scholarly journals MOTIVATION BEHIND THE FOREIGN EXPANSION OF ŁÓDŹ VOIVODESHIP COMPANIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Wojciech Grzegorczyk
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Market ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
New Markets ◽  
Market Expansion ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Strategic Motivation

The aim of the article is to present the motivation behind foreign expansion of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in Łódź Voivodeship. In order to carry out the project the researchers analysed the literature on the subject and conducted primary research on the sample of the selected companies with the use of survey and interview questionnaires that the managers of the companies surveyed responded to in 2017 and 2018.The decisions to enter foreign markets also resulted from the fact that companies wanted to increase their turnover and profits and in some cases, as the research proved, they were also motivated by factors concerning the companies productivity. Companies perceive foreign market expansion as an opportunity to expand their product offer, enter new markets, implement innovative solutions or achieve the previously set strategic goals, which is referred to as the so called strategic motivation.

Foreign market learning: an integrative model of its antecedents, processes and outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1248-1258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrik Nordin ◽  
Jessica Lindbergh
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Foreign Market ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Current Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Current Management Strategy ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Market Learning ◽  
Selection Of

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer an integrative model of foreign market learning, including different learning processes, antecedents and outcomes. Design/methodology/approach The paper makes a critical review of the relevant literature, drawing on a keywords-based search of three major databases and a range of other published work for a broader perspective on the subject. Findings The resulting integrative model shows in a number of ways how companies can learn and benefit from differences in foreign markets and what results this can lead to. Research limitations/implications The sample of subject-specific contributions to the literature may have been insufficient, and a wider selection of keywords to identify them might have captured a richer variety of concepts and opinions. Originality/value The integrative model contributes to the literature on foreign market learning and innovation and serves as a basis for future studies and current management strategy.

The Internationalization Process and Networks: A Strategic Management Perspective

1996 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denice E. Welch ◽  
Lawrence S. Welch
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Foreign Market ◽  
Network Development ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Market Expansion ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Strategic Foundation

In this article, a conceptual model is developed that places internationalization and key process dimensions into a longitudinal strategy context. The model follows the internationalization literature with its emphasis on internal organizational processes (such as learning and network development) that drive foreign market expansion, but are also outcomes of it. These internal processes (which feed into the so-called strategic foundation) are linked to the company's strategy mechanisms, thus tying internationalization and strategic management into an interrelated cycle. Networks are analyzed as a subset of the conceptual model, illustrating many of the challenges of taking a strategic approach to internationalization. Although the paper is exploratory in nature, managerial implications of the model in terms of effective servicing of foreign markets are discussed.

scholarly journals Price Strategies of Exporters in Conditions of Crisis Caused by Pandemia

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 188-197
Author(s):  
M. V. Dolgova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Market ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Price Strategy ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Developed Markets ◽  
Customer Preferences ◽  
National Market ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
Local Companies ◽  
Price Strategies

Price is the most important tool of company behavior on market, whose changes are caught immediately by customers, competitors and state structures. Adequate pricing can bring profit to the company and raise its competitiveness and stability on market. Unfortunately, rather often price decisions of home exporters working on non-raw material markets are only a response to competitors’ steps and they aim at reaching tactical, momentary but not strategic goals. Companies usually try to use the same price strategies on foreign markets as they use on national market. In conditions of the global crisis, uneven introduction of isolation regime and border closing by countries, breaking supply chains, bankruptcy or closure of national companies Russian exporters face the loss of distribution channels developed earlier. On the other hand, in these conditions they get an opportunity not only to settle on developed markets nut to penetrate new overseas markets in such segments, where the work of local companies was cut or shut down. In any case home exporters should think over their price strategy on foreign market and research changes in customer preferences, in their perception of company product value. The author gives recommendations aimed at improving exporters’ pricing in conditions of 2020 crisis on the basis of analyzing customers in view of their contribution to the company profit.

scholarly journals Use of two green algae Ulva lactuca and Ulva intestinalis as bio-fertilizers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sekhouna ◽  
Fatima Kies ◽  
Isa Elegbede ◽  
Saheed Matemilola ◽  
Jalil Zorriehzahra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Algae ◽  
Ulva Lactuca ◽  
Tomato Plants ◽  
Market Expansion ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Ulva Intestinalis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Smart Agriculture ◽  
Method Of Extraction ◽  
Subterranean Water

In recent years,  development have been witnessed in the market expansion of agricultural inputs and products including substances and materials that improve the functioning of soil, plants and the interactions between soil and plant. This is a very broad category of products and substances that often bring innovative solutions in the field of fertilization and crop protection.The objective of this study is to improve the production of market garden where tomato plants in nurseries from powders of two green algae Ulva lactuca and Ulva intestinalis, harvested as bio-fertilizers in the west coast of Mostaganem province. They have minimal effects on the environment, including soil, subterranean water, River and Estuary ecosystems such as Cheliff River, biodiversity and global warming.The experimental part was carried out following the method of extraction of algae and used as a bio-fertilizer on tomato to its simplicity and accuracy, which is the subject of the study of the germination, growth and the development of young plants.The results of this study showed that algal powder of Ulva lactuca and Ulva intestinalis exhibit a remarkable stimulatory effect on the cultivation of tomato, which aims to improve their production, and evident when compared to controls setup. Keywords: seaweed, Mostaganem, River Ecosystem, eco-agriculture, smart agriculture, bio-fertilizers, tomato.

