The thesis by publication contains three papers and addresses shortcomings in existing literature on internationalization processes of multinational enterprises and international new ventures (INVs). Special focus is given to their subsequent international development (i.e. period after the...

Durch seine verhaltensnormierende Wirkung stellt Vertrauen einen wirkungsvollen Mechanismus zur Koordination sozialer Beziehungen dar. Es stellt sich die Frage, ob dieser allgemeine Koordinationsmechanismus auch in den Bereichen der Gesellschaft erfolgreich seine Wirkung entfalten kann, in denen...

Small and medium sized enterprises account for over 99% of all companies in Eu-ropean Union and have very important position in the EU economy in the area of growth and employment. However, they face great deal of obstacles, such as com-pliance costs of taxation, 28 different tax systems in...