To Be Young and International
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Organizational theory has traditionally treated “liabilities of newness,” things like a young firm’s limited resources and resilience, as disadvantages. Combine these with “liabilities of foreignness,” or the costs of doing global business, and you’d think a young international firm would be doubly disadvantaged. But Professor Maija Renko and her coauthors argue that in the digital marketplace, a firm’s newness can mitigate the risks of foreignness. Read the full UIC News story here. Renko’s research paper, “Liabilities, Advantages and Buffers of Newness” can be accessed here.
Modified on April 08, 2019