What is it about?
Digitalization has garnered significant interest in early internationalizing firms. The purpose of this research is to systematically collate and synthesize the literature on how digitalization-related antecedents influence the processes and outcomes of early internationalizing firms.
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Why is it important?
The review enables us to outline the development of major research areas in terms of themes, theoretical approaches, and methodological issues at the intersection of the early internationalization and digitalization research. We contribute by offering a model that delineates a more subsumed, multilevel explanation of the interface of early internationalization and digitalization. Further, we propose a number of future research directions based on the integration of the reviewed articles and inputs purposefully collected from surveyed scholars in the field.
Perspectives
•Digitalization in early internationalization research is theoretically fragmented. •Methodological diversity is applied, but more longitudinal research is welcomed. •Manual processes overcome the usage of AI tools in systematic literature reviews.
Dr Emmanuel Kusi Appiah
University of Vaasa
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This page is a summary of: The role of digitalization in early internationalization Research: A systematic literature review and future research directions, Journal of Business Research, January 2025, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115043.
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