International expansion of clothing manufacturers from Kenya: A dichotomy between firms’ capabilities and institutional support

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dc.contributor.authorRwehumbiza, Deusdedit
dc.contributor.authorDornberger, Utz
dc.contributor.authorNabi, Md. Noor Un
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-23T15:38:45Z
dc.date.available2018-04-23T15:38:45Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThere is little if any scholarly work on institutions and internationalisation of companies from Africa. This research contributes to the clarification of the interactions between firms’ capabilities and institutional support in relation to international expansion. Using a cross-sectional sample of sixty surveyed enterprises and four case studies the article explains why clothing manufacturers from Kenya expand into non-African markets. To that end, the article builds on resource-based and institution-based views to uncover the circumstances under which each view precedes the other. Key findings reveal that institutional support attracts investors in this sector and influences their exports destination. However, since international expansion is an entrepreneurial activity, which entails continuity, firms-specific capabilities are found to be critical antecedents to international expansion.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRwehumbiza, D., Dornberger, U. and Nabi, M. N. U. (2016), “International expansion of clothing manufacturers from Kenya: A dichotomy between firms’ capabilities and institutional support”, in Marinov, M. A. and Sorensen, O.J. (Eds.), Finding Solutions to the Challenges of Internationalisation, Aalborg University Press.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-87-7112-482-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4694
dc.publisherAalborg University Pressen_US
dc.subjectfirm-specific capabilities, institutional support, diversification strategy, mixed-methods approachen_US
dc.titleInternational expansion of clothing manufacturers from Kenya: A dichotomy between firms’ capabilities and institutional supporten_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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