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Jablonski, Przemyslaw, Richard Grezdo, and Jing Hong YangXue. "Business Planning Involvement in New Ventures." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-26766.
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Background - Planning occupies an important position in business literature. It is a well-investigated area with a long and extensive research tradition. However, the findings of the research are not consistent. In the planning literature there is a strong debate among researchers which results in two opposing points of view. On the one hand, proponents of planning in business, also known as the planning school, claim that planning plays an important role and has a positive impact on companies. On the other hand, opponents challenge these claims and suggest that a company should instead focus on flexibility, learning and resource utilization. These claims may be of particular interest in new ventures. The environment in which new ventures usually operate may be turbulent with a high degree of uncertainty and a lack of resources. This setting may create problems for the application of planning procedures and can contradict suggestions in existing literature. In addition, the entrepreneur plays a crucial role in every new venture. He or she is the one who founds the new venture and is the main decision-maker. Planning activities compete for resources and time, which are scarce commodities in new ventures and can cause entrepreneurs to allocate less time to the business itself. Purpose - The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the changes in business planning in new ventures. In addition, we endeavored to explain the reasons why these changes occur and what sparks them. Our aim was to gain in-depth understanding of the business planning change phenomenon in new small-sized firms and add additional knowledge to the existing planning literature. Method & Theory - Semi-structured interviews with six entrepreneurs in the Jonkoping region were conducted to collect the empirical data on business planning within the service industry. The collected data was analyzed together by applying the theoretical frame of references. Conclusion - The thesis concluded that three main business planning situations occur in new ventures. These were at first a smooth or volatile increase during the beginning period of new ventures and resulted in the presence of the stabilised business planning pattern in the later stage of new ventures. This study also observed three main drivers behind those changes: business planning experience, economical factors and customers.
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Kallias, Konstantinos. "Political connections of new business ventures." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2016. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/61505/.
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The perceived capability of corporate organizations to influence politics, although fueling an ongoing public debate, features in literature as a source of probable benefits. According to the majority of the pertinent studies, these benefits, more often than not, materialize with important value-adding implications. In the U.S. context, whereby political money contributions constitute the prevalent way of establishing connections, this can result in a hefty return on a firm's political investment. Our research posits that if political connections formed via monetary donations elevate the donor to a higher status, this should reflect in circumstances whereby a firm needs to assert its quality to other economic agents. This is the case for firms that are plagued by the market newness liability. Whether as a form of insurance from tail risk or entitlement to economic rents, proximity to politics offers legitimacy and a compelling way of introducing a new venture to the marketplace. To prove this conjecture, we mainly draw from IPOs for representing a setting of acute uncertainty. Our findings confirm that both lobbying and PAC (Political Action Committee) expenditure pays off on listing day as donors incur less underpricing; an effect which can be amplified with contribution size and strategic targeting of recipients. Donor IPOs also experience negative offer price revisions and lower aftermarket volatility. Collectively, these results offer new empirical grounding to uncertainty and signaling theories. Subsequently, we frame IPO pricing as an efficiency problem for prospective issuers and develop an approach of general application in finance, where relationships of influence are suspected. Rather than imposing a regression-based framework, we allow relationships to manifest themselves in a data-driven manner. Our analysis reveals nonlinearities between IPO pricing efficiency and the two contribution avenues (justifying the fully nonparametric treatment). We are able to uncover relationships separately according to business sector, which we interpret in terms of varied competitive environments. Broadening up our scope prior to and after the IPO event, we document that connected firms are associated with a longer time to venture or other equity capital financing, attesting to a greater financial autonomy. Additionally, they attain larger market shares and have a superior likelihood of survival in the public domain.
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Jacobson, Kenneth P. (Kenneth Phillip) 1963, and Charles A. 1964 Myers. "New business creation : internal ventures or spinoffs?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10005.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 1998.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-89).
by Kenneth P. Jacobson and Charles A. Myers.
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Hooks, Alicia R. "The Alchemy of Sustaining New Business Ventures." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7808.
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The high failure rates of new business ventures (NBV) negatively affect employment and potential contributions to the economic health of communities. The high NBV failure rate is essential, as NBV sustainability influences job creation and increases employment rates in communities surrounding the NBV. The purpose of this qualitative single case study, using the effectuation conceptual framework, was to explore strategies organization leaders in the state of Missouri used for sustaining NBV operations beyond 5 years. The sample consisted of 6 NBV consultants from a single Missouri NBV consulting firm who have sustained NBVs beyond 5 years. The 6 NBV consultants answered standardized open-ended questions via semistructured interviews. Documentation served as a second data collection source. Data analysis included Yin's 5-step process, a thematic analysis by coding interview text, reducing themes based on redundancies, and combining common themes. The data revealed mindset as a meta-strategy and included three subordinate themes of knowledge-based strategies, network strategies, and systems strategies. The findings from this study can benefit NBV consultants and managers to assess mindset strategies as a foundation for developing subordinate sustainability strategies. The implications for positive social change include the potential for generating tax revenues to strengthen communities and increase support of quality education, contributions to infrastructure and public service expansions, and collaborations for community partnerships.
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Karlsson, Tomas. "Business Plans in New Ventures : An Institutional Perspective." Doctoral thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-237.
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This thesis is about business plans in new ventures. It takes an institutional perspective with a particular focus on how external actors influence ventures through norms, regulations and way of thinking. Through an intensive study of six new ventures at a business incubator, and a structured, computer-aided analysis, this study probes the following questions: How are new ventures influenced to write business plans, and what sources influence them? What strategies do new ventures use to deal with those influences? What are the consequences of the chosen strategies? The findings show that entrepreneurs hold strong pre-understandings generated through books and their educational backgrounds. This influences their decisions to write business plans. This pre-understanding may be stronger than the actual external pressure to write the plan. This is indicated by two observations. First, the studied entrepreneurs write business plans before meeting with external constituents. The external constituents attach some importance to written business plans, but they do not consider plans crucial. Second, new venture managers loose couple the plan from their actual operations. Even the ones with the best intentions to consistently update the plan do not do it. They indicate that their business model develops too quickly and that they want to focus on doing business instead of writing about it. We may think that inconsistency between the plan and actual operations may aggravate stakeholders. However, entrepreneurs do not show their business plan to many external actors. Moreover, the external actors in this study rarely demand having a look at a business plan. Neither do they check to see if it is an updated one. The internal consistency of new ventures may be difficult and costly to investigate, and loose coupling could be conducted without loss of legitimacy. It is performance of the venture rather than formal appropriateness that drives legitimacy. Theoretically, this study develops a framework for understanding why new ventures write business plans (despite their questionable effects on efficiency and legitimacy). Companies are influenced by the ease and norms about business plans. In this way, their bounded choice to adopt the business plan institution becomes rational. The symbolic adoption of a business plan also generates a mimetic pressure for adoption, since mimicry often does not hinge on in-depth investigation of the mimicked organization.
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Dottore, Antonio Gabriele. "Antecedents of business model adaptation in new ventures." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122969/2/Antonio%20Dottore%20Thesis.pdf.
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In this thesis the study focusses on what facilitates or impedes adaptation of business model (BM) concept elements in new firms. Using data from QUT's Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE), the research shows that firms with more human capital and networking demonstrated higher BM adaption. Additionally, certain aspects of human capital and networking were complementary, and others acting as substitutes for each other, for the purpose of generating BM adaptation. Combining these elements with external (technological and international) contexts uncovered more nuanced explanations of what facilitates or impedes BM adaptation in new firms.
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Polat, Berna. "Failure patterns of new ventures : a survival analysis and performance implications /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8739.
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Nohria, Nitin 1962. "Creating new business ventures : network organization in market and corporate contexts." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14397.
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Ahola, N. (Nancy). "International new ventures’ use of networks to target globally released mobile applications." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201406101727.
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In this paper, the study will deal with the theoretical basis of internationalization of New Ventures and the importance of networks to acquire the knowledge to develop mobile application products on a global level. It will weigh the different uses of networks for market entry for SMEs that have a lack of capital, both human and financial. The study will also look at mobile applications themselves and the business models they currently have as options to create their new ventures.
