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<p>Returnee entrepreneurship serves as a dynamic source of cross-border knowledge exchange, offering strategic value to developing countries navigating volatile business environments. Returnee Entrepreneurs (REs) contribute technological knowledge acquired through international experience, while local firms provide complementary market knowledge grounded in home-country institutional contexts. The networking between REs and local firms in the home country represents a critical yet underexplored research area. This study aims to dynamically investigate the factors shaping knowledge exchange within these entrepreneurial networks. We develop an agent-based simulation model, to analyze the social behaviors and knowledge interactions. Empirical data were collected from 30 returnee-founded companies and 30 local firms in a technology park (TP) in Iran. We explore three scenarios to enhance business-to-business strategic interactions through knowledge coordination, relationship coordination, and combined coordination mechanisms. Findings reveal that the involvement of an institutional intermediary agent significantly amplifies knowledge exchange frequency, highlighting the role of governance and network orchestration in fostering strategic alliances. This research contributes to strategy literature by modeling the dynamic interactions between returnee entrepreneurial ventures and local firms, emphasizing knowledge transfer as a key driver of sustained competitive advantage. Additionally, we demonstrate how institutional factors embedded in communication networks can facilitate collaboration and innovation within entrepreneurial ecosystems.</p>

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The dynamics of knowledge interactions between returnee entrepreneurs and home-country firms, an ABM-simulation approach

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    2026年6月1日

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  • Kasra Haj Mohammad Jafar,
  • Amir Zakery,
  • Mohammadreza Rasouli

摘要

Returnee entrepreneurship serves as a dynamic source of cross-border knowledge exchange, offering strategic value to developing countries navigating volatile business environments. Returnee Entrepreneurs (REs) contribute technological knowledge acquired through international experience, while local firms provide complementary market knowledge grounded in home-country institutional contexts. The networking between REs and local firms in the home country represents a critical yet underexplored research area. This study aims to dynamically investigate the factors shaping knowledge exchange within these entrepreneurial networks. We develop an agent-based simulation model, to analyze the social behaviors and knowledge interactions. Empirical data were collected from 30 returnee-founded companies and 30 local firms in a technology park (TP) in Iran. We explore three scenarios to enhance business-to-business strategic interactions through knowledge coordination, relationship coordination, and combined coordination mechanisms. Findings reveal that the involvement of an institutional intermediary agent significantly amplifies knowledge exchange frequency, highlighting the role of governance and network orchestration in fostering strategic alliances. This research contributes to strategy literature by modeling the dynamic interactions between returnee entrepreneurial ventures and local firms, emphasizing knowledge transfer as a key driver of sustained competitive advantage. Additionally, we demonstrate how institutional factors embedded in communication networks can facilitate collaboration and innovation within entrepreneurial ecosystems.