Search for dissertations about: "Multinational firms"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the words Multinational firms.

  2. 6. Business Relationships Between Local Firms and MNCs in a less Developing Country : The Case of Libyan Firms

    Author : Alsedieg Alshaibi; Peter Thilenius; Amjad Hadjikhani; Mo Yamin; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International business relationships; multinational companies; less developing countries; technology adaptation; technology cooperation; information exchange; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Industrial Economics and Organization; industriell ekonomi och organisation;

    Abstract : International business relationships have been widely researched over the last three decades. Themajor attention of these studies, no matter what their theoretical perspective, concerns the MNCs inthe less developing countries (LDCs). Studies that illustrate how firms in LDCs behave regardinginteraction with MNCs are slim. READ MORE

  4. 7. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Acquisitions of New Technology-Based Firms

    Author : Jing Xiao; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business groups; New technology-based firms NTBFs ; Acquisitions; Entrepreneurial dynamics; Acquisition effects; Survival; Firm growth; Business cycle; Multinational enterprises MNEs ; Longitudinal data; Discrete-time duration models; Competition risks models; Fixed effects model; Inverse-probability-of-treatment weights IPTW ; Sweden;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore the evolution of new technology-based firms (NTBFs) based on solid empirical material for the Swedish economy. NTBFs are argued to be one important type of entrepreneurial firms that contribute to technology change, knowledge spillovers, and economic growth. READ MORE

  5. 8. The tortoise evolution of the multinational corporation : foreign technological activity in Swedish multinational firms 1890-1990

    Author : Ivo Zander; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  6. 9. A Political View on the Internationalization Process

    Author : Francisco Figueira de Lemos; Amjad Hadjikhani; Mats Forsgren; Mohamed Yamin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internationalization Process; Uppsala Model; Transaction Cost Economics; Institutional theory; Firm; Multinational; Government;

    Abstract : The role of governments in the internationalization of the firm had early recognition in prominent seminal studies in international business, such as Hymer’s thesis or the Uppsala Model, though the interaction between multinationals and governments has attracted scarce attention. As such, the main stream of economics and management studies have focused on internationalization essentially as an issue of the firm, wherein the multinationals’ interaction with the environment is limited to a business-industrial scope of suppliers, clients, and competitors. READ MORE

  7. 10. Subsidiaries as Sources and Recipients of Innovations in the Multinational Corporation

    Author : Christina Hallin; Ulf Holm; Mats Forsgren; Desirée Holm; Bent Petersen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Business studies; Multinational corporation; innovation; subsidiary; innovation development; innovation transfer; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Technological advancement and innovation lie at the core of the competitiveness of firms. For the multinational corporation (MNC), the ability to leverage innovations and value-added resources within the MNC is an important element of competitive advantage. READ MORE