1. SMEs internationalisation Agndal, Henrik; Chetty, Sylvie. The impact of relationships on changes in internationalisation strategies of SMEs, European Journal of Marketing41. 11/12 (2007): 1449-1474. Etemad, H. and Wright, R.W. (2003), “Internationalization of SMEs: Toward a New Paradigm”, Small Business Economics, 20, 1-4. Ibeh, K.I.N. (2003), ‘Toward a Contingency Framework of Export Entrepreneurship: Conceptualisations and Empirical Evidence’, Small Business Economics, 15 (1), 49-68. Prashantham
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Literature Review By Dev Bhushan Kalra U5511377 Do Cultural factors have an impact on Internationalization of a firm, with special focus on Retailing/Marketing ? Eriksson et all [1] state: “For a firm to go international it has to venture on a journey into the unknown. The step that a firm takes abroad, regardless of the size of the step or whether it is the first or an additional one, involves the commitment of resources to realize perceived business opportunities.” This research
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written by Oviatt and McDougall (1994) more than a decade ago and attracted so much attention is in regard to young firms and their growth in the global marketplace. In their article, they were able to bring to fore the importance of International New Ventures (INVs), internationalization and their advantages to the global marketplace. SHENKAR, O. and LUO, Y. (2008, p.11) describes INVs as firms that target the international market as they are launching their operations while according to SHENKAR, O. and
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Innovation and internationalization through exports Author(s): Bruno Cassiman and Elena Golovko Source: Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 42, No. 1 (January 2011), pp. 56-75 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25790105 Accessed: 03-11-2015 10:14 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 2 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 3 Internationalization overview 4 Reason to get international 14 Issues in internationalization management 15 WINE MARKET 17 Profiles of Country Producers 17 CHINESE WINE MARKET 25 Overview 25 Wine market overview 28 Imported wine 32 Italian case 36 Future prospective 45 REFERENCES 48 Bibliography 48 Consulted website 52 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this work is to analyze the growth and evolution of the
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Contents Introduction 2 Part 1: international marketing mix strategies: standardization and Adaptation 2 Second part: Internationalization process theory 3 Conclusion 3 Introduction Many companies operation internationally today with elimination of many trade barrier in many countries in the world. These firms need to come up with international marketing strategies that will enable them complete favourably in these new markets. International marketing
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detail explanation regard to the motivation of the first internationalization of Sanctuary Soft; the market opportunity of four possible foreign countries, and the expansion strategy in order to decide a proper countries for Sanctuary Soft’s first foreign penetration. Finally, this report will suggest some IHRM strategy/principle that Sanctuary Soft needs to consider in its selected foreign subsidiary. The motivation for internationalization The major motivations for Sanctuary Soft become a multinational
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for all students. More information on topics can be asked from Mari Syväoja or Tomi Heimonen. Organization: Thesis Biofenno projects for (www.biofenno.fi) companies and organizations Selected Thesis Topics for companies and organizations Internationalization plan Plan how to take and promote product Tuovi Tuotevirtakirjanpito to EU markets. Tuovi Tuotevirtakirjanpito is a stock and feed recording program for organic farmers. It produces necessary stock and feed reports for annual inspection. Also
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medium enterprises (SMEs) in Taiwan to determine if CEO attributes contributed to internationalization success as defined by firm performance. Based upon upper echelon and information processing theories, the researchers hypothesized that five CEO characteristics (age, tenure, education, international experience, and duality - that is, CEO also as board chairman) were significant moderating effects upon international firm performance. Using regression analyses, the researchers concluded that four
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globalization processes and stages, motives/drivers, and organizational design and management. Moreover, the paper integrates the global sourcing literature with the established literature on the internationalization process of firms. Comparing the existing research on global sourcing and internationalization, we propose two research questions focused on: (1) the ways in which the IKEA global sourcing and supply chain development process resembles a linear stages process, and (2) the principal drivers
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