While many mobile app and technology companies look to globally release their mobile applications with the same approach without any change or localization, all consumers do not subscribe to the same buying tastes in every region. Taking into consideration buying patterns and regional differences, examination of the product positioning and applying this thought process to technology and how each company’s approach succeeded or failed.
In this paper, the focus will be examining several views: The idea of a globally released mobile application by a company, developed with the thought that the idea is so universal that it will succeed in every market, or the concept that even in the mobile application development area, that each “product” will need to be customized for certain markets for a more successful market entry.
Some other aspects of this paper will take a look at technology itself, both Mobile Applications and the Internet, as methods of market entry. With these technologies available to international new ventures, which do not have the financial capital to commit to internationalize.
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Linnarsson, Håkan. "Alliances for innovation : a structural perspective on new business development in cooperative ventures." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Institutionen för Marknadsföring och strategi, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-517.
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The innovation race, with ever-shortening product lifecycles and escalating innovation costs, has made alliances for innovation a central competitive strategy at many firms. Alliances provide access to a broader pool of knowledge that would be difficult to develop inside the firm, as well as a way of sharing risks. However, many innovation-based alliances fail. The literature argues that one important reason for this is the tension created by the contradictory recommendations of alliance management, whereby fixed contracts are stressed, and the recommendations for the innovation management of flexible and adaptable structures in order to support the innovation process. This thesis addresses the tension between the contractual logic of alliances and the dynamics of innovation by studying how different alliance structures, e.g. structures for coordination and communication, and innovation structures, e.g. modularity, can interact when shaping the innovation process. Based on in-depth studies of the innovation process in nine innovation-based alliances, the main contribution made by this thesis is a process model for managing innovation-based alliances. A central conclusion is that the structure of the alliance and the design of the innovation have to be adapted to each another in order to enable progress during the innovation process. The process model for innovation-based alliances consists of three phases; exploration, alignment, and commercialization. Important challenges during each phase are identified and different ways of managing these challenges are suggested. Although there is no shortcut to a successful innovation-based alliance, many difficulties can be avoided if management forms and subsequently adapts various alliance structures, in addition to the internal and external design of the innovation, so that the alliance and innovation become aligned. This alignment requires management to approach the alliance and innovation processes as one coalesced process whose character depends on the variety of the innovation.Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 2005
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Jara, Carlos, and Terence Wayburne. "Advertising, Internet Based Networking Websites (IBNWs) and New Ventures." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-57467.
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With the explosion of technology we are finding that our methods of communication are changing rapidly year to year. The way that we interact with each other from personal levels to more formal business is all being affected. With the birth of the internet we have seen continuous growth of communication methods via this medium and most recently is the boom of the Internet Based Networking Websites (IBNWs) that allow the, over 300million, users to interact with each other. Websites like Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter are very good examples of IBNWs that provide great platforms for communicating messages and advertising companies regardless of where in the world they are. Geography is quickly becoming an obstacle of the past as IBNWs allow business to reach people based on their demographic rather then location. Through the use of IBNWs people can target, segment, and filter according to the people they wish to advertise to, all for free. This in turn is now having a huge impact on the advertising industry as ad agencies are being pressured to change their more traditional marketing structures to fit the modern environment, as people, especially young entrepreneurs, are finding a plethora of ways to advertise online for free. Because of this huge reshape of the advertising industry we have chosen to look in to how this all affects the entrepreneur and therefore have taken on the task of answering the question: How do IBNWs affect the process of advertising in the development of new ventures? In this thesis we delve in to the topic of modern advertising in relation to traditional forms of advertising (T.V, Radio, Print) to see how and in what ways IBNWs are having an impact of company start-ups. With the use of many authors and concepts we build a theoretical perspective to help us analyze the data retrieved from 10 entrepreneurs from around the world. The theoretical perspective is made of four key elements: Cost, Clutter, Interactivity, and Objectives of advertising. With a qualitative interpretivist approach we have constructed an in-depth case study that explores the development of 10 different ventures from the perspective of the entrepreneurs running them. However to aid us in our analysis and understanding of the industry of advertising and business development we interviewed the Chief Creative officer at Ogilvy&Mathers, and an Manager at International Venture Club. The final goal of the study is to generate an original framework for entrepreneurs in modern advertising. What we found was that due to the lack of resources by the entrepreneurs IBNWs provide a great cost effective method of reaching a large and relevant audience. Among other findings we found that IBNWs are a great starting point for all entrepreneurs in their process of advertising due to its cheap and easy to use platform. In conclusion we found that IBNWs do have a huge impact on the process of advertising in the development of new ventures. Keywords: IBNWs, Advertising, Cost, Clutter, Interactivity, Advertising Objectives
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Abrahamsson, Jan. "Beyond Going Global : Essays on business development of International New Ventures past early internationalization." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-125469.
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The notion of International New Ventures, or INVs, emerged in academia in the early-to-mid 1990s and generally refers to entrepreneurial firms that tend to internationalize very early in their life-cycle, and whose expansion into foreign markets occurs much more quickly than predicted by earlier theories of the incremental internationalization process. Previous literature proposes effective networking with market partners and, more recently, internationally viable business model among key distinguishing features of INVs that allow for such early and rapid entry into international markets. Nevertheless, little is yet known regarding how these younger firms develop over time and how they could sustain international growth. With the purpose of filling this gap, this doctoral dissertation scrutinizes business models and business model innovation of INVs beyond their early internationalization, with a particular emphasis on INVs’ external relationships configurations. The dissertation consists of four self-contained essays that represent a methodological mixture of qualitative and quantitative approaches and incorporate longitudinal case studies, surveys and register-based data encompassing nine years of Swedish INVs’ development. The findings highlight the importance of the business model as an initial market entry tool, and of business model innovation as a potential growth vehicle over time. Findings also display that INVs work with a broader range of external partners compared to other firms for innovative purposes, and that INVs have different business model innovation patterns compared to other types of internationalized firms. Moreover, INVs focus more heavily on value capture innovations in their business models as they mature and seek to obtain a more centralized position in their industry ecosystem by re-configuring the parameters of existing external relationships or developing new ones. Overall, this dissertation contributes to the international entrepreneurship and business model literature by explicating how maturing INVs need to operate under different business model configurations as compared to emerging INVs, as the original business model might lack scalability after a certain point in time. Furthermore, the dissertation suggests how INVs can pursue a dynamic business model approach and utilize dynamic capabilities to design business models that put the focal firm more in control of the surrounding ecosystem, and reduce constraints that can limit the value capturing potential and thus the growth and development of INVs.
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Rosenblatt, Noah Samuel. "Commercialization of Bio-Technological Ventures: A Business Plan On Vaylenx LLC." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1461256252.
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Li, Juan, and Jan Tony Abrahamsson. "New money, new problems : A qualitative study of the conflicts between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in Sweden." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-45170.
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New ventures started by entrepreneurs need access to the right amount of financial resourcesin order to grow and expand businesses. Venture capital financing and partnerships withventure capital firms is a common route for entrepreneurial companies to acquire the neededfinancing for growing the venture, which in turn benefits a country’s economy as a whole.The partnership between the venture capital firm and the entrepreneur may involve conflicts,due to different goals and objectives towards the business, difference in management stylesand personal background as well as task and contextual conflicts, to mention some examples.We discovered a knowledge gap regarding conflicts between venture capital firms andentrepreneurs in Sweden and hence our aim with this study is to provide an answer on howventure capital firms and entrepreneurs are dealing with these potential conflicts in Sweden.To find out the answer, we reviewed selected and relevant literature on the subject andadapted a theoretical framework, based on existing literature. In terms of methodologicalapproach, we chose to be constructionists by following the abductive approach, in order toeffectively answer our research question and be able to add and complement our theoreticalframework, based on our empirical findings.Our empirical findings consists of four valuable interviews with venture capital firmmanagers and another four interviews with entrepreneurial CEOs and/or company founders,to get the view of both parties involved in venture capital partnerships. Based on ourempirical findings, our main conclusion is that the venture capital partnership often suffersfrom lacking communication from either or both parties, which could start or worsen theconflicts. Many of these problems are also derived by the vastly different backgrounds ofventure capital firm managers compared to entrepreneurs.Additionally, our study notes a tendency for less patience for conflicts among venture capitalfirms compared to entrepreneurs, as venture capital firms are willing to replace the currentCEO or make an early exit the venture or even liquidate its shares, if they deem problems assevere. On the other hand, entrepreneurs want to keep the dialogue going and seem to havemore patience. To mitigate the conflicts in the venture capital partnership, based on ourfindings, we propose that venture capital firms should hire managers or consultants with amore technical background when evaluating and working with certain entrepreneurs.Furthermore, venture capital firms may need to be more dynamic in terms of their controlmeasurements as opposed to being overly static on a long-term business plan which may getoutdated or lose relevancy.Entrepreneurs, nonetheless, need training and support in many cases, to understand how tocommunicate in business contexts and write business plans in order to facilitate thecollaboration with their venture capitalists.
