Factors Affecting SME Export Channel Choice in Foreign Markets

2007 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent Eriksson ◽  
Jukka Hohenthal ◽  
Jessica Lindbergh
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Channel Choice

THE MAIN DIRECTIONS OF PERSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF BEEKEEPING IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TAKING INTO ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-271
Author(s):  
L.P. Satyukova ◽  
◽  
M.I. Shopinskaya ◽  
Y.M. Subbotina ◽  
P.V. Kulach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Medicinal Properties ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Main Factors

Recently, more and more people are paying attention to healthy lifestyle, including nutrition, giving preference to natural products. One of these products is honey. The chemical composition of honey is represented by a large number of nutrients: easily digestible carbohydrates, amino acids, enzymes, minerals, vitamins, organic acids, causing its nutritional, dietary¬, and medicinal properties. In the article, the authors analyzed the state of honey production in the country, reflected the share of imports in the market and the share of exports in production, the main factors affecting the honey market are investigated. Based on the results of studies of honey from different regions of the Russian Federation and the requirements of international legislation on product safety, the authors have developed proposals to improve the competitiveness of hive products, both in domestic and foreign markets.

scholarly journals Dairy supply chain in Southern Brazil: barriers to competitiveness

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 651-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caetano Luiz Beber ◽  
Andres Fabricio Ruales Carpio ◽  
Mohamad Isam Almadani ◽  
Ludwig Theuvsen
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Dairy Production ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The World ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Production Areas ◽  
Technological Improvements

The Brazilian dairy industry is still in its infancy, especially in regards to competitiveness on foreign markets. Therefore, it is facing difficult challenges to upgrade in terms of professionalisation, productivity and technological improvements, but also to avoid exclusion of small-scale farms. This study identifies the main factors affecting the competitiveness and slowing the modernisation of the supply chain in one of the most promising and dynamic dairy production areas in the world – the mesoregion ‘Grande Fronteira do Mercosul’ in Southern Brazil. The analysis is based on the perceptions of supply chain leaders about the challenges to improving the industry’s competitiveness. The paper also presents various strategies already implemented by some actors to overcome such barriers to competitiveness. The empirical results have manifold implications. One of which is that the problems and strategies must be the target of managers and authorities in a sustainable common project of development to the benefit of the whole dairy supply chain.

scholarly journals The internationalization of SMEs operating in the engineering industry

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenka Procházková ◽  
Lea Kubíčková
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Key Success Factors ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
National Economies

The importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the national economies of EU countries has been always growing. For these reasons, the increasing attention is paid to small and medium-sized enterprises also in the Czech economy. The paper is focused on the globalization of small and medium enterprises, in particular, identifying the key success factors of small and medium-sized businesses that operate in the engineering industry. For the purpose of fulfilling the objective of the article, the level of success of SMEs in foreign markets is established with the aggregate indicator of success. Subsequently the results of the primary research among the Czech engineering companies are presented, based on this research the factors affecting the success of these entities of engineering industry in foreign markets are defined.

Factors affecting marketing channel choice decisions of smallholder Citrus growers

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Imran Siddique ◽  
Elena Garnevska ◽  
Norman Edward Marr
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Citrus Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Channel Choice ◽  
Choice Decision

Purpose Despite the fact that citrus industry is growing in Pakistan where production is dominated by small-scale citrus growers, no research has been done to evaluate and analyse the marketing channel choice decision-making process of these citrus growers. The purpose of this paper is to review the existing factors affecting decision making of small-size citrus growers in citrus supply chain in Pakistan and also measures and analyses the factors that affect the marketing channel decisions of these small size growers. Design/methodology/approach A multivariate decision analysis technique, conjoint analysis, was used to analyse and evaluate the major factors affecting marketing channel choice decisions of small-size citrus growers. Findings It was concluded that among nine very important factors, six factors played a major role in the marketing channel choice decision making. Only three factors namely, “price”, “time of complete fruit picking” and “number of fruit pickings” were considered highly important factors and reflected that citrus growers not only want to secure his payments but also to save their orchards for next season(s). Research limitations/implications The research would provide valuable information about citrus grower’s marketing decision-making process and thus would contribute to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of citrus industry in Pakistan. Originality/value This analysis would suggest them to make rational decisions and help choosing them the most appropriate combination of different levels of different factors which would increase their profits. This study identifies the most relevant factors and their levels which citrus growers and pre-harvest contractors preferred in citrus marketing channel choice decision making, thus, server as a guideline for the buyer’s to deal with them accordingly. This would improve the efficiency and reduce the transaction cost along the citrus supply chain in Pakistan.

