Internationalization Strategies of Medium-Sized German Companies: An Empirical Survey

2001 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-110
Author(s):  
Michael Behnam ◽  
Dirk Ulrich Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
International Context ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Internationalization Strategies ◽  
Business Functions ◽  
International Activities ◽  
Insight Into

This empirical survey is based on a questionnaire which was distributed to 6,000 medium-sized German companies with international activities. The analyses included responses from a total of 533 enterprises. The areas examined include the importance of globalization, the motives for and the obstacles to globalization, the strategic planning of internationalization, the forms of internationalization adopted, the internationalization of a range of business functions and, finally, the geographical regions targeted by medium-sized German companies in their drive for internationalization. The study offers an up-to-date view of the current situation of medium-sized German companies operating within an international context, and insight into their attitudes towards internationalization.

Emergent strategy development, abduction, and pragmatism: New lessons for corporations

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-91
Author(s):  
Adrian Carr ◽  
Rita Durant ◽  
Alexis Downs
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Complex World ◽  
Communicative Interaction ◽  
Rational Planning ◽  
Top Managers ◽  
Emergent Strategy ◽  
Effective Development ◽  
Insight Into

This paper proceeds from the widespread assumption – apparently, a truism – that the longevity of corporations is very much beholden to the success in their processes of strategic planning and the manner in which they learn from, and adapt to, those processes. The predominant strategic paradigm used in corporations, that of the rational planning school, assumes that language is transparent and time is linear. Such assumptions don't hold up in a complex world. Emergent strategy [8,50,63] has the potential to address the current challenges of organizations by shifting the language and talk about strategizing. Rather than talk about the challenges faced by top managers [14,25], emergent strategizing, for example, talks of “communicative interaction” and “focusing attention on what [is] going on now” [64, p. 158]. Mintzberg's disdain for the divination techniques of the Delphi Oracle [51, p. 238] notwithstanding, we suggest that characteristics of the Delphic Oracle [52] mirror many of those of both emergence and strategy and, therefore, may offer insight into the effective development of emergent strategies at lower and middle levels of the organization. Our method for understanding emergence is abduction, as developed by Charles Franklin Peirce and the pragmatists. A playful reinterpretation of the Delphic Oracle can provide a way to imagine the roles of organizational actors in strategic emergence.

scholarly journals Standardization in biobanking – between cooperation and competition

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 317-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina Meinung ◽  
Dunja Martin ◽  
Uwe Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Active Participation ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Conformity Assessment ◽  
International Context ◽  
Cooperation And Competition ◽  
The Status ◽  
Performance Monitor ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Assessment Standard ◽  
A Performance

Abstract This article presents the current situation of German biobanks and shows future fields of action in the European and international context on the basis of upcoming legal and normative challenges. It gives an overview of the development of the international biobank standard ISO 20387 and the commitment of German biobank experts in the ISO committee TC276. Less attention than the biobank standard per se has so far been paid to the basic mechanisms by which standards are developed and the potential of their application and accreditation. In this sense, this article deals with the motivation for active participation in standardization projects. We discuss the status of ISO 20387 as a conformity assessment standard and the consequence of accreditation as a performance monitor.

Export von (Militär-)Musikinstrumenten von Berlin nach Zentral- und Südamerika um 1900

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 308-317
Author(s):  
Christian Breternitz
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sheet Music ◽  
International Context ◽  
Military Bands ◽  
Musical Taste ◽  
Insight Into

The article outlines the significance of Prussian military music of the 19th and early 20th centuries in an international context. It focuses on deliveries of musical instruments and sheet music by the Berlin company C. W. Moritz to Central and South America around 1900. The delivery lists of 1897/98 for the Colombian military bands show that they were equipped according to the Prussian model, which goes back to the ideas of Wilhelm Wieprecht. He reformed and standardised the Prussian military music system between the 1830s and 1860s, thus creating the basis for its success. The sheet music enclosed with the musical instruments gives an insight into the popular musical taste of the period around 1900, which was increasingly introduced to Central and South America. Future research will ask what impact such imports of music and musical instruments had on the development of music in Central and South America. (Vorlage)

