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<p>Many studies raise the issue of relationships between internationalization and innovativeness, linking them with firms’ international competitiveness. However, very few of these studies focus on the influence of internationalization on innovativeness and regard the multifaceted nature of these two concepts. The study presented in this paper is based on a holistic approach to internationalization and innovativeness. It explores the influence of the outward (e.g. exporting, outward FDI) and inward (e.g. importing, inward FDI) internationalization on the outward (product and marketing) and inward (process and organizational) innovativeness of 274 firms in Poland, adopting formative variables and a correlations analysis. The key contribution of the research is that the outward internationalization is conducive to both the outward and inward innovativeness, while the inward internationalization supports only the inward innovativeness. It shows that learning by outward and inward internationalization supports innovativeness of firms, responsible for their international competitiveness. The findings might be unique for transition and emerging economies characterized with a low degree of internationalization and innovativeness, while the holistic approach is more universal, and might bring interesting results when applied to the research of highly advanced economies.</p>
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Many studies raise the issue of relationships between internationalization and innovativeness, linking them with firms’ international competitiveness. However, very few of these studies focus on the influence of internationalization on innovativeness and regard the multifaceted nature of these two concepts. The study presented in this paper is based on a holistic approach to internationalization and innovativeness. It explores the influence of the outward (e.g. exporting, outward FDI) and inward (e.g. importing, inward FDI) internationalization on the outward (product and marketing) and inward (process and organizational) innovativeness of 274 firms in Poland, adopting formative variables and a correlations analysis. The key contribution of the research is that the outward internationalization is conducive to both the outward and inward innovativeness, while the inward internationalization supports only the inward innovativeness. It shows that learning by outward and inward internationalization supports innovativeness of firms, responsible for their international competitiveness. The findings might be unique for transition and emerging economies characterized with a low degree of internationalization and innovativeness, while the holistic approach is more universal, and might bring interesting results when applied to the research of highly advanced economies.

Learning by outward and inward internationalization and the outward/inward innovativeness of firms in Poland

International Journal of Management and Economics

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Many studies raise the issue of relationships between internationalization and innovativeness, linking them with firms’ international competitiveness. However,...

Learning by outward and inward internationalization and the outward/inward innovativeness of firms in Poland

Article Category: Empirical Paper

Publicado en línea: 29 ene 2021

Páginas: 44 - 68

Recibido: 09 mar 2020

Aceptado: 24 sept 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2020-0030

Palabras clave
outward-inward internationalization, outward-inward innovativeness, learning by internationalization, international competitiveness, transition economy

© 2021 Maja Szymura-Tyc, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Learning by outward and inward internationalization and the outward/inward innovativeness of firms in Poland

Article Category: Empirical Paper

Publicado en línea: 29 ene 2021

Páginas: 44 - 68

Recibido: 09 mar 2020

Aceptado: 24 sept 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2020-0030

Palabras claveoutward-inward internationalization, outward-inward innovativeness, learning by internationalization, international competitiveness, transition economy

© 2021 Maja Szymura-Tyc, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
outward-inward internationalization, outward-inward innovativeness, learning by internationalization, international competitiveness, transition economy