Search for dissertations about: "fast growing firms."

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words fast growing firms..

2. 1. Heterogeneous firms, international trade and institutions

   Author : Sara Formai; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three independent papers, ordered chronologically with respect to when they were initiated. Empirical research has established that there are large and persistent productivity differences among firms in narrowly defined industries (Bartelsman and Doms, 2000). READ MORE

4. 2. Realizing a fast growth strategy - A case study of the evolution of management control systems in a fast growing firm

   Author : Kent Thorén; KTH; []
   Keywords : Management Control; Entrepreneurship; Accounting; Business; Organization; Growth; Change;

   Abstract : Growth has received considerable interest from researchersduring the past two decades. Some of this research focuses onorganizational issues as firms grow, proposing that thisprocess involves considerable formalization of structures,pro-cedures and systems. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Corporate Growth and Corporate Credit Risk

   Author : Mehmet Caglar Kaya; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gazelle Growth; Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; Competition; Venture Capital Finance; Policy; Credit Risk; Credit Default Swap; CDS Spread; Stock Illiquidity; Information Asymmetry; Market Interconnectedness; Capital Structure; Leverage; Credit Ratings; Accounting;

   Abstract : This doctoral dissertation contributes to research on financial economics. It consists of an overall introduction and three independent papers. The first paper, “A Theory of Gazelle Growth: Competition, Venture Capital Finance, and Policy,” examines how young fast-growing small firms, called gazelles, develop. READ MORE

6. 4. Born Globals : Rapid International Growth in New Ventures

   Author : Ingemar Wictor; Svante Andersson; Tomas Müllern; Sören Sören Kock; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Born Global; internationalisation; entrepreneur; network; vision; value chain; growth; management; leadership; entrepreneurial teams;

   Abstract : The traditional theories developed by Johanson and Vahlne (1977, 1990) and other researchers ofinternationalisation have long been questioned because of the fast-changing environment and deregulations. In particular, for Born Global firms, namely a company that has achieved a foreign sales volume of at least 25% within three years of its inception and that seeks to derive significant competitive advantage from the use of resources and the sales of outputs in multiple countries (Andersson and Wictor, 2003, p. READ MORE

7. 5. Radical Innovation: Management and policy for electric and hybrid electric vehicle development

   Author : Hans M Pohl; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; first-mover; hybrid; policy; electric vehicle; interparadigmatic; innovation; evolutionary; radical; Paradigm; automotive;

   Abstract : Technological change can be divided into two categories: in line with the mainstream trajectory or paradigm (continuous, incremental), or breaking with it (discontinuous, radical). This thesis aims to increase understanding of the latter type: paradigmatic shifts in technology. READ MORE