Essays about: "Internationalization of Services"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 53 essays containing the words Internationalization of Services.

  1. 21. Turned Tables in The Global Economy : Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Cultural Risk Reduction in Sweden

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Carl-David Lundström; Ingrid Höllisch; [2017]
    Keywords : Outward foreign direct investment; FDI; internationalization; Uppsala model; network approach; born-global; bred-global; establishment; risk; risk reduction; Sweden; China; guanxi; guanxiwang; Hofstede; trade-facilitating organizations; investment-facilitating organizations; psychic distance; cultural distance;

    Abstract : Background: People’s Republic of China has attracted much FDI throughout the decades. According to the World Bank (2016), China has received approximately 20 per cent of the total FDI to developing countries the last ten years which has contributed to the country’s huge economic growth. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Entrepreneurial Value of International Knowledge A Qualitative Study of Internationalized Swedish SMEs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Finn Wentzler; Robert Bolton; [2017]
    Keywords : International Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; international Corporate Entrepreneurship; Strategic Entrepreneurship; International Entrepreneurial Orientation; Small and medium enterprises.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Research Question: How does international knowledge and its sources impact the strategic entrepreneurship of internationalized Swedish SMEs? Methodology: A qualitative research of Swedish SMEs, where the research was predominantly cross-sectional in nature. 17 firms were investigated and semi-structured interviews were the primary source of data. READ MORE

  4. 23. Going international - firm internationalization support and the relevance of business networks : A comparison between Germany and Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Jasmin Brundtke; [2017]
    Keywords : SME internationalization; internationalization support; networks;

    Abstract : Background: Globalization is well known in the business world and more and more firms, especially larger ones, are expanding into other countries. Though SMEs represent the largest share with about 99% of firms contributing to the wealth of import or export reliant countries, the majority is not taking the chance to grow by going international. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Networking Born Globals : An Exploratory Study of how Swedish Born Global Software Firms use Networks when Internationalizing

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Richard Orrebrant; Oscar Meivert; [2016]
    Keywords : Internationalization; internationalization strategy; born global; small software firms; born global software firms; software services; software products; networks; international networks;

    Abstract : Purpose – The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how networking is influenced by the choice of internationalization strategy of software firms with a born global mindset. To achieve this purpose, the following research questions were answered: How applicable is previous research on traditional internationalization strategies to born global software firms? How does networking vary between the different choices of internationalization strategy for born global software firms? Method – The research philosophy of this thesis was interpretivistic, supported by an abductive qualitative multi-method approach of exploratory character. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Best of Two Worlds - Understanding how global professional service firms balance global integration and local responsiveness

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Anna Walter; Gabriella Fries; [2016]
    Keywords : Professional service firms; Global integration; Local responsiveness; Insurance intermediary firms;

    Abstract : In the wake of the knowledge economy, professional service firms (PSFs) have arisen and capitalized on knowledge, offering advanced expertise to their clients. With time, they have expanded across borders and several global PSFs are now among the world's largest companies. READ MORE