Search for dissertations about: "Marcela Ramirez-pasillas"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Marcela Ramirez-pasillas.

2. 1. Embedded regional networking

   Author : Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas; Bengt Johannisson; Linnaeus University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; networks; networking; embeddedness; case study;

   Abstract : This licentiate thesis is about the socio-economic activities of regional networks. The research objective is to explore and describe the networking activities taking place between the organisations embedded in such networks. READ MORE

4. 2. Global Spaces for Local Entrepreneurship : Stretching clusters through networks and international trade fairs

   Author : Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas; Bengt Johannisson; Sven-Åke Hörte; Poul Rind Christensen; Växjö universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; clusters; international trade fairs; proximity; networks; organising contexts; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Many of the insightful writings on clusters identify the role of entrepreneurs as key agents in the formation of firms and clusters. This thesis argues instead that local entrepreneurship is not ceased once firms and clusters are established; local entrepreneurship is about the continuous (re)creation of both businesses and clusters in global spaces. READ MORE

5. 3. Family business portfolios : Enduring entrepreneurship and exit strategies

   Author : Naveed Akhter; Francesco Chirico; Marcela Ramirez-Pasillas; Peter Rosa; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines how family business portfolios endure across time and investigates the entrepreneurial strategies that they engage in. The goal of this dissertation is addressed through five appended papers in which I have argued for the importance of business families owning multiple firms, that is, portfolio entrepreneurship. READ MORE

6. 4. Opportunity creation as a mixed embedding process : A study of immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden

   Author : Quang V. D. Evansluong; Caroline Wigren-Kristoferson; Marcela Ramirez-Pasillas; Monder Ram; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; immigrant entrepreneurship; opportunity creation; entrepreneurial opportunity; social integration; Sweden; mixed embeddedness; mixed embedding; företagsekonomi; immigrant entrepreneurship; opportunity creation; entrepreneurial opportunity; Social integration; sweden; mixed embeddedness; mixed embedding;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurial opportunities are frequently noted and addressed in the literature of immigrant entrepreneurship; however, little is known about how these entrepreneurial opportunities come into existence and how immigrant entrepreneurs create such opportunities. The purpose of this thesis is to examine why and how immigrant entrepreneurs create entrepreneurial opportunities through embedding processes in the home country and the host country. READ MORE

7. 5. Capturing the antecedents and aftermath of a family business process : The entrepreneurial journey of a displaced agricultural family in Colombia

   Author : Enrique Sandino Vargas; Leona Achtenhagen; Daniel Pittino; Marcela Ramirez-Pasillas; Bengt Johannisson; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; agricultural family; Colombia; displacement; entrepreneurial journey; entrepreneurial process; familiness; family; family business; family capital; family-life context; family habitus; family business habitus; guerrilla; habitualization; habitus; farm; land; rural; violence;

   Abstract : This study examines a displaced agricultural family during its entrepreneurial journey in Colombia using a single case study, following an inductive and interpretivist approach. The main objective of the dissertation is to explain how family interactions, historical events, and context influence the decision to start and potentially reactivate an agricultural family business. READ MORE