European Born Globals : Job Creation in Young International Businesses

Cover -- Half Title -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Forewords -- List of acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- Note -- References -- 2 SMEs and job creation in Europe -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Economic and labour market contribution of European SMEs -- 2.3 Determinants of job creation in SMEs -- 2.4 Concluding remarks: the profile of the job creating SME -- References -- 3 Born globals' job creation dynamism - the European perspective -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The business model of born globals -- 3.3 Economic and labour market contribution of born globals in Europe -- 3.4 Drivers and constraints for job creation -- 3.5 Processes and characteristics of job creation -- Notes -- References -- 4 Job creation in Swedish born globals -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Sweden's economy and international trade -- 4.3 Born globals in Sweden -- 4.4 Number of employees in born global enterprises -- 4.5 Willingness and expectation to grow -- 4.6 Examples of Swedish born globals -- 4.7 Discussion -- 4.8 Managerial and policy implications -- Notes -- References -- 5 Employment and job creation in born global enterprises in Austria -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Mapping and characterising born globals in Austria -- 5.3 Strategic orientation of born globals -- 5.4 Types of jobs created and personnel needed by born globals -- 5.5 Recruitment practices used -- 5.6 Barriers to job creation and recruiting -- 5.7 Support for recruitment and job creation -- 5.8 Key results and policy pointers -- Notes -- References -- 6 Estonian born globals' job creation -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Literature review -- 6.3 Data and method -- 6.4 Results -- 6.5 Conclusion and implications -- Notes -- References -- 7 Born globals and the medical technology cluster in the west of Ireland -- 7.1 Introduction.