Opening and closing doors: The role of language in international opportunity recognition and exploitation. Issue 6 (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hurmerinta, Leila; Nummela, Niina; Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Eriikka
• Is Part Of: International business review. Volume 24:Issue 6(2015:Dec.)
• Page Start: 1082
• Page End: 1094
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: International business enterprises -- Periodicals; 338.8805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2015.04.010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0969-5931

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Language skills of the decision-maker are related to international opportunity recognition and exploitation.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Language skills may create a knowledge corridor, which either encourages or prevents the decision-maker from seeing a greater number of international opportunities.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Matching linguistic knowledge helps managers to recognise international opportunities, especially if it is accompanied by language diversity and deeper culture-specific knowledge.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">The impact of the linguistic knowledge corridor has decreased due to the emergence of English as business language and digitalisation.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>