“…It can take a long time-from inception to the first international steps (Johanson & Vahlne, 1977)-for firms to ensure that the resources and knowledge essential for internationalization are developed. Consequently, the slow pace of this internationalization process constrains the internationalization level of those firms, at least during the first phases of expansion (Chen & Yeh, 2012;Dominguez, Mayrhofer, & Obadia, 2017;Kontinen & Ojala, 2011). Firms would, in this case, internationalize incrementally, following a succession of adaptation periods after changes in the environment.…”