Search for dissertations about: "export strategy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words export strategy.

  2. 1. Internationalization and Performance among Small and Medium-sized Firms : A study of furniture producers in Sweden

    Author : Åsa Devine; Anders Baudin; Anders Pehrsson; Staffan Brege; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; export; furniture producer; internationalization; perception of export barriers; performance; small and medium sized enterprises SMEs ; strategy competence; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Forestry and Wood Technology; Skog och träteknik;

    Abstract : Furniture production in Sweden still exists on a comparably small scale. The majority, or more than 99 percent, of all furniture producers in Sweden are small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with less than 250 employees. Despite their size, these firms are, to a large extent, involved in export. READ MORE

  4. 2. International marketing program adaptation, strategic fit, and export performance : an empirical investigation

    Author : Magnus Hultman; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industrial Marketing; Industriell marknadsföring;

    Abstract : The current trend toward globalization has created countless new business opportunities for companies. At the same time, however, it has facilitated participation by foreign competitors on all fronts. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Organization of R&D - Sourcing Strategy, Financing and Relation to Trade

    Author : Karin Bergman; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Productivity; Exports; ;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the organization of R&D from a micro perspective in order to get a better idea of how to generate economic growth in the long run. What kind of R&D policies should be promoted? This thesis contributes to the existing literature by investigating other data sets than before, by using more modern econometric techniques and by extending the investigated variables. READ MORE

  6. 4. Exploring the links between knowledge spillovers, trade, productivity, and innovation

    Author : Ingrid Viklund Ros; Hans Lööf; Anders Broström; Bettina Peters; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers which consider internal and external determinants of innovation, productivity, or export at the firm level sing matched panel data from various national and international databases.In the first paper, we examine a universal set of Swedish employer-employee panel data for the period 2000-2014. READ MORE

  7. 5. Arctic geographies in the making : understanding political economy, institutional strategic selectivity, and agency in tourism pathway development

    Author : Dorothee Bohn; Doris A. Carson; Linda Lundmark; E. Carina H. Keskitalo; Dimitri Ioannides; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Arctic tourism; political economy; institutional strategic selectivity; agency; tourism pathways; uneven development; metagovernance; regional development funding; resort enclave; firm financing;

    Abstract : Tourism has long been promoted as a catalyst for socio-economic development in sparsely populated areas based on the commodification of culture and natural environments. This thesis examines the case of Arctic tourism in the two neighbouring northern counties of Finnish Lapland and Norrbotten (Sweden). READ MORE