Migration kan främja internationalisering

New Ways of Promoting Internationalization – What Role for Migration?This article summarizes the large number of theoretical and empirical studies on the role of migration for internationalization and discusses relevant policy implications in a Nordic context. Migration is assumed to lower costs associated with internationalization through knowledge and contacts. We survey the evidence and conclude that migration has a real potential to contribute to countries’ and firms’ internationalization. However, there is considerable co-influence from several factors. The potential of migration to facilitate internationalization should be better utilised in trade policy-making.