Search for dissertations about: "Business Relationships internationalization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words Business Relationships internationalization.

  2. 1. The Creation of International Business Relationships : Experience and Performance in the Internationalization Process of SMEs

    Author : Jukka Hohenthal; Harry Barkema; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Business Relationships; Internationalization; SME; Knowledge; Learning; Experience; Performance; Process; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The present study examines the causal effect of experience on the performance of inter-national business relationships for small and medium-sized business firms. A case study of ten market entry processes in ten Swedish SMEs shows that both experienced and inexperienced firms can succeed in creating a new international business relationship. READ MORE

  4. 2. Beyond Going Global : Essays on business development of International New Ventures past early internationalization

    Author : Jan Abrahamsson; Vladimir Vanyushyn; Håkan Boter; Maria Bengtsson; Svante Andersson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International New Ventures; business models; business model innovation; Sweden; business development; international entrepreneurship; internationalization; dynamic capabilities;

    Abstract : The notion of International New Ventures, or INVs, emerged in academia in the early-to-mid 1990s and generally refers to entrepreneurial firms that tend to internationalize very early in their life-cycle, and whose expansion into foreign markets occurs much more quickly than predicted by earlier theories of the incremental internationalization process. Previous literature proposes effective networking with market partners and, more recently, internationally viable business model among key distinguishing features of INVs that allow for such early and rapid entry into international markets. READ MORE

  5. 3. Overcoming Cultural Ignorance : Institutional Knowledge Development in the Internationalizing Firm

    Author : Jessica Lindbergh; Mats Forsgren; Kent Eriksson; Jukka Hohenthal; Andrew Delios; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Institutional knowledge; market-specific experience; multiple-market experience; Business relationships; Internationalization; Cultural differences; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis studies how experiences influence the development of institutional knowledge within business relationships. It contributes to international business research by clarifying how experience develops the institutional knowledge of firms and what outcome such knowledge development has on firms’ internationalizations. READ MORE

  6. 4. Interorganizational Networks, Financing and Commercialization of Life Science Innovations

    Author : Joakim Fichtel; Kent Eriksson; Angelika Lindstrand; Eve-Michelle Basu; Christina Theodoraki; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social network analysis; interorganizational networks; multi-layered networks; internationalization; entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial ecosystems; Social nätverksanalys; interorganisatoriska nätverk; multi-layered nätverk; internationalisering; entreprenörskap; entreprenöriella ekosystem; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

    Abstract : The biotechnology industry is known for being highly networked and knowledge-intensive, as well as highly internationalized. Young firms within this sector are reliant on long term support from financiers, research collaborators and supply of highly skilled human capital. READ MORE

  7. 5. Internationalization processes of small and medium-sized enterprises: Entering and taking off from emerging markets

    Author : Susanne Sandberg; Hans Jansson; Bengt Johannisson; Svante Andersson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; network approach to internationalization; foreign business networks and relationships; internationalization process; foreign market entry; entry take-off node; experiential knowledge; institutional distance; emerging markets; Sweden; China; small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs ; Business administration; Företagsekonomi; Marketing; Marknadsföring;

    Abstract : The high economic growth of formerly closed markets such as China, Russia, Poland, and the Baltic states has created vast business and growth opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Although this international business expansion of SMEs occurs in highly dissimilar business contexts and fierce international competition, it remains overlooked by research. READ MORE