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    ATT VÄLJA EN AV SINA EGNA? En studie av två familjeföretags karaktäristika och sambandet med deras VD-val
    (2016-10-06) Bjärfors, Tilde; Ingves, Elin; University of Gothenburg/Department of Business Administration; Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen
    What is so unique about family businesses? What makes them so special and, somehow distant to those who is not a part of the family? What really defines a family business and, how does it feel to be a part of it? These are a few of the questions we asked ourselves before we started this study. We came to focus on the CEO position and, who to choose to represent, not only the business but the family legacy as well. In Sweden most small and medium sized companies are family businesses. They contribute to society in very important ways, by providing jobs, goods and services. We chose to study two family businesses, and interview their CEOs, their chairman of the board and four employees with responsibilities for HR, production, finances and purchasing. We wanted to get an overview how all of them felt about the family business and, if it was something special about the family business´ characteristics that could influence their choice of CEO. A part of the uniqueness within family businesses is that some of them have the opportunity to choose one of their own family members as their CEO, which cannot be done in a non-family business. During the study we have tried to see if a few chosen theories and models developed by other scientists could explain our results. We have used models explaining the nature of family businesses and what normally distinguish them from others. We have also used theories explaining the complex relationship between the owners and the CEO and the importance of skills and knowledge required. We found out that the two studied family businesses seem to have certain core characteristics in common. They are both kind, responsible, simple, gentle, safe, long-term minded and proud. These characteristics can be linked to their choice of CEO, since he or she must be reflect the characteristics to fit in. Choosing one of the owning family members to be the CEO can therefore reduce costs and conflicts within the business.
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    Local networks’ facilitation of small wineries’ foreign market entry: A case study of a South African wine cluster
    (2018-07-03) Ingves, Elin; Hedenskog, Frida; University of Gothenburg/Graduate School; Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School
    Prior research has emphasized the role of networks for SMEs’ internationalization in order to successfully expand into foreign markets. Attention has mainly been directed on the importance of establishing contacts in foreign networks, where both business and social relationships have been seen to foster SMEs’ international expansion. However, less research has focused on the potential that local networks have on facilitating the internationalization for small firms. This study seeks to addresses this deficiency by investigating how local networks facilitate foreign market entry for small wineries located in a cluster region in South Africa. This is completed by a multiple case study including eight small wineries. The result shows that their insidership in different local networks have facilitated for their expansion into foreign markets. Yet, the findings indicate that being an insider in local networks does not per se result in entry into foreign markets. Instead, it is the interactional dimension, the networking aspect that appears to be of importance in order to grasp emerging opportunities resulting in foreign expansion. The main challenge identified in this study is related to the prevailing business environment within the cluster, where firms both collaborate and compete with each other. This is seen to hamper the utilization of the local networks’ full potential. The study contributes to the existing literature by enhancing the understanding of three interconnected theoretical fields; network theory, cluster theory and SME internationalization theory in terms of foreign market entry.