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Available studies on the impacts of study abroad experience are rather sparse and yield
quite ambiguous results (e.g., Petzold and Peter 2012). It is observed that companies view
study abroad experience as an advantage. However, this assessment is strongly correlated
with the degree of internationalization of the company itself. Enterprises with less than
25 % of sales abroad estimate international experience as less significant, while multinational
companies even explicitly look for graduates with mobility experience (e.g.,
Trooboff et al. 2007).