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Chapter 8 Internationalisation Strategies and Processes of the German Mittelstand

Schmid, Stefan - In: Key Success Factors of SME Internationalisation : a …, (pp. 137-154). 2018

In the German economy, in addition to typical small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Mittelstand plays a major role. The present chapter focuses on those Mittelstand firms that are known as Hidden Champions. The contribution will show how the general characteristics of Mittelstand firms...

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Chapter 2 Entrepreneurial Marketing as a Key Driver of Early and Sustained Internationalisation

Hagen, Birgit; Zucchella, Antonella - In: Key Success Factors of SME Internationalisation : a …, (pp. 25-40). 2018

Reaching customers globally and building a global brand and market presence is a demanding task for any firm. For early and rapidly internationalising small firms this is exceptionally challenging due to the restraints that ensue from the liabilities of smallness, newness and foreignness and the...

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Chapter 1 A Global Mindset – Still a Prerequisite for Successful SME Internationalisation?

Torkkeli, Lasse; Nummela, Niina; Saarenketo, Sami - In: Key Success Factors of SME Internationalisation : a …, (pp. 7-24). 2018

The concept of global mindset was introduced more than a decade ago as a prerequisite for successful internationalisation of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, the pace of global integration and globalisation has accelerated, and complexity has increased. Therefore, the authors...

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Chapter 16 Internationalisation of Science Parks: Experiences of Brazilian Innovation Environments

Tomelin, Jurema; Amal, Mohamed; Zen, Aurora Caneiro; … - In: International business in the information and digital Age, (pp. 391-408). 2018

Internationalisation became an important component of science parks (SPs) practices. In recent years, they have started to include, among the portfolio of their services, the support and fostering of their tenant firms’ internationalisation, such as soft-landing programmes and international...

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Chapter 14 Industry 4.0 Technologies and Internationalization: Insights from Italian Companies

Chiarvesio, Maria; Romanello, Rubina - In: International business in the information and digital Age, (pp. 357-378). 2018

The contemporary dynamics impose companies to both innovate and internationalize at the same time while remaining competitive in the international marketplace. With this context in mind, Industry 4.0 technologies have the potential to increase the competitiveness of companies, leading to a new...

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Chapter 13 Amazon and Alibaba : Internet Governance, Business Models, and Internationalization Strategies

Wu, Xinyi; Gereffi, Gary - In: International business in the information and digital Age, (pp. 327-356). 2018

In the digital economy, what are the strategies of multinationals from developed countries and emerging markets? How do regulations in the home country affect their growth? Recent digital multinationals in diverse national and institutional contexts raise questions that require new approaches in...

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Chapter 8 Global Competitors? Mapping the Internationalization Strategies of Chinese Digital Platform Firms

Jia, Kai; Kenney, Martin; Zysman, John - In: International business in the information and digital Age, (pp. 187-215). 2018

the globalization patterns of these firms and analyze the strengths and obstacles to their globalization. Their … globalization has proceeded on a number of vectors: first, these firms, with a few exceptions, when they have global strategies … research for discussions of whether emerging nation multinational firms require new theories for explaining their globalization. …

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Chapter 7 Internationalisation Through Digitalisation: the Impact of E-Commerce Usage on Internationalisation in Small- and Medium-Sized Firms

Eduardsen, Jonas - In: International business in the information and digital Age, (pp. 159-186). 2018

This chapter contributes to the ongoing debate about how digitalisation affects the internationalisation of small- and medium-sized firms (SMEs). By applying the Uppsala Internationalisation Process model, this chapter examines the impact of e-commerce on the internationalisation of SMEs. The...

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Chapter 5 The Effects of Global Connectivity on Knowledge Complexity in the Information Age

Cantwell, John; Salmon, Jessica - In: International business in the information and digital Age, (pp. 123-137). 2018

complexity is increasing in the broader context of globalization, in which the influence of a rising diversity of locational …

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Legitimacy and Institutionalization of Code of Conduct: The Management of Business Ethics

Joseph, George; Hashmi, Anwar - In: Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in …, (pp. 53-82). 2018

The chapter first draws concepts underlying legitimacy theory ( Suchman, 1995 ) to provide a basis to understand alternative approaches to the development of ethical cultures in global organization. The chapter then illustrates the institutionalization of Codes of Ethics through a...

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