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16. Financial systems and the financing of high-technology small firms : The cases of Sweden, Linköping, and Santa Clara County
Sammanfattning : This is a study of the relation between the financial systems and the financing of hightechnology small firms (HTSFs). The starting point is the notion of two different financial systems: bank-oriented, in which banks (debt) and other financial intermediaries play an important role in the financing of firms, and market-oriented, where the role of banks is less important and stock markets (equity) play a larger role. LÄS MER
17. Managing competence development and acquisition in small manufacturing firms : differences between firms by organisational market performance
Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses how small manufacturing firms develop in-house competencies and acquire external expertise. It also relates in-house development and external aquisition to contextual factors. LÄS MER
18. Företag i perifera regioner : Fallstudier av företagartradition, företagsmiljö och företags framväxt i Norrbottens inland
Sammanfattning : This is a study of how industries develop in regions that are industrially weak, exemplified by Norrbotten, the northernmost province of Sweden. Developing industries are represented by three companies manufacturing prefabricated wooden houses, situated in the municipalities Övertorneå, Kalix (Morjärv) and Älvsbyn in the interior of Norrbotten. LÄS MER
19. Managing Distance : Small Firm Networks at the Geographic Margins
Sammanfattning : Small businesses located in the most sparsely populated and peripheral parts of Europe are frequently believed to be marginalised with respect to the processes of economic globalisation. This thesis proposes to explore an alternative perspective for understanding how small businesses that are located at the geographical margins engage with the globalised economy. LÄS MER
20. Competence acquisition and competitive advantages : an empirical study of small firms
Sammanfattning : Competence acquisition in small firms is an under-researched area. The purposes of the entire thesis are, to describe how small firms acquire competence, to create an understanding by identifying factors that can affect how small firms handle competence acquisition, and why these factors affect the acquisition of competence, and to develop and test a model about competence acquisition. LÄS MER