The internationalization process of a firm has received significant interest in the academic literature. However, the majority of this literature has concentrated on manufacturing firms, with service firm internationalization gaining very little attention. This study concentrates on the internationalization process of an industrial maintenance outsourcing service in the context of an international conglomerate. The study provides an internationalization process model as well as practical recommendations for a case company. The study answers two research questions: how can an industrial maintenance outsourcing service be established in a foreign country, and what synergy benefits could there be between the new service and the foreign cou...
Internationalization is a process that involves a continuous participation of a firm´s operation acr...
The service sector is increasingly fuelling the economy in the Western World. In particular, busine...
When a company is founded an important decision faced by its owners and managers is to discern betwe...
Professional service firms (PSFs) are a significant and growing part of the economy of modern countr...
Contrary to most prior studies of internationalizing firms, this study does not examine how firms' e...
Nowadays companies have more possibilities to get international and operate outside of Finland. Inte...
Service operations have earlier been constrained to local delivery. Due to improvements in technolo...
The global influence of multinational enterprises from developing economies is growing rapidly. Esp...
Globalisaation ja digitalisaation myötä palvelusektorin kansainvälistyminen on kasvanut merkittäväst...
The objective of this thesis is to investigate the role that business networks have in the internati...
Limited markets, global economy, growth and development — these are some examples why companies inte...
Globalisaation sanotaan kaventavan kulttuurieroja sekä välimatkoja maiden välillä. Tämä on ollut seu...
Tutkielman tavoite on lisätä ymmärrystä kuinka suomalaiset teollisuuden alan pk-yritykset näkevät u...
During the past twenty years, services have taken the place of manufacturing as the most important g...
Pk-yritykset kohtaavat paljon erilaisia haasteita ja esteitä kansainvälistymisessään johtuen mm. nii...
Internationalization is a process that involves a continuous participation of a firm´s operation acr...
The service sector is increasingly fuelling the economy in the Western World. In particular, busine...
When a company is founded an important decision faced by its owners and managers is to discern betwe...
Professional service firms (PSFs) are a significant and growing part of the economy of modern countr...
Contrary to most prior studies of internationalizing firms, this study does not examine how firms' e...
Nowadays companies have more possibilities to get international and operate outside of Finland. Inte...
Service operations have earlier been constrained to local delivery. Due to improvements in technolo...
The global influence of multinational enterprises from developing economies is growing rapidly. Esp...
Globalisaation ja digitalisaation myötä palvelusektorin kansainvälistyminen on kasvanut merkittäväst...
The objective of this thesis is to investigate the role that business networks have in the internati...
Limited markets, global economy, growth and development — these are some examples why companies inte...
Globalisaation sanotaan kaventavan kulttuurieroja sekä välimatkoja maiden välillä. Tämä on ollut seu...
Tutkielman tavoite on lisätä ymmärrystä kuinka suomalaiset teollisuuden alan pk-yritykset näkevät u...
During the past twenty years, services have taken the place of manufacturing as the most important g...
Pk-yritykset kohtaavat paljon erilaisia haasteita ja esteitä kansainvälistymisessään johtuen mm. nii...
Internationalization is a process that involves a continuous participation of a firm´s operation acr...
The service sector is increasingly fuelling the economy in the Western World. In particular, busine...
When a company is founded an important decision faced by its owners and managers is to discern betwe...