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Internal Internationalization -a peek into the black box

Sammanfattning
In the ongoing struggle to maintain and leverage competitive advantage, SMEs are in a constant state of change. A highly visible and researched change is concerning the process by which firms shift business activities across national borders. While the process theory of internationalization helps carve the path of a firm’s international expansion, the point of departure of the theory is the boundary of the firm. Thus it fails to capture the depth of the internal turmoil SMEs experience. This boundary creates a virtual black box that encapsulates the entities and activities, the very essence of the firm. To date, academics have acknowledged this phenomenon, but the black box of the firm is an enigma that research finds difficult to penetrate. The concept of dynamic capability provides a framework for capturing what happens internally when firms experience change. Through use of this perspective, the purpose of this theoretical thesis is to elucidate the internal transitions SMEs endure as they go through the process of internationalization. In order to describe this process conceptual models have been constructed. Due to the change-based constructs the models have been built on they can be applied throughout the value chain during any stage of international expansion. The result of this study is the opening of a door to an under-researched concept: internal internationalization; the root of SME’s ability to internationalize, and the very force driving the change.
Examinationsnivå
Master 2-years
Övrig beskrivning
MSc in International Business and Trade
URL:
http://hdl.handle.net/2077/26232
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  • Master theses
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gupea_2077_26232_1.pdf (944.6Kb)
Datum
2011-07-06
Författare
Ali, Ambreen
Christofferson, Kathryn
Nyckelord
Commitment
Dynamic capability
Knowledge management process
Internal change
Internal internationalization
Internationalization
Operational capability
Processes and routines
Relationships
Resource base
Serie/rapportnr.
Master Degree Project
2011:18
Språk
eng
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