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The internationalization of family businesses: A review of extant research
2010
Abstract Among family businesses (FBs) internationalization has become a strategy for growth, and sometimes even for survival. This review article presents an analysis conducted on 25 refereed journal articles on FB internationalization. The articles typically portrayed the internationalization of FBs as a sequential process following the Uppsala model of internationalization; by contrast, some FBs were regarded as “born-again” global firms. In methodological terms, most of the articles focused on what-questions rather than why/how-questions. The articles did not make much use of internationalization or FB-specific theories. Our study takes a step towards clarifying the following issues: (i…
Photo-thermal control of surface plasmon mode propagation at telecom wavelengths
2016
Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) is the promising versatile platform proposed for guiding electromagnetic waves at nanoscale dimensions. In this context dynamic control of SPPs prop- agation is of paramount importance. Thermo-optical (TO) effect is considered as an efficient technique for performing active control of plasmonic devices. Among the thermo-optical based plasmonic devices demonstrated so far TO coefficient is dominantly provided by a dielectric material on top of the metal sustaining the SPP mode, however, the role of TO properties of the metal has been rarely investigated for plasmonic applications especially at the telecom frequency ranges. Therefore, the aim of this thesis i…
La aceptación tecnológica de las Apps y su influencia en la co-creación, el engagement y la calidad de la relación: crear valor para el cliente en el…
2022
Impulsada por la acelerada proliferación de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, la economía colaborativa ha surgido como una tendencia emergente en el comportamiento del consumidor que cambia la forma en que se proporcionan y consumen los productos y servicios. El propósito de este estudio fue crear y probar un modelo holístico que explique las intención de uso y de co-creación de los usuarios de aplicaciones de entrega de comida a domicilio – FDA en Colombia a partir del contexto de la economía colaborativa. Sobre la base de varios enfoques académicos, este estudio se propuso a partir del Modelo de Aceptación Tecnológica – TAM, la lógica dominante del servicio, la teoría d…
The Culture on the Palm of Your Hand: How to Design a User Oriented Mobile App for Museums
2014
The increased usage of mobile apps has a great potential for the tourism industry. Through the use of mobile apps, web portals and social media may allow a fast and wide diffusion of awareness for museum and attract a large number of visitors, thus increasing the value of their image, with moderate investments. The aim of this chapter is to identify the key factors as antecedents of customer satisfaction for the design of a mobile app for a museum. To this aim, the authors use the Kano model that allows categorizing service attributes according to how they are perceived by customers and estimating their impact on customer satisfaction. This model is adopted in order to identify express and …
Entry in a Psychically Distant Market: Finnish Small and Medium-sized Software Firms in Japan
2008
This paper investigates the market entry and entry mode choice of eight small and medium-sized Finnish software firms in the Japanese market. The findings in this study reveal that, despite of the psychic distance between Finland and Japan, most of the firms entered Japan at a very early stage of their internationalization process by using direct entry modes. This was mainly due to the market size, sophisticated industry structure, and requirements for intensive cooperation with the customers during the sales process. The firms were able to overcome psychic distance by hiring local employees and western managers who already had working experience in the Japanese market. This finding indicat…
Internationalization pathways of family SMEs:Psychic distance as a focal point
2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how psychic distance affects the internationalization process, foreign market entry (FME), and entry mode choice of Finnish small and medium-sized family enterprises (family SMEs) operating in France. Design/methodology/approach: The paper reports findings from an in-depth case study covering four Finnish manufacturing family SMEs operating in the French market. The data were analyzed using the Uppsala model and distance creating and distance-bridging factors encountered in the FME to France. Findings: The findings reveal that the family SMEs mainly followed a sequential process and favored indirect entry modes before entering the French …
Ownership and Use of Commercial Physical Activity Trackers Among Finnish Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Study
2017
BackgroundMobile phone apps for monitoring and promoting physical activity (PA) are extremely popular among adults. Devices, such as heart rate monitors or sports watches (HRMs/SWs) that work with these apps are at sufficiently low costs to be available through the commercial markets. Studies have reported an increase in PA levels among adults with devices; however, it is unknown whether the phenomena are similar during early adolescence. At a time when adolescents start to develop their own sense of independence and build friendship, the ease of smartphone availability in developed countries needs to be investigated in important health promoting behaviors such as PA. ObjectiveThe objective…
Imaging-guided interventions modulating portal venous flow: Evidence and controversies
2021
Portal hypertension is defined by an increase in the portosystemic venous gradient. In most cases, increased resistance to portal blood flow is the initial cause of elevated portal pressure. More than 90% of cases of portal hypertension are estimated to be due to advanced chronic liver disease or cirrhosis. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts, a non-pharmacological treatment for portal hypertension, involve the placement of a stent between the portal vein and the hepatic vein or inferior vena cava which helps bypass hepatic resistance. Portal hypertension may also be a result of extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis or compression. In these cases, percutaneous portal vein recanalis…
Gli Hopps e la nascita degli stabilimenti vinicoli in Sicilia
2008
Ballerfaring på mellomtrinnet : En kvalitativ studie om elevers erfaringer av ballspillundervisning i kroppsøving på mellomtrinnet
2019
Master grunnskolelærerutdanning for trinn 5-10, 5-årig masterprogram IDR507 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 The purpose of this master thesis is to map how pupils who have limited experience with ball games in their spare time,experience the teaching in physical education.This is done by first examining theory that can be used to extract experiences and insights with the students. Next, a qualitative study is carried out on how pupils with limited experience with ball games in their spare time,experience the teaching in physical education. To get knowledge of these pupils' experiences, informants from the intermediate classes were selected from two different schools. The pupils were first obse…