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Jiang, Guohua. "The determinants and performance of international new ventures: three studies." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2013. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/216547.
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New venture internationalization differs from that of large established firms and is an important research inquiry for international entrepreneurship. In the past 30 years, studies on new venture internationalization have proliferated but with fragmented nature. The first study reviews extant studies regarding conceptual and methodological developments of international new ventures (INVs) through content analysis of 74 influential works. Particularly, this study focuses on the determinants and performance of INVs at the entrepreneur, firm, and environment levels. We then identify significant gaps within this stream of research and suggest future research directions. The second study explores the effect of founding team ethnic composition on a new venture's internationalization strategic choice and then examines the consequent performance implications of INV strategy. A new venture with an ethnically diversified founding team could leverage international experience and network of each of its founders, thereby influencing its recognition of opportunities and access to resources to pursue internationalization strategy. Analyzing longitudinal data of 4,928 new ventures in Kauffman Firm Survey, our empirical results suggest that more immigrant entrepreneurs in a new venture's founding team are more likely to pursue INV strategy while more US citizen entrepreneurs in a founding team will pursue domestic new venture (DNV) strategy. Furthermore, an INV has higher revenues than a DNV but there is no difference in profits between them. The findings suggest that early internationalization is critical to immigrant-started new ventures through revenue growth. The third study explores the survival of ethnic new ventures, particularly testing the roles of INV and ethnic entrepreneurs' immigration status. New ventures are more likely to fail in early years of formation as they face liability of newness and smallness. We found that ethnic new ventures overall have a lower likelihood of survival compared with non-ethnic new ventures. But, ethnic new ventures could increase survival through INV strategy and immigration status. After ethnic entrepreneurs' naturalization, ethnic new ventures could achieve legitimacy, seeking further social capital in host country. Meanwhile, INV strategy could compensate for ethnic new venture's liability of ethnicity in host country. By incorporating diaspora and ethnic entrepreneurship literature, my dissertation focuses on the role of immigrants on early internationalization strategy and the effect of such strategy on performance and survival of their started new ventures, further advancing the understanding of international entrepreneurship.
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Kalafatoglu, Tugba. "The Role of Networks in the Emergence of New Business Opportunities and New Ventures in Different Geographic Contexts." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/586242.
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L'emprenedoria es pot definir com "el procés mitjançant el qual les persones desco-breixen i exploten noves oportunitats de negocis, sovint mitjançant la creació de noves empreses" (Aldrich i Cliff, 2003: 575). Com a camp d'investigació, alguns acadèmics emfatitzen el sorgiment de noves oportunitats de negocis i altres el sorgiment de noves organitzacions.
Els investigadors han prestat gran atenció al paper de les xarxes socials i els mecanis-mes a través dels quals aquestes influeixen en el procés emprenedor. Els arguments basats en la teoria de les xarxes han informat la investigació sobre dues tasques críti-ques del procés emprenedor: el descobriment de noves oportunitats de negoci i la mo-bilització de recursos. En aquest sentit, la pregunta d'investigació principal que aques-ta tesi pretén respondre és: quin paper juguen les xarxes socials i les empresarials en el sorgiment de noves empreses i de noves oportunitats de negoci?
La tesi examina el paper dels diferents tipus de xarxes en diferents contextos nacionals tant a nivell individual com empresarial. En centrar-se en actors i contextos poc inves-tigats, com la família d'origen, l'emprenedoria femenina en societats patriarcals, i les empreses micromultinacionales, la tesi ofereix aportacions noves sobre el paper de les xarxes en el procés emprenedor.
Més específicament, els resultats de l'Estudi 1 mostren que les característiques socioe-conòmiques de la família d'origen influeixen significativament en els mitjans de que disposen els emprenedors (en termes d'identitat, coneixement, xarxes i finances perso-nals) i, com a conseqüència , també afecten els processos clau relacionats amb la crea-ció d'empreses (reconeixement de l'oportunitat, decisió de llançament i mobilització dels recursos). Els resultats de l'Estudi 2 revelen que les principals barreres i limitaci-ons a què s'enfronten les dones emprenedores en les societats patriarcals són específi-ques de gènere, arrelades en la cultura nacional i l'entorn institucional. No obstant ai-xò, el desenvolupament i la utilització de la xarxa de contactes personals (networking en anglès) apareix com el factor clau perquè les dones emprenedores superin aquestes barreres. Els resultats de l'Estudi 3 mostren que la afiliació a un grup empresarial es tradueix en una orientació cap al mercat domèstic més forta, per aquest motiu les mi-cromultinacionales pertanyents a un grup empresarial tendeixen a ser menys propenses a expandir-se internacionalment en comparació amb les seves homòlogues indepen-dents.El emprendimiento se puede definir como "el proceso mediante el cual las personas descubren y explotan nuevas oportunidades de negocios, a menudo mediante la crea-ción de nuevas empresas" (Aldrich y Cliff, 2003: 575). Como campo de investigación, algunos académicos enfatizan el surgimiento de nuevas oportunidades de negocios y otros el surgimiento de nuevas organizaciones. Los investigadores han prestado gran atención al papel de las redes sociales y los me-canismos a través de los cuales éstas influyen en el proceso emprendedor. Los argu-mentos basados en la teoría de las redes han informado la investigación sobre dos ta-reas críticas del proceso empresarial: el descubrimiento de nuevas oportunidades de negocio y la movilización de recursos. En este sentido, la pregunta de investigación principal que esta tesis pretende responder es: ¿qué papel desempeñan las redes socia-les y las empresariales en el surgimiento de nuevas empresas y de nuevas oportunida-des de negocio? La tesis examina el papel de los diferentes tipos de redes en diferentes contextos na-cionales tanto a nivel individual como empresarial. Al centrarse en actores y contextos poco investigados, como la familia de origen, el emprendimiento femenino en socie-dades patriarcales, y las empresas micromultinacionales, la tesis ofrece aportaciones novedosas sobre el papel de las redes en el proceso emprendedor. Más específicamente, los hallazgos del Estudio 1 muestran que las características so-cioeconómicas de la familia de origen influyen significativamente en los medios de que disponen los emprendedores (en términos de identidad, conocimiento, redes y fi-nanzas personales) y, como consecuencia, también afectan a los procesos clave rela-cionados con la creación de empresas (reconocimiento de la oportunidad, decisión de lanzamiento y movilización de los recursos). Los hallazgos del Estudio 2 revelan que las principales barreras y limitaciones a las que se enfrentan las mujeres emprendedo-ras en las sociedades patriarcales son específicas de género, enraizadas en la cultura nacional y el entorno institucional. Sin embargo, el desarrollo y la utilización de la red de contactos personales (networking en inglés) aparece como el factor clave para que las mujeres emprendedoras superen dichas barreras. Los hallazgos del Estudio 3 mues-tran que la afiliación a un grupo empresarial se traduce en una orientación hacia el mercado doméstico más fuerte, de ahí que las micromultinacionales pertenecientes a un grupo empresarial sean menos propensas a expandirse internacionalmente en com-paración con sus homólogas independientes.
