Abstract: Rare are research studies that focus on the role of capacity for organizational learning and the process of internationalization of the company. The objective of this theoretical contribution is to analyze internationalization in the light of theoretical developments relating to learning and knowledge within organizations. We study the role played by organizational learning in the development of the internationalization process by identifying the role of experiential knowledge within the process. Hence, we discover through our study that organizational learning is an incremental process of continuously improved actions thanks to new developed knowledge. Therefore, we consider internalization as a result of knowledge's development within the organization.....
Keywords: internationalization, learning, knowledge, organization.
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