Sona Ferencikova

Born-globals vs. Born-graduals

An Exploratory Study of the Internationalization Patterns of Successful Slovak Firms

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book aims is to collect information and provide detailed qualitative analysis on the internationalization patterns of successfully internationalized, privately owned Slovak firms founded after 1990 and test the applicability of the existing well-known internationalization theories in order to explain the internationalization patterns of Slovak multinationals. In search for potential differences in internationalization patterns, a representative group of Slovak firms with slow and fast internationalization processes spread over different industries is identified and analyzed. The results show the importance of achieving the combination of the entrepreneurial behavior, business/personal networks and firm-specific resources & capabilities for the successful internationalization of privately owned firms emerging from such a small market economy as Slovakia. Additionally, the findings show that the most applicable theories to explain the internationalization processes of the selected firms include a combination of the network view and the resource-based view, irrespective of the speed of internationalization. In addition, four firms were identified as hidden champions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 269g
• ISBN-13: 9783659618024
• ISBN-10: 3659618020
• Artikelnr.: 42056618

Autorenporträt

Sona Ferencikova, born in Topolcany, Slovakia in 1991, completed her graduate studies in Strategy, Innovation and Management Control at the University of Economics and Business in Vienna, Austria. She is a young professional with a strong focus on human resources, namely learning & development, leadership & management development and diversity.