Entrepreneurship can be defined as “the process by which people discover and exploit new business opportunities, often through the creation of new business ventures” (Al-drich & Cliff, 2003:575). As a research field, some scholars emphasize the emergence of new business opportunities and others the emergence of new organizations. Entrepreneurship researchers have paid significant attention to the role of social net-works and the mechanisms through which they influence the entrepreneurial process. Network-based arguments have clearly informed research on two critical tasks of the entrepreneurial process: the discovery of new business opportunities and the mobiliza-tion of resources. Thus, the overarching research question this thesis aims to respond is: What role social and business networks play in the emergence of new ventures and new business opportunities? The thesis examines the role of different types of networks in different entrepreneurial settings at both individual and firm levels. By focusing on under-researched settings, such as the family of origin, female entrepreneurship in patriarchal societies and mi-cromultinationals, the thesis offers novel insights on the role of networks in the entre-preneurial process. More specifically, the findings of Essay 1 show that that the socioeconomic characteristics of the family of origin influence in significant ways entrepreneurs’ means at hand (in terms of identity, knowledge, network and personal finance) and, as a consequence, also affect the key processes involved in business venture creation (opportunity recognition, launch decision, and resource mobilization). The findings of Essay 2 reveal that the main barriers and constraints faced by women entrepreneurs are gender-specific, rooted on national culture and the institutional environment. However, networking appears as the key factor for these women entrepreneurs to overcome such barriers. The findings of Essay 3 show that affiliation to a business group translates into a stronger domestic orientation and affiliated micromultinationals are less prone to expand internationally as compared to their stand-alone counterparts.
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Furest, Sophie, Ljungberg Nathalie Tägt, and Ann Kristin Van. "A springboard to foreign markets : A multi-case study on Swedish international new ventures." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65523.
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Internationalization is a strategy which is regarded as a trend where firms expand their business globally to achieve competitive advantages, especially for firms with limited resources. International new ventures are firms that are international from inception, con- nected to them is a certain failure rate. Further, entrepreneurial orientation is seen as a strategy for firms to implement risks-taking attitudes, proactiveness and innovativeness within such firms. Different scholars also show the importance of strong personal and business networks for international new ventures. The three dimensions of international entrepreneurial orientation can aid a firm to prepare themselves to the international envi- ronment. The purpose of this thesis is therefore to analyze the influence of international entrepre- neurial orientation and networks on the performance of international new ventures. How- ever, emphasis on specific kinds of networks or performance has been left out. The dif- ferent theories have been investigated separately and in correlation to each other to pre- sent what research has shown so far. To portray how the different theories are correlated a conceptual framework derived from the literature has been developed. This research has been conducted following the abductive approach, since there is a short- age of research concerning the Swedish context and the combination of the three theories. To enable the investigation of these relationships, semi-structured interviews with differ- ent Swedish international new ventures operating in different industries have been con- ducted. In order to be able to see similarities and differences between the cases a cross- case analysis has been applied. One of the results of the study have found that the effect of networks on performance of international new ventures come in different forms. The findings also show that interna- tional entrepreneurial orientation has a mostly positive impact to different extends on performance. However, the outcomes in relation to international entrepreneurial orienta- tion have presented other factors, which are not included in the concept of international entrepreneurial orientation, having a positive impact on performance. The study under- lines the importance of having both constructs in order to enhance the performance of international new ventures.
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Sihvola, O. (Otto). "A literature review on pop-up stores and their potential to start new business ventures." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201712093292.
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Gulko, O. (Olena). "Importance of networks for international new ventures entry to Russian and Ukrainian steel industry market." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201405211435.
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Networks and their role in internationalization process of International New Ventures (INVs) are believed to be of high importance. Entry to emerging markets, where network ties are considered to be a great success factor, enhances the significance of network ties, especially for young firms.
The purpose of this Master’s Thesis was to study establishment of network relationships and securing right position for International New Ventures in existing networks of Russian and Ukrainian emerging markets. Particularly, steel industry in Russia and Ukraine was selected as a context of the study.
Qualitative approach was chosen for this research and empirical study was carried out through semi-structured interviews. Themes for the interview were indicated in relation to covered literature and theoretical constructs. Representatives of eight companies within Russian and Ukrainian steel industry network were interviewed. Selected sample consisted of companies that vary in specialization and size, which allowed to collect responses from different perspectives. Data, obtained through interviews, was first analyzed separately in relation to outlined themes. Then, conclusions were drawn by aligning theoretical constructs with empirical findings.
The results indicated that while network ties indeed play an important role in partnership establishment and securing position on target emerging market, they do not serve as a guarantee of desired spot in desired network. Presence of newly internationalizing firm in right network undoubtedly helps to operate in the emerging market and obtain customer base faster, however factors like quality and favorability of products, price, warranty conditions and time of delivery were found to be of greater importance to successful market entry. Penetration to target network requires combination of proactive and reactive measures of internationalizing firms, including exploitation of different channels.
Based on the findings of the study, propositions for INVs management were given at the end of the thesis. Main contribution of the study is combination of network theory and INVs internationalization in relation to emerging markets. It was concluded that internationalizing firm should rely on the product and value it has to offer for target market. Being entrepreneurial in its nature firms can benefit from flexibility and seek for arising opportunities in desired networks, while maintaining the existing ties.
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Sardana, Deepak, and deepaks@agsm edu au. "Empirical insights into the black box of decision-making in new ventures : a study based on biotechnology companies in Australia and India." The Australian National University. National Graduate School of Management, 2007. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20080115.153853.
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Diemont-Ebes, Anja, and adiemont51@hotmail com. "From second board to angels : an analysis of government support for new ventures, 1984-1994." Swinburne University of Technology, 1996. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20060317.113350.
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During the past decade (1984-1994), Australia experienced its worst recession since the depression of the 30's, followed by a no-growth period and an unemployment rate hovering around nine per cent.
The awareness of Commonwealth and State Governments of the need for specific policies to stimulate new ventures and support small and medium enterprises (SME's), was increased by a range of reviews which resulted in a variety of initiatives.
However, two key national initiatives, licensed Management and Investment Companies (MIC's) and the Second Board Stock Market, which aimed at making access to funds easier for new ventures, failed to provide sustained financial support to new innovative firms.
Small businesses in Australia account for some 80 per cent of all businesses and 50 per cent of employment in the private sector. While many factors contribute to the successful establishment and growth of new businesses, a key factor is the availability of and access to affordable finance.
The major objective of this study was to identify key success/failure factors in new venture creation and to review in detail the rise and fall of the Second Board Stock Market (1984-1992) - arguably one of the most significant Government initiatives during the 80's to provide access to equity funds.
A survey of Melbourne companies listed on the Second Board was to provide valuable information on the success/failure of the Second Board Stock Market and to illuminate desirable Government initiatives meeting SME's survival needs.
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George, Bradley Alan. "Strategic decision making in new ventures the relationship between decision comprehensiveness and growth in differing environments /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3290767.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, 2007.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-11, Section: A, page: 4769. Adviser: Jeffrey G. Covin. Title from dissertation home page (viewed May 22, 2008).
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Tavares, Diogo Raimundo Filipe. "The relevance of Guanxi networks for INV start business in China? A case study approach." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/6114.
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Mestrado em Ciências EmpresariaisIn the last two decades the business world has been quaked by a new type of enterprises, the International New Ventures (INVs). And it has been dazed as well by the swift emergence of a new economic key player: China. Small companies that internationalize almost since inception are growing steadily and comprising all business scopes throughout the world. These companies lack resources and the means to obtain them, so theirs entrepreneurs will rely on networks to access resources and new opportunities. In China networking is especially imperative, where guanxi is more than a business tool, it’s in fact a way of living. Chinese rely on guanxi for all social aspects of their lives and there is a special etiquette while applying and conducting guanxi. This dissertation’s central question is the importance of guanxi for foreign countries doing business in China, and in order to answer it, a multi-case study approach was followed,composed by four INVs whose business scope are different from each other. Results showed that guanxi was vital for the formation of the business, it was the network developed in China that allowed the entrepreneurs to found their own companies. Half of the interviewees agreed guanxi is ethically reprehensible, due to the promiscuity and collusion it creates within the economy. Very important is the fact that all four companies are extremely dependent on guanxi to proceed with their daily operations, and regard guanxi as essential for the future evolution of the company inside China. Overall, guanxi is essential for foreign companies identify, maintain and enhance business in China.
