home replication strategy (sometimes called export strategy or international strategy), the firm views international business as separate from, and secondaryto, its domestic business. Early in its internationalization process, such a firm may view international business as an opportunity to generate incremental sales for domestic product lines. Typically, products are designed with domestic customers in mind, and international business is sought as a way of extending the product life cycle and replicating its home-market success. The firm expects little knowledge flows from foreign operations.