Table 2.
An overview of variables used for predicting firms’ internationalization types or statuses.
| Variables | Number of studies |
|---|---|
| Firm characteristics | |
| attitudes | 16 |
| decision-makers’ or the firm’s prior export or import knowledge | 14 |
| availability and efficiency of resources | 14 |
| firm size | 12 |
| products’ competitiveness | 10 |
| other production characteristics | 10 |
| other skills and/or abilities | 9 |
| innovativeness | 8 |
| Other variables | |
| home market characteristics | 12 |
| foreign markets’ characteristics | 10 |
| (perceived) export (market) risk and/or export barriers | 10 |
| foreign market information availability and diversity | 7 |
| technological or other co-operation | 6 |
| network’s international characteristics | 5 |
Source: based on Appendix 2.