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- Hultén, Peter, 1979-, et al.
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Impulse purchases of groceries in France and Sweden
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of Consumer Marketing. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0736-3761 .- 2052-1200. ; 28:5, s. 376-384
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify similarities and differences with regard to factors affecting consumers' impulse purchases of groceries in France and Sweden. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected by a random survey of 202 Swedish and 368 French households. MANCOVA is the principal analytical technique. Findings – The analysis indicates that, while Swedish shoppers make more impulse purchases, the French consumers appear to be more attentive to special in-store displays and two-for-the-price-of-one offerings. Contrary to expectations, the impulse purchases of French and Swedish shoppers are not predicted by gender. Research limitations/implications – Further studies should incorporate situational variables such as outline of stores and supermarkets and the specific country's food culture, since these factors affect shoppers' choices and shopping habits. Practical implications – The findings help practitioners to understand how market-specific factors affect shoppers' impulse purchases. These insights are important in the light of the increased internationalization of the supermarket chains' operations. Originality/value – This study contributes to the current knowledge on consumers' impulse purchase behavior by demonstrating that, although the behavior as such is universal, there may be differences between countries with regard to the number of impulse purchases that shoppers make and how they respond to special in-store displays and discount offerings.
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- Abrahamsson, Jan, et al.
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Business model innovation of International New Ventures : an empirical study in a Swedish context
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of International Entrepreneurship. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1570-7385 .- 1573-7349. ; 17:1, s. 75-102
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Business model innovation (BMI) is receiving increased academic attention as a tool for gaining new or retaining existing firms' competitive advantages. This paper investigates value delivery and value capture dimensions of BMI utilized by international new ventures (INVs) and shows how this category of firms differs from other internationalized firms in Sweden. Our findings indicate that INVs tend to innovate value delivery and value capture dimensions in the form of sales channels and logistical methods more frequently than other internationalized firms and reconfigure their external relationships more intensively as well. By utilizing longitudinal data, we show that these aspects continue to differentiate INVs and constitute a unique characteristic of INVs over time. Hence, this study enhances the academic debate on business models of INVs as well as on their long-term development past early internationalization efforts. From a managerial perspective, the study highlights where to focus BMI initiatives for sustained international presence and growth.
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- Abrahamsson, Jan, 1981-, et al.
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Continuing corporate growth and inter-organizational collaboration of international new ventures in Sweden
- 2015
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Ingår i: Innovation and entrepreneurship in the global economy. - : Edward Elgar Publishing. - 9781783477319 ; , s. 89-116
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this study we examine the scope and pattern of innovation cooperation of international new ventures (INVs) of different age, size and formation type. Using longitudinal micro-matched database and Swedish Community Innovation Survey results for the years 1998–2009, we show that INVs are more likely to be involved in international cooperation than other firms, and that INVs are also more likely to have a broader scope of international partnerships in terms of number of partners and geographic location of these partners. We further show how age of a firm that originated as an INV and its formation type – greenfield, spin-off or merger – affect patterns of international cooperation for innovation.
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- Abrahamsson, Jan, et al.
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Organizational Innovativeness of International New Ventures: Evidence from Swedish Firms
- 2019
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Ingår i: European Journal of International Management. - : InderScience Publishers. - 1751-6757 .- 1751-6765. ; 13:4, s. 479-495
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper scrutinizes how and for what purposeinternational new ventures (INVs), of various formation types and at different developmentstages, innovate organizational structures and routines in comparison to otherinternationally active firms in Sweden. We show that INVs place more emphasison reorganizing their external relationships and primarily aim theirreorganization efforts at furthering their ability to enhance innovativeoutput. Coupled with the fact that INV report higher rate of new-to-marketinnovations than other internationalized firms, we conclude that INVs retaintheir innovative focus over time and, irrespective of their formation type,continuously advance their networking capabilities. We propose that dynamicinnovation-advancing relational capability as a characteristic that is uniqueto the INVs as a group of firms.
