Search for dissertations about: "small business strategy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 swedish dissertations containing the words small business strategy.

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 : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Strategic entrepreneurship; communication; growth intention; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; communicative practice; communication strategy; 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. 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 : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; 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

5. 3. Corporate Entrepreneurship as a Business Development Strategy

   Author : Kent Thorén; Terrence Brown; Candida Brush; KTH; []
   Keywords : ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Corporate entreprenurship; strategy; business; management; business development.; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi;

   Abstract : Previous research has generated a substantial body of knowledge regarding the exploration and exploitation of opportunities, two of the main manifest activities of entrepreneurship. This thesis does not primarily examine any of these activities; instead it investigates an important question regarding what happens between them. READ MORE

6. 4. Barriers to growth and development in small firms

   Author : Henrik Barth; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Growth; Development; Innovation; Barrier; Small firms; SME;

   Abstract : The purpose of the extended summary is to develop the understanding of the existence and reasons behind barriers to growth and development in small firms. More specifically, four questions are addressed: (1) What do we know about the term barrier, how can it be defined? (2) What types of barriers to growth and development have been identified? (3) How can barriers to growth and development be addressed in a framework? and (4) How do the results of the appended papers (Papers I-V) contribute to the research field of barriers to growth and development?A literature review was undertaken to answer the first two questions. READ MORE

7. 5. Programteori för statlig företagsservice

   Author : Dan Hjalmarsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to construct a vital part of a program theory for public business advisory service for small and medium sized companies (SMEs). Program theory is defined as the presuppositions concerning what the intervention or program. originally was designed to achieve and how this achievement was to come about. READ MORE