Management Papers

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of this Version

11-2003

Publication Source

Strategic Management Journal

Volume

24

Issue

11

Start Page

1153

Last Page

1164

DOI

10.1002/smj.355

Abstract

We find support for the role of experiential learning in the international expansion process by extending the stages model of internationalization to incorporate a sophisticated consideration of temporal and cross-national variation in the credibility of the policy environment. Using a sample of 3857 international expansions of 665 Japanese manufacturing firms, we build on the concepts of uncertainty and experiential learning, to show that firms that had gathered relevant types of international experience were less sensitive to the deterring effect of uncertain policy environments on investment. One implication of our results is that research on international strategy should emphasize understanding the political institutions that constrain or enable political actors, just as entry mode research has done. A second implication is that research in the stages model of internationalization should give the same weight to the policy environment as a source of uncertainty to a firm, as it has given to cultural, social and market institutions.

Copyright/Permission Statement

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Delios, A. and Henisz, W. J. (2003), Political hazards, experience, and sequential entry strategies: the international expansion of Japanese firms, 1980–1998. Strat. Mgmt. J., 24: 1153–1164., which has been published in final form at doi: 10.1002/smj.355. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html#terms.

Keywords

stages model, internationalization, political risk, organizational learning, Japan

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Date Posted: 27 November 2017

This document has been peer reviewed.