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- Adenfelt, Maria, et al.
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Förutsättningar för innovation och tillväxt i små- och medelstora företag i försvars- och säkerhetsområdet
- 2012
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- I Sverige finns högteknologisk kompetens inom försvars- och säkerhetsområdet och en betydande del av denna kompetens står små- och medelstora företag för. Studier har visat att små- och medelstora företag är av betydelse för innovation och tillväxt, dock saknas kunskap om förutsättningarna för innovation och tillväxt i denna grupp av företag. Syftet med denna studie är således att undersöka förutsättningarna för innovation och tillväxt för små och medelstora företag i försvars- och säkerhetsområdet. Detta gjordes dels genom att kartlägga pågående policyarbete i Sverige och i EU gällande tillväxt och innovation, dels genom en enkätundersökning av små- och medelstora företag i försvars- och säkerhetsområdet. Resultaten från studien visar på tre områden inom vilka förutsättningarna för innovation och tillväxt i SMEs kan förbättras: 1) exportstöd och bilateralt samarbete, 2) personal- och kompetensförsörjning och 3) ökad involvering i kluster och affärsnätverk.
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- Bai, Wensong, et al.
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Leveraging networks, capabilities and opportunities for international success : A study on returnee entrepreneurial ventures
- 2018
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Management. - : Elsevier BV. - 0956-5221 .- 1873-3387. ; 34:1, s. 51-62
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- By integrating social capital theory with a capability-based view on performance, this paper aims to examine the extent to which returnee entrepreneurial ventures (REVs) gain international performance advantages from the founding entrepreneurs’ experience with international networks. Using data on 200 Chinese REVs, the paper proposes and tests a structural model with a focus on the link between individual entrepreneurs and the subsequent development of firm capabilities. The results provide evidence that it is important that the returnee entrepreneurs have an international social network for the REV to develop an international network capability, which, in turn, mediates the effects on opportunity knowledge and the international performance of the REVs. The findings highlight the concurrent effect of the role of entrepreneurs and organizational learning in internationalization, and they provide an understanding as to the importance of the returnee-specific advantages for the international performance of these firms.
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- Bai, Wensong
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The Best of Both Worlds : The Effects of Knowledge and Network Relationships on Performance of Returnee Entrepreneurial Firms
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- In an increasingly globalized business world, international human mobility and its association with entrepreneurship presents attractive opportunities for business research. One increasingly important phenomenon in the field is returnee entrepreneurship, which is the reverse flow of migrants who acquired skills in developed countries back to their emerging-market home countries. In this way, knowledge from developed countries transfers back to, and fills technological and entrepreneurial gaps in, emerging countries. This thesis aims to explain returnee entrepreneurship by examining what factors differentiate innovation, internationalization and business performance of returnee entrepreneurial firms.The empirical investigation uses a mixed method approach comprising a qualitative single case study and four quantitative studies of a recent sample of 200 Chinese returnee entrepreneurial firms, and focusses on factors such as knowledge and network relationships, which are two advantages that returnee entrepreneurial firms are thought to have. By distinguishing among types of knowledge from various sources, and network relationships from both international and domestic origins, the findings show that international opportunity knowledge and domestic business relationships influence the innovation performance of returnee entrepreneurial firms. The structural characteristics of the international network of a returnee entrepreneurial firm are related to that firm’s international networking capability, which in turn influence its opportunity-driven internationalization. Additionally, the international experiential knowledge of returnee entrepreneurs nurtures their firms’ international market knowledge, and these experiences also indirectly affect firm internationalization by being transmitted through that market knowledge. Finally, international networking capability and innovation performance positively influence the business performance of returnee entrepreneurial firms, whereas the international business knowledge has a negative impact on business performance.The thesis challenges the enthusiastic view of returnee entrepreneurial firms by refining the heterogeneity of both the returnee entrepreneurs themselves, and the performance variances of their ventures. Empirically, this thesis suggests a combination of knowledge and resources from both ‘worlds’ that can best benefit the performance of a returnee entrepreneurial firm. This thesis also contributes to theory by providing new insights into the combined effect of (1) an individual entrepreneur’s international experience, and (2) a new venture’s knowledge base and capabilities; furthermore it also describes what that combined effect will be on the new venture’s performance.
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- Bai, Wensong, et al.
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The performance of international returnee ventures : The role of networking capability and the usefulness of international business knowledge
- 2016
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In: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0898-5626 .- 1464-5114. ; 28:9-10, s. 657-680
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper sheds light on the international new ventures led by returnee entrepreneurs and investigates the influence of networking capability and the usefulness of international knowledge for the overall performance of so-called international returnee ventures (IRVs). By integrating network theory with a capability view of firm performance, it advances six hypotheses that form a structural model, which is tested with LISREL on a sample of 194 IRVs from China. The findings show that international networking capability has a positive influence on the provision of international business knowledge, which in turn is positively related to the innovation performance, but they have a negative impact on the financial performance. Hence, this study presents a discussion of the usefulness of knowledge gained from the international network relationships of emerging market returnee entrepreneurs.
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- Gorgijevski, Alexander, et al.
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Does proactivity matter? : The importance of initiative selling tactics for headquarters acceptance of subsidiary initiatives
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In: Journal of International Management. - : Elsevier BV. - 1075-4253 .- 1873-0620. ; 25:4
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- By integrating literature on proactive behavior, in particular voice behavior theory, with the attention-based view of the firm, we examine how the use of a set of initiative selling tactics influences the acceptance of subsidiary initiatives by MNC headquarters. The findings suggest that the initiative selling tactics that matter most for the headquarters acceptance of subsidiary initiatives are related to proactive efforts such as the preparation and the packaging of the subsidiary initiative. The paper contributes to academia and practice by providing a richer un- derstanding of proactive behavior among subsidiaries in terms of the “voice tactics” used to get their subsidiary initiatives recognized and accepted by headquarters. The study uses data from a questionnaire survey of 110 MNC subsidiaries and qualitative interview data.
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- Gorgijevski, Alexander, et al.
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Subsidiary strategic influence: the role of subsidiary attention-building activities
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In: Management Decision. - : Emerald. - 0025-1747 .- 1758-6070. ; 60:13, s. 48-65
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Purpose – By the view of attention-building activities as “tools of power,” the authors investigate the impact of subsidiary involvement in attention-building activities on the strategic influence of subsidiaries within multinational corporations (MNCs).Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on survey data from 110 international subsidiaries located in Sweden. Five hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling with linear structural relations. Findings – The study shows that organizational commitment and external scouting activities, as two attention-building activities, do not directly affect the ability of subsidiaries to gain a strategic influence in MNCs. Rather, the results provide support for the importance of headquarters’ positive attention as a mediator between such activities and subsidiary strategic influence. This implies that subsidiaries do not receive any strategic influence through these activities unless they receive explicit positive attention from the corporate headquarters. Originality/value – This study contributes to the micro-political view of the MNC by offering insights into the impact of attention-building activities of subsidiaries as a potential source of strategic influence for MNC subsidiaries.
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