I explain how the Uppsala model of the internationalization process progressed from explaining internationalization to explaining evolution. Initially, empirical findings led to the formulation of a model, later named the Uppsala model, driven by the interplay between experiential learning and commitments to expand the business into new foreign markets and deepen engagements in existing markets. Later, conceptions led to networks becoming a key ingredient in the model. As a result, globalization, geographical extensions and reconfigurations, and coordination changes were shown to follow the same pattern of learning and commitments as internationalization did. More recently, other dimensions in firms' evolution, such as R&D, and organizational and strategic change processes appear to follow similar processes of learning and commitments.

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乌普萨拉国际化进程模型的发展：从国际化到演进

我解释了国际化进程的乌普萨拉模型如何从解释国际化到解释演变的过程。最初，经验发现导致模型的建立，后来被称为Uppsala模型，这是由经验学习与将业务扩展到新的国外市场并加深现有市场参与的承诺之间的相互作用所驱动的。后来，概念导致网络成为模型中的关键要素。结果，全球化，地域扩展和重组以及协调变化被证明遵循与国际化相同的学习和承诺模式。最近，企业发展的其他方面，例如研发，组织和战略变革过程，似乎也遵循类似的学习和承诺过程。