In light of the increasing efforts made by emerging market firms to engage in international business through importing activities, identifying the characteristics that motivate importing business and contribute to its success is practically and theoretically meaningful. Drawing upon a knowledge-based view (KBV), we examine how the shareholder internationality affects a firm’s importing activities. We hypothesize that the shareholder internationality can facilitate a firm’s import initiation and contribute to the diversity of importing countries of origin. Moreover, the divergence of shareholders’ nationality backgrounds may hinder import initiation, but motivate importing from dispersed countries of origin during the import development process. A longitudinal analysis of Colombian firms supports our hypotheses.

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股东国际性和新兴市场公司的进口活动

鉴于新兴市场公司越来越多地通过进口活动从事国际业务，确定推动进口业务并有助于其成功的特征在实践和理论上都具有重要意义。利用基于知识的观点 (KBV)，我们研究了股东国际性如何影响公司的进口活动。我们假设股东国际性可以促进公司的进口启动并有助于进口来源国的多样性。此外，股东国籍背景的差异可能会阻碍进口的启动，但会在进口发展过程中刺激从分散的原产国进口。对哥伦比亚公司的纵向分析支持我们的假设。