BUYVIP, THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF A SPANISH DOT COM The “Centro Virtual de Experiencias de Internacionalización” (On-line Centre for International Business Cases) is the result of the collaboration of the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade ICEX and AEEDE, the Spanish Association of Business Schools , which includes eleven leading Business Schools. The aim of this project is to promote the internationalisation of Spanish SMEs, drawing on the academic rigour of the business schools that
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teisės aktualijos / Current Issues of Business and Law ISSN 1822-9530 print / ISSN 2029-574X online 2012, 7(2), 351–364 doi:10.5200/1822-9530.2012.22 VERSLO AKTUALIJOS / CURRENT ISSUES OF BUSINESS Experience of growth and continuity in SMEs: A study on the growth aspects of the tourism industry in the Netherlands Taeke Tuinstra1, Johan Mekkes2, Hiske Koldijk3 1 Doctor of Social Sciences Member of Research Chair Entrepreneurship & Risk Finance NHL University of Applied Sciences P
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internationalisation as it focuses on the factors companies must consider before entering new markets or expanding abroad. Many factors that lead companies to invest in the international market have been identified. The research is based on theories. Internationalization factors that motivate companies to establish themselves abroad will be included in the theories. The identified categories include of resource, market, strategic resources, efficiency and seeking motives. Network seeking motives has been identified
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Afaq Baig Date: January, 26th, 2015 Table of Contents 1.0 Company Introduction 4 2.0 Problem Statement 5 3.0 Literature Review 5 3.1 The Concept of Internationalization 5 3.12 The Entry Mode 5 3.13 The Factors That Influence Entry Mode Choice 6 4.0 Findings 7 4.1 Mode of entry 7 4.12 Autonomy in Operations 8 4.13 Conditions of Franchising. 8 4.14 Restaurant Ownership 8 4.2 Location 9 4.21
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well-educated people, strong professionals, younger generation begins to speak English (cross cultural) - Research and Development centers in big cities such as Shanghai - China Multinational Corporations are not very well-established; internationalization is still at beginning stages - merger expositions abroad; ex: Lenovo - difficult/costly to integrate into other societies - companies should grow bigger in domestic companies, then look into
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ECS8C_C19.qxd 6/08/2007 16:00 Page 774 CASE STUDY Ekomate Systems and the Indian software industry: leveraging network relationships for international growth Shameen Prashantham The case study looks at the importance of developing and maintaining a network of relationships in international markets and in the local milieu as a critically important capability for smaller firms seeking international growth. It also illustrates how the indirect benefit of acquiring new knowledge (learning)
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Influence of Internet and E-commerce in international business Introduction: Commencing from 20th century, enormous use of Internet was witnesses in all the fields with a major impact on international business. Although the Internet and web 2.0 serve as improving trend of economy and business, there is negligible research done to advocate their impacts on international business and marketing (Urban, 2003). The present literature review essay is an attempt to address the gap of existing literature
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characteristics to the extent of learning culture and innovation …………………………………………………………………………………………………….4 3. Critical review internationalization theories and the case of Wal-Mart from 1994 onwards……………………………………………………………………………………………………….7 3.1 Theories of internationalization…………………..……………………….……………………...7 3.2 Wal-Mart’s internationalization strategies from 1994 onwards……………..……9 4. Wal-Mart entry Brazilian and Japanese market……………………………………………….10 4.1 Considerable
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competitive as they fail to respond quickly to new practices and procedures. Indeed, a company who quest for competitive advantage in this era of intense competition where business entities compete for innovation, expanding customer’s expectation and internationalization of markets, a company regardless of their size must have a reliable ERP to support them. ERP has proven to be an effective tool for competitive advantage as ERP help to delivery products of the highest quality on time, as quickly as possible
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Virtual Teams: A Review of Current Literature and Directions for Future Research1 The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems Anne Powell Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Gabriele Piccoli Cornell University Blake Ives University of Houston Winter 2004 (Vol. 35, No. 1) Introduction Global competition, reengineered product life cycles, mass customization, and the increased need to respond quickly to customers’ needs are just some of the more pronounced trends
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