Search for dissertations about: "export market entry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words export market entry.

2. 1. Firm internationalization and born global firms : On the causes and consequences of export market entry

   Author : Torbjörn Halldin; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Wim Naudé; KTH; []
   Keywords : categorized as future exporters show much significance on individual characteristics. However; when the sample is extended to include the total amount of new firms; we see that individual employee characteristics do matter for survival.;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of four self-contained essays on the topic of small firm internationalization. In the first essay I study the relationship between collateralizable assets and export market entry. There are often large sunk costs associated with export market entry, which firms have to finance somehow. READ MORE

4. 2. Regional Economics, Trade, and Transport Infrastructure

   Author : Nicholas Sheard; Rikard Forslid; Keith Head; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regional policy; agglomeration; firm heterogeneity; export market entry; export timing; air travel; infrastructure; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : “Regional Policy in a Multiregional Setting: When the Poorest are Hurt by Subsidies” Regional subsidies have a positive short-term effect on the recipient regions, but as they alter migration patterns the long-term effects are less clear. This paper demonstrates using a three-region general equilibrium model that subsidising the poorest region may be to its detriment in the long term and thereby increase inter-regional inequality, if the subsidy draws firms from a nearby region that would function better as a production centre. READ MORE

5. 3. Does foreign ownership matter? : Multinational firms, productivity and spillovers

   Author : Patrik Karpaty; Lars Lundberg; Erik Mellander; Holger Görg; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; FDI; Multinational firms; productivity; export; spillovers; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays dealing with the role of foreign owned firms for the development of productivity and exports in Swedish manufacturing. The essays share a common theme, i.e. that multinational firms (MNF) possess some intangible assets that could be transferred to their affiliates. READ MORE

6. 4. Internationalization processes of small and medium-sized enterprises: Entering and taking off from emerging markets

   Author : Susanne Sandberg; Hans Jansson; Bengt Johannisson; Svante Andersson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; network approach to internationalization; foreign business networks and relationships; internationalization process; foreign market entry; entry take-off node; experiential knowledge; institutional distance; emerging markets; Sweden; China; small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs ; Business administration; Företagsekonomi; Marketing; Marknadsföring;

   Abstract : The high economic growth of formerly closed markets such as China, Russia, Poland, and the Baltic states has created vast business and growth opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Although this international business expansion of SMEs occurs in highly dissimilar business contexts and fierce international competition, it remains overlooked by research. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on International Trade, Productivity and Firm Heterogeneity

   Author : Anders Åkerman; Rikard Forslid; Diego Puga; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agglomeration; productivity; firm heterogeneity; export processing zones; firm dynamics; market size; beachhead costs; natural experiment; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of three papers, summarized as follows.”Trade, Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Productivity: A Bridge between Theory and Data in Öresund”The paper aims at estimating the causal effect of trade liberalisation on aggregate productivity through firm selection as in Melitz (2003). READ MORE