Nas últimas duas décadas, o mundo empresarial tem sido revolucionado por um novo tipo de empresas, as International New Ventures (INVs). Outro acontecimento que tem deslumbrado o mundo é a rápida emergência de um novo interveniente económico: a China. A internacionalização de pequenas empresas aquando da sua fundação está a aumentar firmemente , e abrange praticamente todos os sectores económicos. Estas mesmas empresas dispõem de poucos recursos, e os empreendedores tentam recorrer a redes de contactos para aceder a recursos e oportunidades de negócio. Na China, a utilização de redes de contactos é especialmente imperativa, onde o guanxi é mais do que uma ferramenta de negócio, mas uma forma de viver. O povo chinês depende do guanxi em todos os aspectos da sua vida e uma determinada etiqueta social é necessária enquanto se aplica e conduz guanxi. A questão central desta dissertação é a importância do guanxi para as empresas estrangeiras que façam negócios na China, e de maneira a responder adequadamente á questão foi elaborado um estudo de vários casos, composto por quatro INVs cujas áreas de negócio são diferentes umas das outras. Os resultados mostram que o guanxi foi essencial para a formação das empresas, e foi a rede de contactos que os empreendedores desenvolveram na China que permitiu a criação das mesmas. Metade dos entrevistados concordaram que o guanxi é eticamente condenável, dada a presumível promiscuidade e conluio que provoca na economia. Um facto muito importante é o de que as quatro empresas foram, e são, extremamente dependentes do guanxi para a manutenção das suas operações diárias, e consideram o guanxi como fulcral para a futura evolução das suas empresas na China. Concluindo, o guanxi é fundamental para as empresas estrangeiras identificarem,manterem e melhorarem os seus negócios na China.
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Najib, Hedayatullah. "Accounting for the business start-up experiences of Afghan refugees in Christchurch, New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10336.
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New Zealand is rapidly becoming a strongly multicultural society with nearly one in four of its citizens born overseas (Statistics New Zealand, 2006). Immigrants enter New Zealand under many different classifications, such as skilled migrants, entrepreneurs, investors, and refugees. Finding employment and a means of survival in their new society is an undeniable challenge for most, if not all, of these immigrants and people from refugee backgrounds. Some of them find employment in established Kiwi organisations while others establish their own businesses and become entrepreneurs.
A review of the literature revealed that there has been considerable research on entrepreneurial behaviours of immigrants and refugees in general, but little is known about the experiences of entrepreneurs from refugee backgrounds in New Zealand, specifically Afghan entrepreneurs and how their experiences differ from their counterparts who came to New Zealand from other countries.
This qualitative research project studies Afghans (N=23) from Christchurch who established their own businesses and the sense they have made of their experiences, both as refugees and as business owners. It also briefly compares the major findings with those of their refugee counterparts from other countries (N=6) to see if there are any major differences between the two groups’ start-up experiences in New Zealand.
Participants were selected from those in the Afghan community in Christchurch who are from a refugee background, using a snowballing technique. The comparison group consisted of six refugees from Zimbabwe, Somalia, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka.
The findings of this study have been categorised into two parts. The first part discusses the initial experiences of the participants in New Zealand society, how they settled into New Zealand, what strategies they used to integrate into their new society, how they financed their lives in New Zealand, and eventually how they became economically independent. The second part of the findings discusses the motivators behind the participants’ business start-ups, the types of businesses that they established and how these businesses assisted them as a gateway to other business ventures or activities. This section further investigates the challenges the refugees faced during their business start-up stage and the strategies they adopted to address these challenges. The data indicated that, while the Afghan refugees faced many challenges in establishing their own businesses, three were of particular importance to them. These were (1) financial challenges (2) licensing requirements and (3) English language ability for obtaining business licenses. These were different from the comparison group because of the different industries the two groups of business owners chose to start.
This research presents a very important finding. When participants’ experiences were examined to see how they account for personal and business success it was clear it is the social fabric of a collectivist and religious way of life and the associated sense of obligation to support each other that are the most significant factors shaping Afghan refugees’ business start-up behaviour. These factors led them to guide and mentor each other towards economic security and a lifestyle that fitted well with their family and religious obligations and self-identity.
In addition to showing how Christchurch Afghan refugees’ business start-ups were used as a means to meet their social objectives, this research and the model that emerged from it offer unique insights into three key drivers: economic security, lifestyle–enterprise fit, and self-identity. These factors, together with age and family circumstances, shaped the decisions associated with starting businesses in New Zealand to determine the pathway chosen.
The findings of this research are important as New Zealand is opening its doors to more refugees and very little is known about more recent refugee groups like those from Afghanistan. The findings provide a rich and unique contribution to refugee entrepreneurship and enterprise development literature in New Zealand and a model that could be used as a framework for further studies on the subject by those agencies that support refugees and their business start-up ventures as well as government agencies dealing with refugee resettlement and employment.
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Antolín, Andérez Patricia, and Senjuti Das. "Thrown in a Spirit of Design: Internationalisation Influencing the Business Model." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-129452.
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BACKGROUND. The relaxation of the global conditions, mainly but not reduced to the introduction of the Internet, and the demanding competitive pressures have triggered the expansionary phenomenon of startups that seek to compete internationally right after its birth. This urge for a mechanism to facilitate the internationalisation process, namely the business model. In this regard, there is a need to elaborate on the field of the business model in combination to the internationalization literature, which has tended to develop in isolation. PURPOSE. The purpose of this master thesis is to expand the knowledge about the process of designing the business model of a new international venture and how the drivers of internationalisation affect this process. METHODOLOGY. The research problem was identified by exploring two major streams of theory, the business model and the internationalisation, which were developed jointly in a visual representation. In the next step, from two Sweden-based international new ventures, named Againity AB and MIMSI Materials AB, empirical information was collected from diverse stakeholders. The technique was qualitative research method, which was scrutinized following a process model approach. Finally, a model proposition was constructed by analysing the realities of the practical and theoretical phenomenon to serve the purpose of enhancing knowledge. RESULT. The BMD process is composed by three stages, namely initiating, generating and refining, of iterative and interdependent nature. Each driver of internationalization, when scrutinized using the empirical realities of the INVs, tends to have different influential roles at different stages of the business model. This is integrated into a conceptual model of the key internationalization drivers and BMD stages, which reflects the strategic fit from which new ventures benefit.
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Fawzy, Mohamed Elsaid Mahmoud. "Investigations in crowdfunding of UK technological entrepreneurial ventures : evidence from the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2018. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=239515.
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Sloves, Alexandra N. "The Impact of Geographic Proximity to Silicon Valley on the Success of New Ventures." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/795.
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This paper seeks to understand the role of proximity to Silicon Valley and the Silicon Valley network effect on venture success. Despite the wealth of literature on the role and importance of geographic proximity in the venture capital process, no studies have specifically examined the impact of geographic proximity to Silicon Valley on venture success. I build my study on existing literature but deviate from past research in the following ways: first, I narrow the research question to the relationship between geographic proximity to Silicon Valley and successful exit; second, I consider success from the perspective of the venture rather than the venture-backing firm; third, I employ a logistical model as well as a linear probability model; fourth I control for endogeneity by isolating first rounds; lastly, I exclude syndicated deals, focusing on 1:1 venture-backing firm-to-venture deals. I use VenureXpert data for Silicon Valley-backed firms located both in and outside Silicon Valley to test hypotheses regarding geographic proximity. The results are significant and suggest that venture location in Silicon Valley is associated with greater venture success. Based on the results, it is clear that the impact of the Silicon Valley network effect is statistically meaningful and should encourage ventures to continue to strategically locate themselves in Silicon Valley.
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Dowejko, Marta Katarzyna. "What makes international new ventures grow and survive?: the interplay of social capital and dynamic capabilitiesin achieving evolutionary fitness." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48199229.
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Setting up a new business that can successfully cater to international markets is a dream of many entrepreneurs. In the search for guidelines that would help potential entrepreneurs to grow and survive in global markets, research on international new ventures has been developing extensively in the last fifteen years. Social networks and unique knowledge resources spurring from them have been recognized as essential to the development of new ventures. However, our knowledge is still fairly limited as to how international new ventures make use of their social capital on the path to success. The concept of dynamic capabilities that make network-originated resource acquisition and transformation possible has mostly been absent from the international entrepreneurship research.
