社会资本对探索性国际化、利用性国际化的差异性影响研究

Differential Impact of Social Capital on Exploring and Exploiting Internationalization

借助社会资本实施国际化战略已成共识。然而,现有研究对于社会资本与国际化战略的匹配性缺乏关注。基于227家国际化制造企业样本数据,重点研究社会资本对探索性国际化和利用性国际化的差异性影响。研究发现,商业网络资本对探索性国际化、利用性国际化具有同等程度的正向影响,政治网络资本对探索性国际化具有更强的正向影响,知识网络资本对利用性国际化具有更强的正向影响。研究结论对于企业如何借助社会资本推动国际化战略实施具有理论贡献和实践启示。

Social capital has been recognized as an important tool for firms to enhance internationalization.However,current research does not uncover the fitness between social capital and international strategy.Based on the data of international manufacturing firms,the paper explores the differential impact of social capital on exploring internationalization and exploiting internationalization.The results show that business network capital has the same positive impact on exploring and exploiting internationalization,while governmental network capital has more positive impact on exploring internationalization than exploiting internationalization and knowledge network capital has more positive impact on exploiting internationalization than exploring internationalization.Theoretical and managerial implications are also discussed.