- Internationalization intentions: micro-foundations and psychological distance perceptions in immigrant and non-immigrant entrepreneurs
- Bolzani, Daniela <1980>
Subject
- ING-IND/35 Ingegneria economico-gestionale
- SECS-P/08 Economia e gestione delle imprese
- SECS-P/10 Organizzazione aziendale
Description
- This dissertation project aims at shedding light on the micro-foundations of international entrepreneurship, focusing on the pre-internationalization phase and taking an individual-level perspective. Three research questions are investigated building on a cognitive model of internationalization intentions. First, what are the antecedents to internationalization intentions, i.e. desirability and feasibility, and how they interact with psychological distance towards internationalization options. Second, what is the role of previous entrepreneurs’ experience on such antecedents, in particular for immigrant vs. non-immigrant entrepreneurs. Third, how are these antecedent elements influenced by entrepreneurs’ individual-level motivations and goals. Using a new data set from 140 independent, non-internationalized, high-tech SMEs and their 169 owners, a variety of analytical techniques are used to investigate the research questions, such as structural equation modeling, hierarchical regression and a "laddering" technique. This project advances our theoretical understanding of internationalization and international entrepreneurship and has relevant implications for entrepreneurs and policy-makers.
Date
- 2013-06-03
Type
- Doctoral Thesis
- PeerReviewed
Format
- application/pdf
Identifier
urn:nbn:it:unibo-10599
Bolzani, Daniela (2013) Internationalization intentions: micro-foundations and psychological distance perceptions in immigrant and non-immigrant entrepreneurs, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum UniversitĂ di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Direzione aziendale