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Higher education research in Finland : emerging structures and contemporary issues
2012
Entrepreneurial Decision-Making Logic Related to Software Development in Different Growth Phases of INVs
2019
Software-based innovations with global market-potential are the main product offering of digital-based International New Ventures, an emerging type of rapidly internationalizing firm. Despite increasing research attention on the internationalization phases of these firms, knowledge of how the characteristics of the firm’s software offerings change over time remains scarce. In this paper, we analyze how standardization, customization and localization evolve through the growth and commitment of International New Ventures in foreign markets. Specifically, we posit that an entrepreneurial decision-making logic based on a logic of effectuation or causation acts as a trigger mechanism for specifi…
How software development competences change in global settings-an explorative study
2014
Global software development GSD holds various challenges and problems for team members. When confronted with a contextual change in their working environment, individuals have to adapt to the new situation. This includes the adaptation of working styles, behaviors, and methods. Additionally, new challenges, especially those based on the virtual work and cultural background of team members, have to be addressed. By conducting explorative expert interviews, we identified challenges and potential solutions for individuals when encountering contextual change with a focus on competences. We identified that the lack of competences was seen as a major influence factor for a variety of common chall…
"Hei mitä tää ny tarkottaa?" : experiences of intercultural communication and linguistic shock while using English abroad
2016
Globalisaation ja kansainvälistymisen myötä korkeakouluopiskelijoiden kansainvälinen liikkuvuus on lisääntynyt huomattavasti. Ulkomailla oleskelu on tarjonnut monille hyvinkin positiivisia kokemuksia, mutta uudessa kulttuurissa eri kielellä toimiminen voi aiheuttaa myös yllättäviä ongelmatilanteita. Tutkimuksen teoriataustan aloittaa katsaus kansainväliseen opiskelijaliikkuvuuteen, jonka jälkeen esitellään muutamia tärkeimpiä kulttuurienvälisen viestinnän teorioita. Kulttuurienvälinen viestintäkompetenssi on myös olennainen tässä tutkimuksessa, joten myös siitä keskustellaan. Kielishokki ilmiönä esitellään aluksi sekä kulttuurisesta että kielellisestä näkökulmasta, jonka jälkeen tarkastella…
North American entrepreneurs in Cuba: which entry mode and government affiliation strategy?
2018
Purpose To have success in newly liberalized markets, firms must have a plan of action before resources are committed. What some companies do not realize is that their own entrepreneurial orientation (EO) will dictate their strategies, and performance outcomes, in both their home market and abroad. In order to maximize firm performance in newly liberalized markets (such as Cuba), firms must be able to objectively gauge their own EO. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Within this framework, the present paper will attempt to effectively measure the EO of decision-making managers from US companies that have an interest in entering the Cuban market. A final sam…
Considerations Regarding the Relevance of Direct Foreign Investments in the Global Economy
2019
Abstract It is well known that the current business world, and also the investments, today are based on the global markets expansion. Contemporary reality shows us the image of a world which is irreversibly evolving towards the businesses globalization and the companies’ internationalization. The internal markets often become overcrowded, and the companies access more profoundly the global marketplace, which not only provides a place for all competitors, but also represents a source of new advantages for all. In the context of globalization the investment activity has gained new dimensions, becoming a global one, with serious implications, which manifest itself over the national economies a…
Family and non-family businesses in iran:Coupling among innovation, internationalization and growth-expectation
2021
Gallo and Sveen, in 1991, specified problems of whether family businesses can take advantage of factors facilitating internationalization. We compare family and non-family businesses in innovation, export, and growth-expectation, and consider how outcomes are aligned, with a coupling that may be loose, with a synergy that benefits the business. This raises a further issue, is governance of a business affecting not only each of the outcomes but also their coupling. A representative sample of 530 Iranian businesses was surveyed in 2018 for Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Innovation, export, and growth-expectation are found to be lower in family businesses. Coupling between innovation and exp…
Bolstering firm growth : Kasvu Open 2014
2015
There has been a significant increase in SME growth research in recent years as its macroeconomic effect has become better understood. Firm growth has a significant influence on national economic health, especially small economies such as Finland, yet scholars agree that little is known about the phenomena. Authors of this study aim deliver a broader and more holistic approach to firm growth research and integrate currently fragmented constructs. By studying participants of Kasvu Open 2014, this study contributes to firm growth research by providing a new and unique context. Existing firm growth research has examined the effect of growth intention on firm growth, but few studies have addres…
Born Global Firms, Internet, and New Forms of Internationalization
2013
Although Internet is widely acknowledged to facilitate the rapid internationalization of born global firms (BGs), it is less known how such firms actually go about it. The current chapter specifically explores Internet-enabled internationalization (IEI) in the context of BGs. Based on e-adoption, international marketing and internationalization literatures, a conceptualization of IEI modes is suggested along three key dilemmas, assumed to underlie IEI mode configurations, including - functionality, localization and service directness. Three cases of Internet-enabled internationalizing born global firms (IEI BGs) from small open economies are then presented, as part of an effort towards conc…
The influence of innovation orientation on the internationalisation of SMEs in the service sector
2009
This article examines the internationalisation of small- and medium-sized service firms from an international entrepreneurship perspective. The results of the empirical research developed in Spain have shown that innovation orientation accelerates the time these companies take to internationalise and allows them to implement more activities and opt for high-control entry modes in foreign markets. The results suggest that two different models of internationalisation can be found within the services sector: firms either adopt a gradual process or attempt to benefit from a rapid transition period of internationalisation.