Search for dissertations about: "network and entrepreneurship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the words network and entrepreneurship.

  2. 1. Growth intentions and communicative practices : Strategic entrepreneurship in business development

    Author : Pia Ulvenblad; Åsa Lindholm-Dahlstrand; Lars Bengtsson; Anders W Johansson; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Strategic entrepreneurship; communication; growth intention; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; communicative practice; communication strategy; growth intention; strategic entrepreneurship; Growth;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the “will and skill” of individuals who take part in activities of running a business. The aspect of “will” is studied in terms of growth intentions and the aspect of “skill” is studied in terms of communicative practices. READ MORE

  4. 2. International network competitiveness : Technical and foreign market knowledge development in international SME networks

    Author : Angelika Löfgren; James Sallies; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International competiveness; SME; International entrepreneurship; Business networks; Innovation; Co-innovation; Internationalization; International entrepreneurship; Network management; Network coordination; Knowledge management; Knowledge development; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : How can small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) compete over time within international networks? This thesis takes a stance in that business network relationships are essential for international SMEs as such networks can provide knowledge and learning opportunities. International network competitiveness is, in this thesis, introduced as a concept that captures SMEs long term performance, resulting from the firms being competitive within international business networks. READ MORE

  5. 3. Political Dimensions of Entrepreneurship : Exploring Competing Discourses in a Marginalized Urban Community Aspiring for Social Change

    Author : Amelia Olsson; Christian Maravelias; Karin Berglund; Pascal Dey; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Entrepreneurship; critical entrepreneurship studies; social entrepreneurship; the political; resistance; co-optation; social change; post-politics; discourses; chains of equivalence; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurship is a celebrated phenomenon in today’s society. Students are taught to become entrepreneurial and governments develop policies to support entrepreneurship based on the belief that it generates economic growth and societal development. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Internationalization of SMEs: An Interactive Perspective of Firm-Level Entrepreneurship and Network Structure

    Author : Mojtaba Hosseini; Hossein Dadfar; Steffan Brege; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Small and medium sized enterprises SMEs ; Firm-level entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial orientation; corporate entrepreneurship; internationalization; and business network;

    Abstract : The positive relationship of firm-level entrepreneurship and performance has received much attention in recent years and has become an attractive title in the entrepreneurship literature. This popularity encourages researchers to study the role played by the phenomenon on other organizational outputs such as internationalization. READ MORE

  7. 5. Acquisition of Capabilitities through International Technology Transfer

    Author : Sverker Alänge; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industrialization; Technology transfer; Network; Entrepreneurship; Industrial economics; Innovation; Diffusion; Developing countries; Infant industry; Motivation;

    Abstract : The focus in this thesis is on the acquisition of static and dynamic capabilities in LDC industry. This has been studied in small industries in Tanzania, which were started through international technology transfer, in which small producing firms from Sweden acted as technology suppliers (The Sister Industry Programme). READ MORE