Understanding incubation during foreign market entry: lessons learnt from an illustrative Danish case study

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Gretzinger ◽  
Anna Marie Dyhr Ulrich ◽  
Svend Hollensen ◽  
Birgit Leick
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Foreign Market ◽  
Foreign Market Entry ◽  
Business Incubation ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bric Countries ◽  
Market Expansion ◽  
Business Networking

Purpose This paper aims to discuss business incubation to enter foreign markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) countries through the lens of an “international business incubator” (IBI). International market expansion offers huge opportunities for companies to increase their revenue, but there are also challenging tasks such as the establishment of a business company and the occupation of a strategic position abroad. Practitioners consider this process as the act of incubation, but the theoretical discussion lags behind the practice-led debate. Design/methodology/approach An illustrative, and theory-led, case study is presented that describes market expansion to BRIC countries through a network-based IBI. The empirical case is an illustrative Danish company with international operations in BRIC countries both with and without an IBI. Findings International business incubation represents a process, which can be influenced through an IBI, and business networking during foreign market entry is shaped by IBI brokerage (bridging, bonding and protecting) in different phases. IBI activities that are embedded in business networking support a company’s endeavours in getting a foothold and acquiring a strategic position in BRIC markets and facilitates the market penetration. Research limitations/implications The IBI’s activities to enter foreign markets should be thoroughly managed. Further studies should be conducted with cross-case comparisons and larger samples to reflect on the propositions established. Originality/value By linking the business networking theory with the practice-led understanding of business incubation, the study explores an under-conceptualised topic for international business and entrepreneurship scholars. The paper offers an initial understanding of how brokerage interacts with incubation during the entry of new markets.

A literature review on firms' internationalisation through e-commerce

2019 ◽  
pp. 121-143
Author(s):  
Riccardo Resciniti ◽  
Federica De Vanna
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
International Business ◽  
Decision Process ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
New Markets ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Relationship

The rise of e-commerce has brought considerable changes to the relationship between firms and consumers, especially within international business. Hence, understanding the use of such means for entering foreign markets has become critical for companies. However, the research on this issue is new and so it is important to evaluate what has been studied in the past. In this study, we conduct a systematic review of e-commerce and internationalisation studies to explicate how firms use e-commerce to enter new markets and to export. The studies are classified by theories and methods used in the literature. Moreover, we draw upon the internationalisation decision process (antecedents-modalities-consequences) to propose an integrative framework for understanding the role of e-commerce in internationalisation

scholarly journals A Dyadic Perspective on Determinants of Entry Choices in the Global Hospitality Industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 77-92
Author(s):  
Kun Yang ◽  
John D. Buschman
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Foreign Market ◽  
Resource Dependency ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
New Form ◽  
Management Contract

AbstractThis paper discusses the firm-level determinants of international hotels’ foreign markets entry choices, contrasting acquisition with management and franchise contracts, based on a resource-dependency perspective and appropriability theory. It points out that brand equity, relatedness of products and market segmentation, partner-specific knowledge of hotels, international experience, and the duration of proprietary knowledge impact hotels’ decisions on how to enter a foreign market. In addition, the paper suggests the existence of entry choices sequence favorable to acquisition probability after the end of management contract when the franchisors’ or management companies’ proprietary knowledge attenuates. Contract activity is likely to be renewed after the acquisition, once the management company has established a new form or a higher level of proprietary knowledge.

Experimental Investigation of the Compatibility of Lime Coating with Insulation Straw Biocomposite

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oumayma Bahou ◽  
Naima Belayachi ◽  
Brahim Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Additional Layer ◽  
Aesthetic Appearance ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Casein Protein ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Considerable Degradation ◽  
Bond Tests

The use of bio-based composite as building materials is one of the innovative solutions for dealing with environmental disorders caused by the construction sector. Among these materials we find biocomposites based on vegetable aggregates, which have proven their effectiveness as insulating materials in numerous studies. Despite the growing interest in these materials and the recognition of their performance, their use remains hampered by the lack of implementation rules specific to these materials to move towards a control of their use and their durability affected by the climate and use conditions to which they will be exposed at the level of a building. The objective of this work is to study the compatibility of a protective coating with a block substrate of biocomposites based on cereal straw. It is in fact a mixture of vegetable aggregates (straw), a binder composed of lime and additives also obtained from a renewable source (Ismail et al., 2020). These additives (air-entraining agent, casein protein and a biopolymer) have been added to improve both the fibre-binder interface and the porosity of the binder. The use of these bio-based materials for external or internal thermal insulation of the building requires the application of a coating to protect them against climatic aggressions and to give them an aesthetic appearance. The lime-based coatings, air-entraining agent and casein protein selected for this study have been the subject of an experimental investigation (Brahim Ismail, 2020). In order to assess the compatibility of these coatings with the straw-based insulating material, we were interested in studying the adhesion between the biocomposite and the coating after aging cycles in accordance with the EN 1015-21 standard. The samples (biocomposite + coating) were subjected to two types of aging, one using water and the other using a saline solution of sodium sulphates (Na2SO4). The results of the bond tests after aging showed that the cohesive fracture (at the level of the substrate) is a pattern observed in all the studied systems. In Addition, It has been found that the coating to which a percentage of fine fibers has been added undergoes considerable degradation after aging with salt solution, demonstrating the need of an additional layer of outer coating without fibers in order to ensure the sustainability of the system.

PROBLEMS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS OF KHABAROVSK KRAI IN ENTERING THE FOREIGN MARKET

2021 ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
E. A. Aleksandrova ◽  
T. S. Boiko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Market ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Khabarovsk Krai ◽  
Systemic Problems

The article analyzes the problems of small and medium-sized business of Khabarovsk Krai, in particular, the problems associated with the process of entering the foreign markets. It is concluded that the key problems of small and medium-sized business of Khabarovsk Krai are the issues of logistics and innovative development. These are the strategic and systemic problems

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