Essays about: "foreign owned firm"
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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 SchoolAbstract : 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
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2. Value Creation in a Corporate Reorganization: A Case Study on the Reorganization of Nynas
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : In this paper, we analyze the reorganization of Swedish oil company Nynas. Nynas is a Swedish manufacturer of naphthenic oils and bitumen products, founded in 1928 by industrialist Axel Ax:son Johnson. Following the U.S. READ MORE
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3. Are Swedish Private Equity Firms Better at Creating Value in Swedish Companies?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : We examine whether companies owned by Swedish PE firms are superior in value creation compared to companies owned by foreign PE firms, to identify a potential local advantage. Additionally, we investigate local advantage in more detail by decomposing it into different factors and analyzing these factors individually and how they are interlinked. READ MORE
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4. Determining Characteristics of Firms in China that Have Access to Foreign Licensed Technology: An Econometric Approach Using Probit
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper explores the effect of firm characteristics in terms of licensing foreign technology for firms located in the eastern region of China. Existing studies apply general licensing theory to what might be a factor of regional and industry specific preferences. READ MORE
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5. Entry Mode Strategies of Advanced Market Economies into Emerging Markets of Sub-Saharan Africa: The example of a power generation MNE
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Since the last decades researchers in the internationalization of firms have mainly focused on internationalization in developed markets and Asian emerging markets. Until recently, less attention has been devoted towards understanding how firms from advanced economies establish themselves in underdeveloped countries. READ MORE
