivers and performance outcomes of non-market strategies embraced by internationalizing platform-based firms. We propose that non-market strategies mediate the relationship between managerial competencies and international performance. We also theorize that perceived domestic institutional voids (PDIVs) would have a full strengthening effect on the proposed model. We tested our conceptualization using a unique sample comprising 181 platform-based INVs whose headquarters are based in an institutionally precarious sub-Saharan African country-Ghana. While the results confirm most of our predictions, counterintuitively, our analysis provides no support for the moderating effect of PDIVs on the relationship between non-market strategies and international performance. Together, these findings offer important theoretical and practical implications for the IB and strategy research, especially for platform-based INVs.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Platform-based ventures, Non-market strategies, Managerial competencies, Perceived domestic institutional voids, emerging market |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > International Business Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2023 08:48 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2023 11:12 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.intman.2022.101002 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:194666 |