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essential tool to stimulate growth and enable firms to master the competition brought about by the forces of globalization. In … specific needs of targeted markets. All these developments are leading to the “globalization of innovation”. Based on recent …
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In the globalized garment industry (GGI) most clothing is involved in complex networks that exploit both people and the environment. This system is unsustainable yet supported by Canadian consumers, who have become disconnected from their clothing’s production and disposal processes as a...
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and by an increased use of foreign suppliers. Compared to the direct mode, firms pursuing indirect modes are more likely …
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This paper integrates institution-, industry-, and resource-based views of internationalization and demonstrates that …
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Retailing is rapidly becoming a global industry and many retailers are expanding to foreign markets. However, several retailers successful in their home countries have failed in emerging markets such as Chile. Little is known why these retailers succeed in some venues and not others. A case...
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This dissertation investigates how institutional environments and firm resources influence firm scope. Building on strategy and international business literatures, I propose that institutional environments influence firm scope through the impacts on both the development of internal resources and...
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diversification and currency crises models are reviewed to distil policy guidelines to promote the globalization of developing … countries. The overriding objective of promoting the globalization of developing countries is to reduce poverty and income … latest wave of globalization has bucked the past trend of increasing poverty and income inequality in developing countries …
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Extract: Globalization is very much part of the modern vernacular. Arguably, it was first used by McLuhan and Fiore … (1968) when they introduced the concept of the ‘global village’. Globalization is characterized by the growth of the … in September 2008, the backlash to globalization now seems to be in full swing. …
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Purpose -- The purpose of the paper is to discuss the new realities of global rivalry which has been elevated to include economic competition between nations, in addition to the more traditional forms of competitive interactions between firms, Design/methodology/approach -- The Introduction...
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Purpose- To demonstrate that different theoretical approaches are required for the internationalisation of SME?s. Design/methodology/approach- A comparison is made of existing theories and approaches with the actual behaviour of SME?s findings-The internationalisation of SME?s requires different...
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