Internationalisation and firm performance of emerging market firms: exploring the moderating effects of differential knowledge-based resources

Building on the knowledge-based view (KBV) of the firm, this study updates and extends research on the internationalisation-performance relationship in emerging market firms by examining the moderating impacts of two types of knowledge-based resources. Empirical results obtained from a large longitudinal sample of manufacturing firms in China show that not all knowledge is equally important for emerging market firms to succeed in the process of...