This study is based on the assumption that it is not the access to unique knowledge resources provided by social networks that makes new ventures competitive and market-fit. It is rather how international new ventures assimilate and leverage these resources into evolutionary fitness, or growth and survival. The two distinctive roles are fulfilled by a hierarchy of classes of dynamic capabilities. A new research framework in the international entrepreneurship field, based on dynamic capability and on social capital theories, is introduced to uncover the influence and interaction effects of classes of capabilities in assimilating and leveraging knowledge originating from firms’ social capital.
This dissertation is an attempt to provide an explanation of complementary, substitutive, and joint roles that social capital and dynamic capabilities play in achieving evolutionary fitness and sustainability in international new ventures. A very distinctive pattern of structural, cognitive, and relational social capital is identified as enhancing the chances of survival of international new ventures. Accounting for differences in growth, firms achieving higher evolutionary fitness are found to benefit from the joint role of two classes of dynamic capabilities and from the simultaneous pursuit of multiple paths to success. On the other hand, firms with lower evolutionary fitness are limited by their extensive deployment of assimilative capabilities and use fewer paths to evolutionary fitness. In consequence, the study also discusses the negative impact of dynamic capabilities that is related to the diminishing returns from their deployment in the pursuit of evolutionary fitness.
A multi-method and multi-stage approach that combines retrospective and real-time investigations of international new ventures from the low-tech industry was used to evaluate 3 propositions and an additional observation. The empirical analysis involved 6 in-depth longitudinal case studies, social network data, survey and electronic communication data. The findings provide strong support and a significant extension to the propositions in addition to offering theoretical and managerial implications.published_or_final_version
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Baum, Matthias. "International entrepreneurship determinants of the propensity to internationalize and the different types of international new ventures." Lohmar Köln Eul, 2009. http://d-nb.info/992170451/04.
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Papenbroock, Wibke, and Emmy Österberg. "The Implementation of Business Sustainability 3.0 in a New Venture : A Single Case Study Through the Lense of the Actor-Network Theory." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-138387.
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BACKGROUND. Researcher have identified a relevance for profit-seeking new ventures to implement “Business Sustainability 3.0” standards in order to face current social and environmental challenges, like scarcity of resources. Research, moreover, suggest that new ventures would me more open to implementing the standards of “Business Sustainability 3.0”. The authors of this thesis initiate this field of research in the context of a new venture in the form of a single case study. PURPOSE. The purpose of this study is to explore the implementation process of “Business Sustainability 3.0” standards in a new venture. The aim is to identify challenges in the implementation process and how they can be approached by new ventures. METHODOLOGY. The implementation process of “Business Sustainability 3.0” standards was researched based on a single case study in a new venture striving to achieve the standards. The authors conducted a semi-structure interview with a sustainability manager within the company. The empirical data was analyzed based on the translation process of the Actor-Network Theory. RESULTS. The authors conclude that a new venture cope with “Business Sustainability 3.0” by making use of being a new venture founded with a specific purpose and by addressing challenges that appear during the implementation process. Two measures are suggested to support addressing these challenges: striving for transparency and internalizing the standards for the company’s compartments. The Actor-Network translation process is considered to be a suitable method when analyzing the integration process of “Business Sustainability 3.0”.
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Kang, Yuanfei. "Performance and network governance in international joint ventures: case studies of three China-New Zealand JVs." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/2486.
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This thesis examines the relationships between performance, evolution and network governance of international joint ventures from a dynamic perspective. This is accomplished with a two-stage examination of case studies on the China-New Zealand joint ventures in China, involving two case studies in the first stage and one case study in the second stage. The exploratory and narrative research aims to aid theory building in the area of assessment and determination for IJV performance. In an investigation of the case IJVs between the Chinese and New Zealand firms, the study results in the development of three conceptual models of IJV performance and network relationships, namely, the Static Goal Model, the Goal Succession Model, and the Goal Emergence Model. These conceptual models adopt goal attainment as the criterion for assessing UV performance, and address goal attainment from a dynamic perspective by using a network approach. The theoretical models are illustrated and supported by the empirical evidence from the longitudinal case studies. The conceptual models differ from existing models of IJV performance in a number of important aspects, and thus contribute to theory relating to IJV performance in the following ways. These models integrate the concepts from the three research areas of performance, governance structure and dynamic evolution into a conceptual framework addressing IJV performance. Two types (organisational and interpersonal) of IJV network relationships are identified, and complex multiple tiers of network relationships in each type and their influence on JV performance and evolution are discussed. The study highlights the influence of network relationships and their evolution on IJV performance by arguing that IJV performance hinges on whether a trend of institutionalising the mechanism of trust building and conflict resolution and of balancing the network relationships within the IJV arrangement emerges from the process of IJV dynamic evolution. This research was solely undertaken by the author for the purpose of a thesis submitted in fulfilling the requirements for the degree of Ph. D at the University of Auckland.
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Edelson, Steven Alan. "EXAMINING THE "LIABILITIES" OF NEWNESS AND SMALLNESS WITH RESPECT TO THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS: PERCEPTUAL BIASES RELATED TO NEW VENTURES." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2011. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/109071.
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In this dissertation, I use a two-part study to examine, firstly whether preconceived notions, or perceptual differences, exist about organizational characteristics between firms based on size and age, and secondly what the relative salience of each characteristic is as well as possible individual-organizational characteristic interactions. In addition to contributing to theoretical knowledge-building, and providing guidance to practitioners, I use a methodology that has not been used extensively in organizational behavior research - conjoint analysis. Thus, the contributions I make are theoretical, normative and methodological in nature. As hypothesized, there are significant differences in how job seekers perceive organizations based on their size and age. Further, the extent to which an organization is perceived to be Boyscout (e.g., attentive to people, personal and friendly) is significantly more important than any other characteristic to job seekers when assessing fit with an organization or job.
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Törnqvist, Adam, Svensson Eric, and Petter Broberg. "Leaping from stable to unstable : A qualitative analysis of employees’ motivation to make the transition from established companies to startups." Thesis, Jönköping University, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-49068.
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Brinckmann, Jan. "Competence of top management teams and success of new technology-based firms : a theoretical and empirical analysis concerning competencies of entrepreneurial teams and the development of their ventures /." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2007. http://www.myilibrary.com?id=134428.
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Gammenthaler, Samuel, and Michael Lehmann. "”Innovation is not about creativity, it’s about discipline” : Uncovering the effects of shared leadership on disruptive innovation in international new ventures." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-74742.
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In recent years, start-ups and small to medium sized enterprises that operate globally from their inception have become commonplace. These companies often use shared leadership structures and aim to disrupt an existing market with a innovative product. This thesis intends to explore and understand the influence of shared leadership on disruptive innovation inside these international new ventures using a qualitative research approach, by gathering relevant theories of shared leadership, such as disruptive innovation and international new ventures and contrasting them in an abductive manner with the results of six interviews conducted with representatives of chosen start-ups. In these interviews the participants were questioned about shared leadership and disruptive innovation separately and try to integrate the results of shared leadership that relate to disruptive innovation in a positive or negative manner. Our findings suggest that creativity, efficiency, intrinsic motivation as well as cross-field knowledge have an incubative effect, while shared leadership itself, when managed poorly, can hamper disruptive innovation.
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Mohr, Sebastian, and Hanna Berendes. "Founder’s Human Capital and Vision as influencing Factors for the Choice of Leadership Style and Employees in New Ventures." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-39831.
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Background: New ventures face manifold challenges. Literature has already examined many of the challenges that founders of new firms might encounter during the start-up phase. Studies have been investigating traits of the founders as well as traits of the organizations, and linked them to success or failure of the firm. The areas of founder’s human capital and vision and the firm’s employee selection criteria and leadership style have often been taken into consideration. Nevertheless, there is no framework connecting all these areas with a focus on how they influence each other, leaving criteria as success or failure beside.Purpose: This study aims for creating a framework connecting the areas of start-up-founder’s human capital and vision and the venture’s employee selection criteria and leadership style. It seeks to provide answers to the following research questions: (1) “How does start-up founder’s human capital influence the creation of a vision, the choice of leadership style and the selection of employees?” and (2) “How does start-up founder’s vision influence the choice of leadership style and the selection of employees?”Method: To answer the research questions, a multiple-case study was conducted. We created a topic guide and gathered qualitative data through conducting in-depth interviews. The respondents were mainly operating their new venture in the area of Jönköping. After coding and contextualizing our data, we analyzed it.Conclusion: Human capital was influencing all other areas through either active avoidance or repetition of behaviors already employed in the past. We found major differences of the visions of new ventures. Therefore, we started differentiating between a “business-vision” and a “mission-vision”. “Mission-vision” start-ups choose their employees according to personality and give them a voice in the firm, therefore fostering a transformational leadership style. “Business-vision” start-ups on the other side hire applicants based on skills, to fulfil very defined tasks based on deadlines and therefore performing a transactional approach.
