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The birth of capabilities: market entry and the importance of pre-history

Helfat, C. E.·2002·Industrial and Corporate Change
DOI 10.1093/icc/11.4.725
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We analyze the birth of capabilities and resources within organizations and within industries, and their historical antecedents, at the time of market entry. We find a consistent theme: the greater the similarity between pre‐entry firm resources and the required resources in an industry, the greater the likelihood that a firm will enter that particular industry, and the greater the likelihood that the firm will survive and prosper. In addition, resource gaps affect the likelihood, speed and mode of entry.

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  • Firm-level capabilities act simultaneously both as a constraint on and as an enabler of what firms can do with respect to foreign market entry.

    “Thus firm-level capabilities act simultaneously both as a constraint on and as an enabler of what firms can do with respect to foreign market entry.”

    From A dynamic capabilities-based entrepreneurial theory of the multinational enterprise (2014) · cites this paper as Helfat & Lieberman, 2002

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Authors
Helfat, C. E.
Affiliations
Dartmouth College (US)
Corresponding author
Helfat, C. E.
ORCID
Helfat, C. E.
Venue
Industrial and Corporate Change
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2002-08-01
Volume
11
Issue
4
Pages
725-760
ISSN
  • 0960-6491 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-3650
DOI
10.1093/icc/11.4.725
OpenAlex
W2038521799
Cited by
1,087
References
2
Citations by year
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FWCI
52.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Industrial and Corporate Change (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Keywords
market entry, capabilities, firm resources, resource similarity, resource gaps, industry entry, business survival, market entry modes, entry timing, historical antecedents

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