International Market Entry and Expansion via Independent or Integrated Channels of Distribution

1987 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Anderson ◽  
Anne T. Coughlan
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Integration ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Distribution Channel ◽  
Foreign Market ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Difficult Decision ◽  
Channel Choice ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
Sales Agents

Manufacturers introducing an industrial product to a foreign market face a difficult decision. Should the product be marketed primarily by captive agents (company salesforce and company distribution division) or by independent intermediaries (outside sales agents and distributors)? This is an issue of downstream vertical integration. The authors explore the issue through an empirical investigation of distribution channel choice in foreign markets by U.S. semiconductor companies. Using original interview data, they develop scales to measure key variables. With these measures they build a logistic regression model of what factors affect the form of the distribution channel chosen in various foreign markets. The results indicate that integration is associated with the degree of transaction specificity of assets in the distribution function and whether or not the product being introduced is highly differentiated. There is evidence that the product will be sold through whatever channel is already in place, if any. Further, American firms seem more likely to integrate the distribution channel in highly developed industrialized countries (Western Europe) than in Japan and Southeast Asia, which are more culturally dissimilar. Implications for managers faced with a channel choice are explored.

scholarly journals Non-Classical Resource Approach as A Strategy for The Internationalization of Enterprises: Objectives Against General Obstacles

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.28) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Łukasz Popławski ◽  
Katarzyna Szymczyk
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
International Business ◽  
Private Enterprise ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
International Environment

The authors of the paper discuss the basic foundations of internationalization of private enterprise,  related concepts of international business management, as well as key determinants and tendencies prevailing in contemporary realities of business management in global conditions. The main objective of the paper is to analyze the issues concerning the operation of enterprises in the international environment based on the concept of non-classical resource approach. The authors focus on interpreting the elementary categories of strategic management in relation to the phenomenon of internationalization, external and internal factors affecting the internationalization of enterprises, and, in terms of the non-classical resource approach, they evaluate to what extent the owned or required resources may determine the functioning of the company in the foreign markets.  

Progress In The Practical Application Of Automated Image Analysis To Tem Negatives

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 214-217
Author(s):  
F. A. Heckman ◽  
E. Redman ◽  
J.E. Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Image Analysis ◽  
Image Quality ◽  
Exposure Time ◽  
Image Contrast ◽  
Automated Image Analysis ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
High Image Quality ◽  
Qualitative Evidence ◽  
Comprehensive Study

In our initial publication on this subject1) we reported results demonstrating that contrast is the most important factor in producing the high image quality required for reliable image analysis. We also listed the factors which enhance contrast in order of the experimentally determined magnitude of their effect. The two most powerful factors affecting image contrast attainable with sheet film are beam intensity and KV. At that time we had only qualitative evidence for the ranking of enhancing factors. Later we carried out the densitometric measurements which led to the results outlined below.Meaningful evaluations of the cause-effect relationships among the considerable number of variables in preparing EM negatives depend on doing things in a systematic way, varying only one parameter at a time. Unless otherwise noted, we adhered to the following procedure evolved during our comprehensive study:Philips EM-300; 30μ objective aperature; magnification 7000- 12000X, exposure time 1 second, anti-contamination device operating.

Factors affecting microstructural scale in liquid crystalline polymers

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-221
Author(s):  
Christine M. Dannels ◽  
Christopher Viney
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Thermal Expansion Coefficients ◽  
Low Thermal Expansion ◽  
Lower Viscosity ◽  
Fine Microstructure ◽  
Planar Orientation ◽  
Strength And Stiffness

Processing polymers from the liquid crystalline state offers several advantages compared to processing from conventional fluids. These include: better axial strength and stiffness in fibers, better planar orientation in films, lower viscosity during processing, low solidification shrinkage of injection moldings (thermotropic processing), and low thermal expansion coefficients. However, the compressive strength of the solid is disappointing. Previous efforts to improve this property have focussed on synthesizing stiffer molecules. The effect of microstructural scale has been overlooked, even though its relevance to the mechanical and physical properties of more traditional materials is well established. By analogy with the behavior of metals and ceramics, one would expect a fine microstructure (i..e. a high density of orientational defects) to be desirable.Also, because much microstructural detail in liquid crystalline polymers occurs on a scale close to the wavelength of light, light is scattered on passing through these materials.

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