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The Internationalization Efforts of Lithuanian Manufacturing Firms - Strategy of Luck?

Mockaitis, Audra I.; Vaiginiene, Erika; Giedraitis, Vincent - EconWPA - 2005

With the enlargement of the European Union, many Central and Eastern European (CEE) manufacturing companies have greater opportunity for internationalizing their activities. Although it is generally held that SMEs have the flexibility and ability to adapt to their environment more quickly than...

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THE INTERNATIONALIZATION EFFORTS OF LITHUANIAN MANUFACTURING FIRMS - STRATEGY OR LUCK?

Mockaitis, Audra I.; Vaiginene, Erika; Giedraitis, Vincent - EconWPA - 2005

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I Like the Way you Move - An Empirical Investigation into the Mechanisms Behind First Mover and Follower Strategies

Sofka, Wolfgang; Schmidt, Tobias - EconWPA - 2005

There appears to be an ambivalent dimension in innovation strategies: timing. When is an innovation ready for the … market or when is the market ready for the innovation? This paper empirically investigates the determinants of a firm …’s decision to become a first mover or a follower in innovation strategies. Much of theoretical and empirical work has focused on …

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Global Idea Sourcing - An empirical investigation into the mechanisms behind the usage of foreign business sources for innovation

Sofka, Wolfgang - EconWPA - 2005

for innovation at home. We suggest a combination of three factors to identify and explain such innovation strategies … customers as a source for innovation that is more beneficial to standardized products and becomes more feasible if the lead … regulation. Hence, companies optimize or augment their innovation activities by invoking ideas from foreign suppliers. Then again …

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