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Nyakundi, Victor, and Bui Thi Kim Khanh. "Factors Influencing the Adoption and Continuance Usage of Social MediaPlatforms among Small new ventures in Sweden." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-44579.
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The rise of social media platforms in the modern world of business has shaped how organizations undertaketheir day-to-day business activities. This has in return increasingly attracted several studies on howbusinesses can optimally harness the benefits of social media platforms through adoption and continuedusage of these platforms. This paper therefore endeavored to conduct a quantitative study on factors ofunified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) by extending the original model by Venkateshet al.,. (2003) in integrating continuance to test their impact on adoption and continuance. These factorsinclude (performance expectancy, perceived trust, perceived risk, facilitating condition, effort expectancyand perceived enjoyment) which were tested against adoption and continuance usage of social mediaplatforms among small new ventures in Sweden, an area we consider new and fragmented in focus basedon existing literatures. Through a systematic investigation, empirical data testing from small new ventures in Sweden, findingspositively identified perceived trust and facilitating conditions to have a positive influence on adoption ofsocial media platforms while effort expectancy and perceived enjoyment were found to have a positiveimpact on continuance usage of social media platforms. However, we did not find significant moderatingeffect of perceived risk and performance expectancy on adoption and continuance usage. The findings of this research present a practical and pragmatic approach that small new ventures, founders,leaders and managers of these businesses in Sweden can apply to maximize on the benefits associated withadoption and continuance usage of social media platforms.
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Mosley, Shelley D. "Exploring Strategies of American Small Business Owners in United Arab Emirates." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4538.
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The International Trade Administration reported that 70% of worldwide revenue for American businesses comes from consumers in emergent markets such as India, the Middle East, and Northern Africa. However, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a country that many American small business owners are not operating in and capitalizing on the financial opportunities that are available. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies American small business owners use in successful international entrepreneurship for increased revenue and operational longevity. The study population consisted of 5 American small business entrepreneurs who had succeeded operating in the UAE for at least 5 years. The resource-based view theory was the conceptual framework that grounded this study. Data collection included semistructured interviews and a review of company documents and government records. Data analysis involved coding, word clustering, and the use of qualitative data analytical software to identify patterns. Member checking of interview responses helped to strengthen the integrity of the findings. The use of methodical triangulation enabled a rich analysis and an enhanced trustworthiness of the results. The 4 key themes that emerged from the data analysis were strategic planning, understanding local culture, building relationships, and using digital platforms. Small business owners could use the key themes for the development of international entrepreneurial strategies. The findings from this study and the knowledge generated may influence positive social change by increasing local employment, improving economic conditions, and promoting the development of international business operations for American entrepreneurs.
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Boström, Marielle. "Why on earth would you start your business in China when you could just as well do it back home? : - The internationalisation of new entrepreneurial ventures." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-106435.
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Historically the research of International Business and the internationalisation of companies have been concentrated to large, mature companies with extensive resources to deploy in new markets. Since the 90’s a big field of research has though been on so called born globals, or international new ventures. In this thesis I will take up where this research is today and I will deal with the issue of new entrepreneurial ventures that internationalise from a very early stage of their existence From the theory five factors are retracted; 1) The Entrepreneur; 2) Identified Opportunities; 3) Entry/ Establishing mode; 4) Deployed Resources and 5) Local Challenges and from this the theoretical model is created. The following empirical study is made on Swedish entrepreneurs that have established in China during the last decade and the model seeks to answer why and how the entrepreneur established in China. The model is constructed to be usable for research on entrepreneurs from any market entering any other market. This specific study on Swedish entrepreneur in China merely fills the function of illustrating the use of the model, as the sample is too small to generalize.
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Kotosaka, Masahiro. "Multi-layered factors influencing the firm's internationalisation strategy : institutions, micro environment, and firm-level capabilities." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:83dc05e1-d56d-475e-b307-fdb74c936d18.
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This thesis investigates the factors influencing the internationalization of firms through a multi-layered analysis grounded in international business. It addresses the following questions. First, in what ways does the institutional environment facilitate or hinder the growth of start-ups? And in what ways does institutional diversity across countries affect internationalizing firms? Second, in light of the variety of internationalization patterns, what modifications are necessary to the theories of internationalization? Third, how do rapidly internationalizing firms explore and exploit capabilities? And in what ways does capability development differ between firms that realize early, rapid internationalization and those firms that do not? Answering the first set of questions involves recasting the comparative institutional analysis of national political economies. This thesis demonstrates that: 1) when national institutions are in transition, business entrepreneurs can bring about institutional change, or else act to avoid or adapt specific institutions for their own use; and 2) international institutional diversity seems to be less influential in determining the expansion pattern of rapidly internationalizing firms. Next, to address the second question, this thesis examines the factors influencing the speed of internationalization. The proposed models point to a larger role of entrepreneurs’ perception and the relevance of the resources factor, and better accommodate a wider variety of internationalization paths. In order to answer the third set of questions, this thesis investigates the early stage development of firm-level capabilities among internationalizing firms. The result points to: 1) the faster transformation of individual capabilities to firm-level routines; 2) a wider variety of routines for exploring external capabilities; and 3) a higher ability to exploit ordinary routines, among more rapidly internationalizing firms. Finally, this thesis discusses how each of the three levels of analysis relates to the other levels. The overall analysis demonstrates the value of multi-layered approach in investigating the firm’s internationalization.
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Brinckmann, Jan. "Competence of top management teams and success of new technology-based firms a theoretical and empirical analysis concerning competencies of entrepreneurial teams and the develeopment of their ventures /." Wiesbaden : Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, 2007. http://d-nb.info/981216455/04.
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Johansson, Björn, and Guled Mohamed. "Three One Million Dollar Questions : An exploratory study on how the entrepreneurial process affects opportunity realization of Swedish INVs." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-45879.
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Background: With the high pace global market development we are experiencing that there is a need for entreprenurs to always be alert and seize opportunities when they appear, espcially in the SME- sector. Researchers have during the years worked with questions surrounding the area of International New Ventures, different opportunity aspects and entreprenurial processes. However there seems to be a gap in the research surrounding the correlation between these related areas and how it effects the opportunity realization process. This gap has lead the researchers to the purpose and the research question stated below. Research question: What is the role of the entrepreneurial process in opportunity realization of Swedish INVs? Purpose: To conduct an exploratory study to further the knowledge within the field of opportunity realization within Swedish INVs and to see the impact that the entrepreneurial process in the shape of Causation and Effectuation logics has in terms of the realization process. Methodology: The researchers worked through an abductive approch with an exploratory purpose where the empirical findings were gathered from four different case companies that operated in different business sectors. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in order to collect primary data, founded in the qualitative method background. Conclusion: The conclusion shows that a correct assessment of the capabilities of the entrepreneur is extremely important. Failing to provide a correct assessment may lead to a misinterpreted opportunity which may lead to a failure in terms of Opportunity realization. The authors concluded that the role of the entreprenerial process is very central in the Opportunity realization process, especially in the beginning of the venture.
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Gustas, Tadas, and Caroline Blixt. "Breaking the Barriers of Internationalization through Marketing : An exploratory study of INVs' marketing approach." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-298790.
