Which resources and competences are in favour of an international strategy? A case of Polish firms

• Authors: Agnieszka Głodowska , Krzysztof Wach , Marek Maciejewski

Abstracts

EN

The objective of the study is to verify the way and the scope of the impact of resources and competences on the process of entrepreneurial internationalisation. In this paper we have presented a broad review of the literature, which shows that resources and competencies are two fundamental aspects that play vital roles in the internationalisation of firms. The novelty of this article lies in selecting Poland as a post-emerging economy, and such countries as being late comers to international business are still not well explored in the literature. The article uses own primary data based on a survey questionnaire. We used a quantitative approach. We applied simple and multiple logistic regression to verify the impact of resources and competences and their individual components on the creation of an international strategy in the firm. We have proved that resources and competences have a significant impact on the creation of an international strategy in internationalised firms from Poland. The results for specific individual resources and competences are no longer so clear-cut.

Keywords

EN

competences; international strategy; international business; international entrepreneurship; internationalisation; Poland; resources

• Publisher: Instytut Geografii Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
• Journal: Prace Komisji Geografii Przemysłu Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 7-20

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Głodowska

• Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie

author

Krzysztof Wach

• Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie

• https://orcid.org/0000000175422863

author

Marek Maciejewski

• Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie

• https://orcid.org/0000000313433764

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Identifiers

DOI

10.24917/20801653.361.1

Biblioteka Nauki

2211947