An Empirical Analysis of Some Basic Characteristics

The label ‘International New Ventures’ has been used to designate firms, which from their inception are oriented towards the international market place. The present article aims to test empirically whether such a type of manufacturing firms differ from comparable firms with respect to some basic characteristics. The motivation for doing so is to evaluate the usefulness of studying International New Ventures as a distinct form of economic organization

Små, globalt orienterede virksomheders internationalisering og kompetencer

De seneste år er forskere i stadigt flere lande stødt på virksomheder, der er født internationale. Det står i kontrast til det, man traditionelt har iagttaget, nemlig at virksomheder starter med at opbygge en base på hjemmemarkedet, og først derefter langsomt bevæger sig ud på eksportmarkederne. Der har først været tale om de nærmeste markeder geografisk set, og dernæst længere og længere ud. Denne langsomme udvikling har også voeret kendetegnende for udviklingen med hensyn til produkter og med hensyn til måden man kontaktede de internationale markeder på: Først gennem mellemhandlere, senere direkte kontakt og til sidst produktion i udlandet. Den traditionelle langsomme og gradvise internationalisering via nærmarkederne er nu ofte afløst af en situation, hvor virksomheden på et meget internationalt marked så at sige fødes med et mere eller mindre globalt sigte. Denne type virksomheder, der i udgangssituationen er helt små og ofte forbliver relativt små, kaldes ofte for Born Globals, og de har været i fokus i en større undersøgelse ved Institut for Afsoetningsøkonomi, Syddansk Universitet/Odense Universitet. Tidligere artikler i Ledelse & Erhvervsøkonomi (Hansen et al, 1989; Madsen og Strandskov, 1994; Sylvest og Lindholm, 1997) har beskrevet internationaliseringsmønstre i forskellige typer af virksomheder. Denne artikel givermed baggrund i en omfattende empirisk forskningen karakteristik af Born Globals og diskutererimplikationerne for sådanne mindre virksomhedersledelse, organisation og kompetenceudvikling

Success factors in global project management : A study of practices in organizational support and the effects on cost and schedule

Author's accepted version (postprint).This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited in International Journal of Managing Projects in Business on 5 June 2019.Available online: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJMPB-09-2018-0182/full/htmlThe purpose of this paper is to identify and complete the existing lack of quantitative data at the crossroads between organizational support (OS) practices and project management success in global projects (GPs) and discuss implication of the results in perspective of the theory–practice gap.Success factors in global project management: A study of practices in organizational support and the effects on cost and scheduleacceptedVersio

Internationalization research: The impact of the Carnegie School

Over the past 40 years extensive research has been conducted in both Europe and North America on the internationalization processes of firms. The present article traces the explicit and implicit impact of the work of the Carnegie School on this research. It shows that the ideas presented in March and Simon [(1958). Organizations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.] and Cyert and March [(1963). A Behavioral Theory of the Firm. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc.] regarding the general approach to managers and decision-making, as well as their concepts of bounded rationality, uncertainty, and limited/problemistic search, all fit very well with empirical findings concerning such internationalization processes. The possible benefit to this research area of a more extensive use of other contributions stemming from the Carnegie School is also discussed.Boundend rationality Uncertainty Search Internationalization Exporting