Sökning: "psychic distance"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden psychic distance.

  1. 1. The role of the entrepreneur in the international new venture – opening the black box

    Författare :Navid Ghannad; Svante Andersson; Karin Jonnergård; Per Servais; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International New Venture INV ; entrepreneur; international entrepreneurship; internationalization process; psychic distance; innovation; sense-making; opportunity recognition; opportunity exploitation; childhood experience; mental model; small and medium-sized enterprises SME ;

    Sammanfattning : Despite significant research output in recent decades on international new ventures (INVs),little attention has been paid to understanding the processes and conditions under whichthe entrepreneur identifies and exploits an opportunity and subsequently creates valuewithin the firm. As a result, the dynamics involved in the role of the entrepreneur during theestablishment and internationalization of INVs remain in a black box. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Managerial perceptions of the cultural distance basis for internationalization decisions by firms : implications for 'low-tech' industries

    Författare :Goudarz Azar; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : The role of managerial perceptions of cultural distance in the internationalization decisions of 'LOW-TECH' firms is explored in this thesis. A first empirical study examined managers' perceptions of dissimilarity in food culture in foreign markets (food culture distance), as an antecedent to adaptation of an export marketing strategy for food companies. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Still in touch : family contact, activities and health among the elderly in Sweden

    Författare :Carin Lennartsson; Karin Tengvald; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : Study I. Child-Parent Contacts. A study of family contacts between adult children and parents in Sweden The aim of this study is to examine how often adult children and parents are in contact. In focus is the relative impact of individual, family, and social-structural characteristics, and geographical distance on intergenerational contacts. LÄS MER