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, tacit knowledge is information that is intuitive and difficult to articulate or codify in writing.
Codified Knowledge is information that can be easily captured in the form of text, tables, or diagrams.
First Mover Advantages advantages accruing to the first to enter a market
Pioneering Costs Costs an early entrant bears that later entrants avoid, such as the time and effort
in learning the rules, failure due to ignorance, and the liability of being a foreigner.
Externalities knowledge spillovers
Strategic Commitments have long-term impacts and are not easy to reverse, can have important influence
on the nature of competition in a market, are neither good nor bad.
ex: deciding to enter a foreign market on a significant scale.
Exporting the sale of products produced in one country to residents of another country.
Exporting: Direct company conducts all phases of the sale and transfer of the merchandise to a
buyer
Advantages of Exporting (direct) 1. Avoids the costs of establishing manufacturing operations in the host country
2. Minimizes risk and investment
3. Rapid speed of entry
4. May realize experience curve and location economies