The purpose of this paper is to test whether Top Management Team (TMT) international experience is positively associated to international information acquisition from managerial international contacts and whether international information partially mediates the positive relationship between TMT international experience and international strategic decision rationality.,Data were collected through a survey of small- and medium-sized of international Pakistani software firms.,This study reports that TMT international experience-international strategic decision rationality relationship to international information acquisition and that this information acquisition partially mediates the TMT international experience, i.e. international strategic decision rationality relationship.,When selecting the members of their TMT, international firms should pay careful attention to their international experience.,Previous research demonstrates that TMT international experience has a positive effect on international strategic decision rationality and that this effect is transferred to performance. This study shows that the positive effect of TMT international experience is derived from the personal international knowledge and the international information collected from managers’ international contacts. This ability to make rational international strategic decisions could have a positive effect on decision-making and firm performance.

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高层管理团队的国际经验，国际信息获取和国际战略决策的合理性

国际公司应注意其国际经验。以往的研究表明，TMT国际经验对国际战略决策合理性具有积极影响，并且这种影响已转化为业绩。这项研究表明，TMT国际经验的积极影响源于个人国际知识和从经理的国际联系中收集的国际信息。做出合理的国际战略决策的能力可能会对决策和公司绩效产生积极影响。这项研究表明，TMT国际经验的积极影响源于个人国际知识和从经理的国际联系中收集的国际信息。做出合理的国际战略决策的能力可能会对决策和公司绩效产生积极影响。这项研究表明，TMT国际经验的积极影响源于个人国际知识和从经理的国际联系中收集的国际信息。做出合理的国际战略决策的能力可能会对决策和公司绩效产生积极影响。