Javernick-Will, A N (2009) Organizational learning during internationalization: Acquiring local institutional knowledge. Construction Management and Economics, 27(8), pp. 783-797. ISSN 1466433X
Abstract
Organizational learning plays an important role for firms entering new international markets. Acquiring knowledge of a foreign market helps firms to decrease uncertainties, misunderstandings and risks, allowing them to plan and achieve project expectations more accurately. Little is known, however, about how real estate developers, contractors and engineering firms initially collect important local knowledge for their international projects. This study uses qualitative research methods to explore the sources firms use to acquire different types of local knowledge. The results indicate that organizational learning is a complex process, and although similarities exist, different types of firms use different sources to collect needed knowledge. The research contributes to theory by responding to requests for additional research on how firms actually acquire and develop institutional knowledge. In addition, by understanding the sources used to acquire different types of institutional knowledge, company managers can determine the best sources to employ to acquire knowledge that is important for their specific business.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | institutional theory; international projects; internationalization; knowledge management; organizational learning |
| Index terms: | knowledge management, international project, local knowledge, manager, organizational learning, engineering firm, qualitative research method, international market, real estate, institutional theory, internationalization |
| Subjects: | economic analysis, real estate economics, practitioner, strategic management, research design and methodology, communities and social development, sociology, firms, development economics, professional development |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Stakeholder Management, Business Strategy, Research Practice, Information Management, Urban Studies, International Construction |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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