Search for dissertations about: "Business enterprises Purchasing"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Business enterprises Purchasing.

  2. 1. Essays on mergers and financial markets

    Author : Tobias Lindqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business enterprises Purchasing; Consolidation and merger of corporations; Capital market; Företagsförvärv; Företagsfusioner; Kapitalmarknad;

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  4. 2. Growth through Internationalization : A Knowledge Perspective on SMEs

    Author : Lucia Naldi; Erkko Autio; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Drawing on Penrose’s theory of the growth of the firm, the international business literature, the literature on the knowledge-based view, organizational learning, and absorptive capacity, this dissertation addresses four research questions: 1) What are the effects of downstream international activities (sales and marketing completed abroad) and upstream international activities (purchasing, production, and R&D completed abroad) on the acquisition of market knowledge and technological knowledge? 2) What is the role of prior knowledge in these relationships? 3) What are the effects of the newly acquired knowledge on different growth outcomes? 4) What is the role of processes of knowledge transformation and exploitation in these relationships?Addressing these issues has practical relevance for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). On the one hand, international expansion might provide small and medium-sized firms with additional knowledge, enriching their limited resource base. READ MORE

  5. 3. ERP adoption in small and medium sized enterprises

    Author : Gustaf Juell-Skielse; Louise Yngström; Mark T. Smith; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Enterprise Resource Planning; Enterprise Systems; Information Systems; Critical Succesfactors; Small and Medium Sized Enterprises; Information technology; Informationsteknik;

    Abstract : Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is established among a majority of small and medium sized companies in Kista Science City and seems to have a positive effect on organizational effectiveness. Kista Science City is Sweden’s largest corporate centre, with more companies and employees in a limited area than anywhere else in Europe. READ MORE