Search for dissertations about: "entrepreneurship customer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words entrepreneurship customer.

  2. 1. Small Firm Growth and Performance : Entrepreneurship and Beyond

    Author : Johan Wiklund; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Why is it that some small firms perform well and grow while others do not? Does entrepreneurship play a role in this process? These are the two principal questions addressed in this text.On the basis of an extensive literature review, variables enhancing and restricting small firm growth and performance were identified. READ MORE

  4. 2. Team Devotion in Entrepreneurship : Identity Fusion as a Behavioral Motivator within new Venture Teams

    Author : Emma Rui Lu; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This Ph.D. thesis is a collection of three papers. The author draws on entrepreneurial identity to explore motivations of entrepreneurial behavior. READ MORE

  5. 3. Globalisation and Competitive Sustenance of Born Global : Evidence from Indian knowledge-intensive service industry

    Author : Nishant Kumar; Ali Yakhlef; Axèle Giroud; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; early internationalisation of firms; Indian knowledge-intensive born global firms; capability-based view; international entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial orientation; organisational learning; customer orientation; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : The survival and sustained competitiveness of born global firms constitute a complex and dynamic process that evolves under conditions of disruptive change and pervasive uncertainty. To date, whereas much of the research in the area has focused on the early and rapid internationalisation stages of the development of born global firms, it is not clear how these firms manage to survive the challenges of the early internationalisation stage and gain a sustainable competitive position in the global economy. READ MORE

  6. 4. Taking a system view on customer value creation

    Author : Anna Åslund; Ingela Bäckström; Johan Lilja; Mattias Elg; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; customer value; customer value creation; societal value; system view; Total Quality Management TQM ; Quality Management; Societal entrepreneurship; social entrepreneurship; Value Ripple Logic VRL ;

    Abstract : In Quality Management and Total Quality Management (TQM) customer focus and customer value creation is of importance and in organisations it is of high priority. Quality Management has had an internal focus when it comes to customer value creation but in the 21st century there is a need for an outward orientation and to go beyond the organisational borders. READ MORE

  7. 5. Value co-creation as practice : On a supplier's capabilities in the value generation process

    Author : Sarah Wikner; Ethel Brundin; Susanne ; Hertz; Björn Axelsson; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Value co-creation; value-in-use; dynamic capabilities; supplier-customer relationships; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : How can suppliers contribute to their customers’ value creating processes? Although this question is crucial for firms’ collaboration with customers and for their competitiveness, it is not clear how firms co-create value with their customers. Research on value co-creation has increased notably the last years. READ MORE