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- Dorschel, Boris, et al.
(författare)
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The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean Version 2
- 2022
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Ingår i: Scientific Data. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2052-4463. ; 9:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica is a region that is key to a range of climatic and oceanographic processes with worldwide effects, and is characterised by high biological productivity and biodiversity. Since 2013, the International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO) has represented the most comprehensive compilation of bathymetry for the Southern Ocean south of 60 degrees S. Recently, the IBCSO Project has combined its efforts with the Nippon Foundation - GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project supporting the goal of mapping the world's oceans by 2030. New datasets initiated a second version of IBCSO (IBCSO v2). This version extends to 50 degrees S (covering approximately 2.4 times the area of seafloor of the previous version) including the gateways of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the Antarctic circumpolar frontal systems. Due to increased (multibeam) data coverage, IBCSO v2 significantly improves the overall representation of the Southern Ocean seafloor and resolves many submarine landforms in more detail. This makes IBCSO v2 the most authoritative seafloor map of the area south of 50 degrees S.
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- Yang, Tao, 1966-
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The Effect of Guanxi on the Foreign Market Entry Process into China : The Swedish Case
- 2010
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Business network theory believes that foreign market entry of a firm is the result of the interactions between the actors of the firm and the network. The foreign country’s network conditions will inevitably influence the process. When entering into China, the Western firms have to face some new network conditions that derive from its socio-cultural environment. The purpose of the thesis is to test one of the cultural specialties, guanxi’s effect on the foreign market entry process of the Western firms into China. Using data collected from Swedish firms established in China, this study finds that the market entry process of Western firms into China appear to show some different features compared with that into Western country markets. It takes more time to become established in China, more social activities and more non-business actors are involved in the process. These social activities within business circles are shown to contribute to the longer establishment time for Western firms operating in China. Moreover, establishment in China is more time-consuming for manufacturing firms than service firms. It requires, among other things, that expatriates actively take part in both business and social activities in China and make efforts to maintain social ties with their Chinese counterparts. The findings contribute to the business network theory by suggesting the existence of a social dimension to the business relationships and the need of a multi-level perspective of business relationships and networks.
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