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Purpose -The purpose of the paper is to analyse children's impact on innovation decision making empirically. Design/methodology/approach -This paper is a diary study with 14 parents depicting their experiences with regard to the topic of interest over a period of two weeks. Findings -Children's influence is stronger in earlier stages of the innovation buying process, based on different communication strategies with differing effects on their parents' purchasing behaviour. Practical implications -This paper helps marketers tailor appropriate marketing and innovation strategies. Special attention is given to the familial dynamics in the innovation decision-making process. This is to prevent inter-family conflicts fuelled by the children's requests. Originality/value -This is one of the first attempts to test Rogers' innovation-decision process. Moreover, despite its many bonuses, the diary method has rarely been applied in the context of familial purchase decision making.

This article offers a review of conceptual and empirical research on knowledge components during the process of new venture internationalization. A framework is developed to illustrate different knowledge components that constitute ‘international knowledge’. We focus specifically upon the interface between entrepreneur and venture capitalist knowledge respectively. Propositions are developed in relation to these knowledge components; based on our framework and the related propositions, suggestions for future research activities are outlined. Finally, we offer insights for managers and investors in the development of their internationalization strategy.

The literature on Chinese firms suggests that a major objective of internationalization is to compensate for latecomer disadvantages. Thus, asset exploration rather than asset exploitation is the dominant motive for moving abroad. In doing so, companies need to engage constantly in innovation, or, more generally, value-creation trajectories to develop cutting-edge technology and enhance their product portfolio. In this article, I introduce a model with research propositions on how firms engage in internationalization-innovation trajectories. An ambidexterity perspective is suggested to balance these strategies. Insights from 30 companies' annual reports over five years are presented. Results confirm that Chinese firms follow ambidextrous strategies and complement internal process-oriented with external product-focused innovation.

Understanding the emergence, development, growth, or termination of dynamic capabilities (DCs) remains a critical topic of organizational research. This study contributes to and expands this stream of research by investigating the transformation and transition between two distinct DCs—acquisition-based and innovation-based—within the global logistics provider DHL across four time brackets from 1997 to 2006. Using content analysis of interviews with DHL’s managers and secondary sources, we identify DCs through bundles of underlying routines and track their evolution. Our findings provide evidence that a specific DC undergoes transformation before the company transitions to another DC, following a reactive sequence. These insights contribute to research on capability development by challenging traditional life-cycle explanations.