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- Barron, Andrew, et al.
(författare)
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Country-of-origin effects on managers’ environmental scanning behaviours : Evidence from the political crisis in the Eurozone
- 2015
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Ingår i: Environment and Planning. C, Government and Policy. - : SAGE Publications. - 0263-774X .- 1472-3425. ; 33:3, s. 601-619
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Using original survey data, we investigate how British, French and Swedish managers scanned their political environments during the crisis in the Eurozone. We expose instances when country of origin has a significant effect on scanning practices: British managers claimed to possess the most developed political scanning capabilities, making the most frequent use of government information sources. British and Swedish managers used business associations as intelligence sources more frequently than their French counterparts. We also found that exposure to the Euro crisis significantly affected scanning behaviours: irrespective of country of origin, managers strongly exposed to the crisis considered it strategically important to scan political events during the crisis, developed formal scanning routines, and reported frequent use of both governments and business associations as sources of political information. Combined, our findings contribute to county-specific research into executives’ environmental scanning practices by suggesting a universal mind-set of environmental scanning during times of crisis.
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- Barron, Andrew, et al.
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The Role of Political Intelligence in Firms' Export Decisions During the Euro Crisis
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of small business management (Print). - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0047-2778 .- 1540-627X. ; 54:4, s. 1126-1146
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Inspired by the literatures on internationalization and absorptive capacity, we develop a model exploring how small firms—during crises—acquire and apply political information to export decisions. We test our model using data collected during the 2012 Eurozone crisis from a sample of 440 British, French, and Swedish SMEs. Findings indicate that firms dependent on the Eurozone for exports and heavily impacted by the crisis engaged in frequent political monitoring. In turn, frequent monitoring leads to the development of formal routines for exploiting political information. Firms with the most formal routines sought new export opportunities beyond the Eurozone. In contrast to previous research into small-firm internationalization, our study stresses the significance of "shortcut" searching activities, non-market information, and firms' decisions to reduce prior investments in export markets.
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- Barron, Andrew, et al.
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Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth? : Organising Boundary-Spanning Government Affairs Units during Times of Crisis
- 2021
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Ingår i: European Management Review. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 1740-4754 .- 1740-4762. ; 18, s. 101-114
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recent developments - including the COVID-19 crisis, or the UK's departure from the EU - demonstrate that business is vulnerable to unpredictable political developments. How can firms respond to such challenges? For us, the answer lies in how they organise their political actions. Applying insights from the information processing view of organisation design theory to original survey data, we investigate how firms configure boundary-spanning government affairs (GA) activities in response to Brexit. Contrary to conventional organisation design thinking, we find the ability of GA units to monitor and influence Brexit-related developments improves when firms concentrate GA decision-making at clearly defined organisational levels, and coordinate GA units with the rest of the business. Of interest to scholars of organisation design and boundary spanning, our research contributes primarily to corporate political activity (CPA) research by providing practical and theoretical insights into the management and organisation of firms' political actions in times of crisis.
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- Bengtsson, Maria, 1959-, et al.
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The coopetition paradox and tension : the moderating role of coopetition capability
- 2016
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Ingår i: Industrial Marketing Management. - : Elsevier BV. - 0019-8501 .- 1873-2062. ; 53, s. 19-30
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this study, we apply a paradox perspective on coopetition to investigate the effects of coopetition paradox on managers' experience and perception of coopetitive tensions, and the role of coopetition capability in managing such tensions. We propose a theoretical model to posit that the intensity of coopetition paradox positively associates with managers' experience of external tension, which in turn lead them to perceive internal tension. Further, coopetition capability plays a dual role—moderates the relation between coopetition paradox and external tension, and reduces internal tension. We tested hypotheses on a representative multi-industry sample of 1532 firms in Sweden and the results confirm them. Our study contributes to understanding the critical role of coopetition capability that enables firms to maintain a moderate level of tension regardless of the intensity of coopetition paradox.
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