Essays about: "culture foreign firms in sweden"

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1. 1. Family-owned SMEs: Role models of crisis management A case study of how the practice of crisis management has been performed by nine Swedish family-owned SMEs during the Covid-19 pandemic

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Gustaf Liedholm; Robbin Jonsson; [2022-06-23]
   Keywords : Practice theory; Crisis management as practice; family-owned SMEs; Covid-19; rapid decision-making; communication; transparency;

   Abstract : Despite SMEs accounting for 99,9% of all registered firms in Sweden and that non-listed family-owned firms outperform their counterparts during crises, previous studies have neglected the field, resulting in an undiscovered void. Quantitative studies performed in the area serve a purpose for discovering how family-owned SMEs financially distinguish from other firms, but unfortunately such studies miss the important variable: what do they actually do? Through this qualitative study of crisis management as practice, we bridge the quantitative and qualitative, and present how Swedish family-owned SMEs have practiced crisis management during the Covid-19 pandemic. READ MORE

3. 2. The Impact of Digitalization on Internationalization of High-Tech Firms : A Case Study of Space Company

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

   Author : Elizabeth Wangeci Muriu; [2021]
   Keywords : Digitalization; Internationalization; Born Global Firms; Emerging Markets; Foreign market entry strategies;

   Abstract : ABSTRACT This master thesis examined the impact of digitalization on the speed of internationalization and explores the various foreign market entry options for a company that would like to expand from a developed market to an emerging market as part of its internationalization.  The case study analyzed in this paper is Arctic Space Technologies, a unique satellite operator company offering an all-in-one solution for sustainable satellite data handling and processing. READ MORE

4. 3. The Role of National versus Organizational Culture in Multinational Organizations : A Comparative Case Study of Handelsbanken Sweden and Handelsbanken UK

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Rosina Paijo; Victoria Vonheim; [2017]
   Keywords : National culture; Organizational culture; Cultural differences; Globalization; Handelsbanken;

   Abstract : One of globalization's immediate consequences is the increased popularity among firms to internationalize. When internationalizing, firms ought to bear in mind both the opportunities and challenges that come with it. READ MORE

5. 4. Expected and Achieved Outcomes of Reshoring: A Swedish Perspective

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Tekniska Högskolan

   Author : Alexander Vestin; Movin Sequeira Frank; [2017]
   Keywords : reshoring; manufacturing; expected outcomes; achieved outcomes;

   Abstract : Purpose: Over the last couple of decades, globalization has impacted market competition. This results in that companies heavily offshore to low-wage countries to enhance its competitiveness through lower costs. Offshoring constitutes relocation of manufacturing activities to other existing manufacturing sites in foreign countries. READ MORE

6. 5. Lost in translation : a case study of three Swedish food processing firms on export

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Malin Svedberg; [2016]
   Keywords : asymmetric information; credence attributes; communication; export; internationalization; psychic distance;

   Abstract : In 1995 when Sweden entered the European Union (EU) conditions in the market changed. Swedish food export has increased since then but the share of total production exported is lower within the food industry compared to other production industries in Sweden (Livsmedelsföretagen, 2015). READ MORE