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This thesis explores how the resources of marketing capabilities, business networks, and financial resources, influence the marketing approach of international new ventures. Building on the resource based view, the market entry of firms and how they compete is analyzed by exploring the resources and capabilities of INVs. By using a qualitative research method, this thesis identifies the three resources of marketing capabilities, business networks, and financial resources to be highly influential for INVs’ marketing approach. Also there has been shown to be a synergetic effect between the resources, and that the cross-industrial and cross-business type sampling did not entail any divergences, but rather similar patterns. Four main findings can be identified as a result of our analysis. First, market knowledge prior to internationalization is shown to be key. Second, the creation of trust through transparency in business networks spark business network opportunities and long-term relationships. Third, utilizing technological tools for marketing endeavors becomes highly efficient. Fourth, tackling financial limitations through the implementation of a low-cost strategy is shown to be essential. The findings of this research has great potential of contributing to managerial practice when working with marketing aspirations, as well as being a starting point for future research in the field of INVs and the resource based view theory. The study has limitations in regards to the scope of the research.
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Ideström, David. "International Entrepreneurship : A Capabilities Perspective on Opportunity Identification and Exploitation." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-328343.
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This study aims to explore what capabilities that are involved in the formation and early performance of firms that internationalize in an early stage of their development. More specifically, the antecedents of identification and exploitation of business opportunities are explored and linked to specific capabilities. For this purpose, an exploratory-inductive case study is employed to allow for new capabilities to be identified. The analyzed data largely confirms the insights already reached in academic research, in particular the centrality of networking capability in the process of entrepreneurship. As for international business opportunities, the study highlights the importance of creating opportunities to meet with prospective international customers and suggests the importance of absorbing knowledge about these markets so as to reduce cultural distance. The main virtue of this study though, is that it provides a practice-oriented perspective on the process of international entrepreneurship.Denna studies syfte är att utforska vilka förmågor som bidrar till grundandet av och prestationsförmågan hos företag som söker sig till internationella marknader i ett tidigt skede av sin utveckling. Mer specifikt utforskas vilka händelser som ligger till grund för att affärsmöjligheter identifieras och exploateras; dessa händelser kopplas sedan till specifika förmågor. En induktiv och explorativ studie begagnas i detta syfte för att möjliggöra att ej tidigare upptäckta förmågor kan upptäckas. Analysen av datan bekräftar de insikter som tidigare har nåtts inom forskningsområdet, framförallt betydelsen av ”networking capability” i entreprenörskap. När det gäller internationella affärsmöjligheter betonas vidare vikten av att skapa möjligheter till att träffa presumtiva kunder och det föreslås att det är av vikt att tillägna sig kunskap om dessa marknader i syfte att överbrygga kulturellt betingade kunskapsluckor. Studiens främsta förtjänst är att den ger ett perspektiv på det internationella entreprenörskapet som ligger praktiken nära.
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Hogg, David. "Mode of entry observations for environmental based INVs (International New Ventures) this thesis is submitted to Auckland University of Technology as part of the degree in Master of Business majoring in International Business, submitted 2002." Abstract. Full thesis, 2002. http://puka2.aut.ac.nz/ait/theses/HoggD.pdf.
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Yang, Ahmad. "Entrepreneurship New Venture: ValueXchange New Online Business-to-Business Lending Networking Machine." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146052.
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This paper will first explain the entrepreneurial concept by stating the name of the venture and the service/product it delivers. Then, it will address the company's target customers/market, competitive environment, and provide a benchmark companies' analysis. The ultimate goal of this discussion will be to demonstrate the alternative value of this new venture concept. It will do so by identifying the current replacement service/product, the primary alternative value benefit, and the secondary alternative value benefit. In closing, the summary statement states the degree of leadership and innovation of the venture in the context of peer industries and the overall merits of proposed venture in the context of social value creation.
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Göransson, Daniel, and Simon Svenman. "Managing Across Theories : - A profound study of International Entrepreneurship in the field of internationalization theories." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-12183.
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The world market has during recent decades become an increasingly globalized arena, in which lowered trade barriers, enhanced technology, worldwide communication and containerization have made internationalization an easily obtainable option for companies. The once dominating multinational enterprises are present day challenged by small- and medium sized enterprises as global actors, and competitiveness is an ever-increasing factor, making the pursuit and exploitation of opportunities essential. The International Entrepreneurship Theory has during the last two decades emerged as a theory explaining the phenomena of small- and medium sized enterprises internationalizing their operations at an early age; a theory comprehending entrepreneurial behavior, the ability to explore and take advantage of opportunities overlooked by others in order to create value in the organization. The purpose of this thesis is to create an understanding of the emergence, definition and theoretical framework of the International Entrepreneurship Theory. By implementing a deductive research approach and a quantitative research method, empirical data is collected in order to confront the theoretical framework in the analysis. The analysis will further be the basis for conclusions and recommendations that will conclude our thesis.
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Martínez, Lizama Carlos. "Las nuevas empresas internacionales de servicios intensivos en conocimiento: un estudio cualitativo multinivel de la influencia del entorno institucional, el capital humano y su modelo de negocio." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/458017.
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La presente Tesis se centra en el desarrollo e internacionalización de las nuevas empresas internacionales (NEI) de servicios intensivos en conocimiento, con el objetivo principal de obtener una mejor comprensión de los factores que inciden en su desarrollo.
La investigación se lleva a cabo mediante una metodología cualitativa basada en el estudio de casos. El análisis de los factores institucionales externos y el análisis de las características de los fundadores se realizan mediante el diseño de investigación de casos múltiples desde el enfoque de la Teoría Económico Institucional en el capítulo 3 y, de la Teoría del Capital Humano en el capítulo 4 respectivamente. En el capítulo 5 se realiza el análisis del modelo de negocio de una NEI de servicios intensivos en conocimiento siguiendo el diseño de caso único, considerando el enfoque de la lógica de la efectuación en el proceso de toma de decisiones.
Los principales hallazgos de esta investigación muestran la incidencia que tienen los factores institucionales externos en el desarrollo de las NEI de servicios intensivos en conocimiento, sobre todo en la red relacional de las mismas. Además, el capital humano de sus fundadores y gestores juega un papel determinante, debido a que en este tipo de empresas el conocimiento acumulado es fuente determinante para la generación de ventajas competitivas. Por último, el análisis del modelo de negocio muestra a través de la interdependencia entre las elecciones y consecuencias, que tanto el enfoque de la lógica de la efectuación como de la causación deben ser complementarios en el proceso de la toma de decisiones.
En general, la presente tesis tiene implicaciones teóricas y prácticas. Desde el punto de vista teórico, contribuye a la generación de conocimiento en determinados aspectos en este incipiente campo de investigación, y se avanza en las teorías y enfoques utilizados como marcos de referencia válidos en este particular contexto. Los resultados obtenidos pueden ser de gran utilidad a nivel de políticas gubernamentales y en la praxis en el entorno empresarial, ya que se genera la evidencia suficiente para que se considere a las empresas de servicios intensivos en conocimiento, como un segmento de la economía que ha de liderar el desarrollo de los países en el marco internacional.The following doctoral dissertation is focused on the development and internationalization of International New Ventures (INV), with a main target to achieve a better comprehension of the factors that influence their development. The investigation is carried out by a qualitative methodology based on the study of several firm cases. The analysis of the institutional external factors as well as of the characteristics of their founders is performed by investigating the pattern of multiple cases from the Institutional Economic Theory in chapter 3, and from the Human Capital Theory in the chapter 4. The chapter 5 is carried out through an analysis of a business model of a knowledge-intensive INV providing business services by designing a single case, considering the effectuation logic in the process of decision making. The principal findings of this investigation demonstrate the influence of the external institutional factors on the development of the INV in the knowledge-intensive business services context, especially in their relational network. Furthermore, it proves that human capital of their founders and managers plays an important role, given that in this kind of ventures the knowledge is a determinant source for the generation of competitive advantages. And finally, the analysis of the business model of an international new venture in terms of the interdependence between decisions and consequences reveals that the logic of the effectuation as well as causation are complementary in the decision-making process. In general, the following thesis presents both theoretical and practical implications. From the theoretical point of view, it contributes to the formation of new knowledge in this emerging research field, and also provides advancement of theories and approaches used within this particular context. The achieved results may be of a valuable utility for policy-makers as well as business environment, given it provides sufficient evidence, especially for knowledge-intensive business services, to be considered as a segment of the economy which should take a lead in the development of countries in the international arena.
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Thornhill, Stewart. "Essays on new venture survival and growth." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0020/NQ46435.pdf.
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Wilson, William Gilmore. "New venture performance in the 1970s." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314670.
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