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- Andersson, Svante, et al.
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Born Globals' foreign market channel strategies
- 2006
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Ingår i: International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business. - Olney : InderScience Publishers. - 1479-3059 .- 1479-3067. ; 1:4, s. 356-373
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Foreign entry mode choices are decisions of paramount importance for the long-term survival and growth of companies that are in a process of rapid international expansion. In this paper we seek to understand the foreign market channel strategies of Born Globals. We examine whether these companies develop a similar strategy regarding foreign entry mode choices and whether their market channel strategies differ from contemporary theories treating this problem. A comparative case study conducted on four companies meeting the criteria of Born Globals suggests that they do not show a common foreign entry mode. Instead, the companies seem to have very different market channel strategies even if they all have internationalised very rapidly. These findings are discussed against the current range of theoretical models that seek to explain the companies' foreign entry mode choice. We conclude the paper with some implications and suggestions for future research.
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- Hills, Gerald E., et al.
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Promotion and advertising
- 2006
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Businesses must sell. And, while the quality, price, availability, etc., of the goods and/or services to sell must fit the markets in which they are to be sold, sales do not occur unless (potential) customers know what a business has to offer. Where there is only one supplier, customer awareness is given. But in a highly competitive environment, a condition that typifies most small business markets, a gaggle of voices attempt to familiarize (potential) customers with the goods and/or services they sell and the reasons (potential) customers should patronize them rather than someone else. Effectively, each competitor endeavors to distinguish from the crowd. This differentiation process requires promotion, often including formal advertising. Successful promotion and advertising typically demands considerable amounts of human and/or physical capital. Since most small businesses are resource constrained, the promotional challenges for small-business owners and managers are even more demanding than they would be in other situations. This issue of the National Small Business Poll, therefore, focuses on Promotion and Advertising.
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- Hultman, Claes, 1947-, et al.
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Marketing perspectives
- 2006
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- There are almost six million small employers in the United States and millions of other businesses without employees. In addition, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of businesses located outside the United States and many non-profits located within compete for American customers. The resulting cacophony makes it very difficult for the individual small-business owner to emerge from the din and market his or her firm and its products/services. Still, small-business owners and managers have no choice. They must reach their potential customer base they are to have any chance of survival, let alone success. Thus the marketing attributes and strategies employed in successful firms are of particular interest to many and yield this issue of the National Small Business Poll, Marketing Perspectives.
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- Jensen, Febi, et al.
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New ventures in Cleantech : Opportunities, capabilities and innovation outcomes
- 2020
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Ingår i: Business Strategy and the Environment. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0964-4733 .- 1099-0836. ; 9:3, s. 902-917
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Facing the challenge of climate change, innovations that imply environmental benefits create business opportunities for entrepreneurs. This paper analyzes innovation capabilities of startups in Cleantech and how the innovation outcomes of those startups develop over time. Based on the Mannheim Foundation Panel and applying propensity score matching, a cohort of 567 Cleantech startups is analyzed and compared with a control cohort of non‐Cleantech startups. We find that startups in Cleantech have, on average, higher technological capabilities compared with all other startups. Our econometric evidence shows that Cleantech startups are more likely to combine existing technology in a novel way. Finally, we find that Cleantech startups develop more market novelties in subsequent years when compared with their control group peers.
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- Lindblom, Ted, et al.
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Basel III and banking efficiency
- 2013
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Ingår i: Bank Performance, Risk and Securitisation. - : Palgrave Macmillan. - 9781137332080 ; , s. 20-36
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The overall aim of the Basel III accord is to minimize and preferably eliminate the risk of global financial turmoil in the future. The accord emphasizes the importance of increasing the capitalization of banks and their liquidity. In this chapter the authors analyze its likely impact on banking efficiency. The analysis is based on a fictitious bank which is operating at the very edge of the Basel II regulatory capital requirement and gradually adapting to the new regulatory framework. This analysis demonstrates that the new liquidity and capital adequacy requirements of Basel III are likely to have substantial effects on both the returns and risk exposures of banks. The higher liquidity requirement will not only lower the bank’s liquidity risk, which will lead to less interest revenue, but will also lower its interest rate risk exposure. Then the sharpened capital adequacy requirements will result in lower return on equity. On the other hand, the return on assets will increase due to lower proportion of debt in the bank’s funding. The analysis also implies that Basel III will cause a large price effect if market competition is too weak to make banks price takers. Hence, a bank’s customers will have to pay higher prices for loans of the same risk class and/or get paid lower interest rates on their savings and deposits.
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- Lindblom, Ted, 1956, et al.
