Search for dissertations about: "Luis Oliveira"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Luis Oliveira.

  2. 1. Decision-making in SME internationalization : The role and use of Control in decisions made under the uncertainties of foreign market expansion

    Author : Luis Oliveira; Martin Johanson; Carin Nordström; Katarina Blomkvist; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SME internationalization; non-predictive strategy; control-based strategy; environmental uncertainty; international market performance; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis; Komplexa system - mikrodataanalys;

    Abstract : Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make the backbone of virtually all economies but most of them are only marginally engaged with global markets, particularly those from developing countries. Our ability to advise these firms is currently limited for two major reasons: on the one hand, conventional International Business literature treats the firm as a black box and does not advance in decision-making dynamics that are critical to SMEs' foreign expansion; on the other, recent SME internationalization studies have achieved important progress but seem dependent on the use of Effectuation theory to represent the decisions that guide SME internationalization. READ MORE

  4. 2. Decision-making strategies of internationalization under challenging times : Lessons from SMEs

    Author : Luis Oliveira; Martin Johanson; Carin Nordström; Afonso Fleury; Margaret Fletcher; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Institutions; business networks; uncertainty; international market performance; internationalization speed;

    Abstract : Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly important actors of the global market and are particularly exposed to be affected in a scenario marked by an ongoing process of deglobalization and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both of these phenomena potentialize the liabilities that firms experience abroad, namely foreignness and outsidership. READ MORE

  5. 3. Diagnosis in evolvable production systems

    Author : Luis Ribeiro; José António Barata de Oliveira; Svetan Marin Ratchev; Carlos Eduardo Pereira; Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

    Abstract : Esta tese aborda a problem�tica da execu��o de diagn�stico em instala��es industriais complexas que s�o compostas por um elevado n�mero de componentes que interagem entre si no �mbito do processo de produ��o.Apesar da abordagem apresentada ao problema ser geral e aplic�vel a v�rias classes de sistemas ligados em rede, o dom�nio dos Sistemas Evolutivos de Produ��o e os Sistemas Evolutions de Assembly (EPS/EAS) � utilizado como a base sobre a qual o sistema de diagn�stico proposto � implementado. READ MORE