Internationale Aktivitäten sind für die meisten deutschen Unternehmenselbstverständlich. Um zu prüfen, ob sich die Internationalität von Unternehmenauch in der Internationalität ihrer Corporate-Governance-Organe widerspiegelt,werden in der vorliegenden Studie die Vorstände und...

The rapid development of Internet technologies has led to the emergence of e-business companies(EBCs). This paper investigates the foreign market entry mode choice of EBCs andseeks to address whether and how internationalization rules have changed for them. The evidenceof four selected cases of...

A fundamental part of the transition process is for firms to integrate with the world economy. After having been denied access for many years to world markets under totalitarian rule and the auspices of the CMEA, this will require significant advances in labour productivity, product technology,...

Case study of Polish company Elektrim illustrates the changing basis of growth of enterprises between the transition and post-transition periods. Elektrim grew primarily through conglomeration in the transition period. After the exhaustion of this mode of growth Elektrim has started to focus on...

Outward FDI of firms from Brazil, Russia, India, and China has increasedsignificantly in the last years. Despite this trend comprehensive research on thespecific motives and antecedents of outward FDI from BRIC countries is stillunderrepresented. Case studies of eight companies were conducted...

Im Zuge der Globalisierung und Beschleunigung des Wettbewerbs wird die schnelle und kostengünstigeEntwicklung von Produkten bis zur Marktreife zunehmend zu einem zentralenWettbewerbsfaktor. Dies gilt im besonderen Maße für die pharmazeutische Industrie, in der derAufwand für Forschung und...