(författare)
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Basel III and Banking Efficiency
- 2012
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Ingår i: The European Association of University Teachers of Banking and Finance Annual Meeting, Aug. 29 - 1 Sept., Valetta, Malta.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The overall aim of the Basel III accord is to minimize and preferably eliminate the risk of a new global financial turmoil in the future. The new accord is particularly emphasising the importance of increasing the capitalization of banks in order to strengthening financial system stability. Basel III requires that banks set aside more ‘core’ equity capital than under the current Basel II accord. Banks are also required to gradually build-up an additional capital conservation buffer of 2.5 percentage units and, if the national regulator so decides, an equally large countercyclical buffer during periods of high credit growth. Besides this, the new accord introduces minimum liquidity requirements both on a monthly and annual basis. In this chapter we study the likely impact of the new regulation on banking operations and efficiency. What is the cost? In the prospect of increased core capital and new liquidity requirements there are already signs of larger Swedish banks reducing their trading operations and widening their interest rate spread differential. Will the new regulation mean a re-shaping of banks and that arbitraging activities move to less regulated parts of the financial industry? What can we learn from structural changes following Basel II when assessing and evaluating the impact of Basel III?
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- Bagchi-Sen, Sharmistha, et al.
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Foreign Direct Investment in R&D and the Base of the Pyramid: Is a new space of innovation emerging in India?”
- 2015
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Ingår i: McKelvey, M. and Bagchi-Sen, S. (2015). Innovation Spaces in Asia: Entrepreneurs, Multinational Enterprises and Policy. - Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar Publishers. - 9781783475674 ; , s. 256-278
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter addresses emerging innovation spaces, driven by new types of customer demand and markets, and specifically new forms of innovations for the poorer segments of the economy. The chapter focuses particularly upon India. Innovations for the poorer segments of the economy has gathered much attention, because a specific characteristic of emerging market economies is that a considerable share of consumers belongs to the bottom (or base) of the pyramid (BOP). Though the individual purchasing power is low, the size of the BOP market segment in sum is enormous taken in aggregate, which makes it an attractive market segment. While these are incentives to access this market segment, companies struggle to deal with the specific market conditions with their traditional business and R&D models. This chapters aims to give an overview on FDI in R&D in emerging markets with a special focus on India and empirical illustrations of innovation strategies and modes of interaction.
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- Jin, Jun, et al.
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The role of customers in the development of the e-bike industry and a leading company in China
- 2015
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Ingår i: Innovation spaces in Asia entrepreneurs, multinational enterprises and policy edited by Maureen McKelvey, Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen. - Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar Publishers. - 978 1 78347 567 4 ; , s. 87-102
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter addresses the emergence of a new innovation space based on an new market within China, especially the development of the electrical bike industry and a leading firm in China. This is analyzed as a co-evolutionary process involving technologies, entrepreneurs, policy, niche market and an eco-innovation meeting new demands of customers. The chapter provides an analysis of the evolution of e-bike use and industry in China, then moving to a case study of the strategies of the lead producer, Lvyuan. The development of e-bikes in China is linked to issues of transportation and the presence of infrastructures, but also to values and practices about biking and the regulatory framework. Producers have had to meet the demand of various categories of users, thereby promoting niche markets rather than a bandwagon effect of general diffusion.
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- McKelvey, Maureen, 1965, et al.
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Navigating Innovation Spaces in Asia
- 2014
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Ingår i: UNU-Merit Conference, in the Nethlands on 26-28 November 2014. ; 2014:9, s. 1-33
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a conceptualization of firms navigating through innovation spaces, with a focus upon what they learn, and why, through an exploration of Asia. Asia, with its many countries, represents new sets of technological, market and innovative opportunities.
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- Geissinger, Andrea, et al.
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Assessing user perceptions of the interplay between the sharing, access, platform and community- based economies
- 2020
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Ingår i: Information Technology and People. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0959-3845 .- 1758-5813. ; 33:3, s. 1037-1051
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: Digitally intermediated peer-to-peer exchanges have accelerated in occurrence, and as a consequence, they have introduced an increased pluralism of connotations. Accordingly, this paper aims to assess user perceptions of the interplay between the sharing, access, platform, and community-based economies.Design/methodology/approach: The sharing, access, platform, and community-based economies have been systematically tracked in the social media landscape using Social Media Analytics (SMA). In doing so, a total material of 62,855 publicly posted user-generated content concerning the four respective economies were collected and analyzed.Findings: Even though the sharing economy has been conceptually argued to be interlinked with the access, platform, and community-based economies, the empirical results of the study do not validate this interlinkage. Instead, the results regarding user perceptions in social media show that the sharing, access, platform, and community-based economies manifest as clearly separated.Originality/value: This paper contributes to existing literature by offering an empirical validation, as well as an in-depth understanding, of the sharing economy's interlinkage to other economies, along with the extent to which the overlaps between these economies manifest in social media.
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