Search for dissertations about: "internationalization effects"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words internationalization effects.
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1. Knowledge translation in the internationalization of firms
Abstract : International firms work in a complicated business environment that forces them to acquire various kinds of information and knowledge. Firms satisfy their need for knowledge about products, markets and business actors through learning from other firms. READ MORE
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2. Growth through Internationalization : A Knowledge Perspective on SMEs
Abstract : Drawing on Penrose’s theory of the growth of the firm, the international business literature, the literature on the knowledge-based view, organizational learning, and absorptive capacity, this dissertation addresses four research questions: 1) What are the effects of downstream international activities (sales and marketing completed abroad) and upstream international activities (purchasing, production, and R&D completed abroad) on the acquisition of market knowledge and technological knowledge? 2) What is the role of prior knowledge in these relationships? 3) What are the effects of the newly acquired knowledge on different growth outcomes? 4) What is the role of processes of knowledge transformation and exploitation in these relationships?Addressing these issues has practical relevance for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). On the one hand, international expansion might provide small and medium-sized firms with additional knowledge, enriching their limited resource base. READ MORE
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3. Overcoming Cultural Ignorance : Institutional Knowledge Development in the Internationalizing Firm
Abstract : This thesis studies how experiences influence the development of institutional knowledge within business relationships. It contributes to international business research by clarifying how experience develops the institutional knowledge of firms and what outcome such knowledge development has on firms’ internationalizations. READ MORE
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4. Globalization, Gender Inequality, and Firm Innovation
Abstract : This thesis comprises four self-contained papers that rely on applied micro-econometric methods to understand which factors are important in shaping the gender wage gap in globalized firms and how firms innovate when exposed to trade-induced shocks. In the first paper, we study how the within-firm gender wage gap in Sweden is affected by the degree of gender inequality in the home country of foreign investors. READ MORE
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5. The internationalization processes of freight transport companies : towards a dynamic network model of internationalization
Abstract : Internationalization of industries, international competition, and the deregulation and harmonization within the EC are some of the important factors changing the prerequisites and requirements for effective international transport systems. Thus there is a need for more articulated knowledge regarding the internationalization processes of freight transport companies. READ MORE