scholarly journals Different historical generation intervals in human populations inferred from Neanderthal fragment lengths and patterns of mutation accumulation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moisès Coll Macià ◽  
Laurits Skov ◽  
Benjamin Marco Peter ◽  
Mikkel Heide Schierup
Keyword(s):  
Fragment Length ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Female Age ◽  
Generation Interval ◽  
The Past ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Neanderthal Admixture ◽  
Rate Of Decay ◽  
Out Of Africa ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractAfter the main out-of-Africa event, humans interbred with Neanderthals leaving 1-2% of Neanderthal DNA scattered in small fragments in all non-African genomes today1,2. Here we investigate the size distribution of these fragments in non-African genomes3. We find consistent differences in fragment length distributions across Eurasia with 11% longer fragments in East Asians than in West Eurasians. By comparing extant populations and ancient samples, we show that these differences are due to a different rate of decay in length by recombination since the Neanderthal admixture. In line with this, we observe a strong correlation between the average fragment length and the accumulation of derived mutations, similar to what is expected by changing the ages at reproduction as estimated from trio studies4. Altogether, our results suggest consistent differences in the generation interval across Eurasia, by up to 20% (e.g. 25 versus 30 years), over the past 40,000 years. We use sex-specific accumulations of derived alleles to infer how these changes in generation intervals between geographical regions could have been mainly driven by shifts in either male or female age of reproduction, or both. We also find that previously reported variation in the mutational spectrum5 may be largely explained by changes to the generation interval and not by changes to the underlying mutational mechanism. We conclude that Neanderthal fragment lengths provide unique insight into differences of a key demographic parameter among human populations over the recent history.

Acquisition of Financial Literacy as a Life Skill

2020 ◽  
pp. 247-268
Author(s):  
Başak Gezmen ◽  
ihsan Eken
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

Alongside the phenomena such as crisis, prosperity, etc., which emerged with the increase of global competition, the development of literacy levels has become critical. In the acquisition and development of financial literacy, first of all, the current situation should be determined, then the relevant policies should be developed and the literacy should be acquired through the necessary trainings to be provided. This chapter determines the relationship between the acquisition of financial literacy awareness as a life skill and the participation of the students who took the Introduction to Economics course in the Faculty of Communication at Istanbul Medipol University in 2018-2019 in the axis of survey method. Authors discuss the students' financial literacy awareness and skill in general. The chapter also gains insight into the situation of similar courses such as economics and finance to improve the perspective on financial literacy awareness.

Design-Led Strategy: How To Bring Design Thinking Into The Art of Strategic Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Knight ◽  
Jarryd Daymond ◽  
Sotirios Paroutis
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Organizational Practice ◽  
Customer Data ◽  
Corporate Managers ◽  
Practice Perspective ◽  
Current Design ◽  
Strategy As Practice ◽  
Insight Into

Design thinking has emerged as an important way for designers to draw on rich customer insights to enhance their products and services. However, design thinking is now also beginning to influence how corporate managers bring customer data into their day-to-day strategic planning. We call this integration of design thinking into the practice of strategic management “Design-Led Strategy” and show how it complements but extends current design-thinking perspectives. Adopting a strategy-as-practice perspective, this article identifies four archetypal practices that managers can use to strategize with design-thinking content. Its findings provide insight into the practices associated with situating design thinking within organizational practice.

Telecommunications in Transition

2001 ◽  
pp. 129-148
Author(s):  
Xu Yan ◽  
James Y.L. Thong
Keyword(s):  
Global Scale ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
International Context ◽  
Telecommunications Reform ◽  
Reform Strategies ◽  
Reform Program ◽  
Telecommunications Sector ◽  
Insight Into

In this article, we seek to provide a deep insight into telecommunications reform strategies by studying the Chinese experience in the international context. We argue that, while the telecommunications sector generally has been moving towards full liberalization and deregulation on the global scale, there is great variation in how this has been achieved in individual countries. Countries have adopted a variety of transitional mechanisms in their telecommunications reform process. We suggest that an efficient reform program should be formulated by correctly analyzing the context, including the development stage of the telecommunications sector, and the economic and political environment. China presents one such experience.

A FIRM-LEVEL STUDY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS: THEORETICAL ANALYSIS AND EMPIRICAL FINDINGS

2006 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 21-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. MA ◽  
M. LIAO
Keyword(s):  
International Competitiveness ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
International Competition ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
International Context ◽  
Beijing Area ◽  
Innovative Capability ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Over Time

An analytical framework for conceptualizing the issue of international competitiveness at the firm level is presented taking into account that the firms are increasingly being exposed to international competition. The model identifies three interdependent innovative capability dimensions, which offer insight into the sources of sustainable international competitive advantages over time: Technological capability, managerial capability and resource exploiting capability. The paper presents the challenges of these three components of innovative capability in an international context, and describes how a firm can develop and sustain competitiveness through the operation in the environment of globalization. Finally, based on data from 213 firms in the Beijing area, the paper proves that these three innovative capability components are closely related to international competitiveness. The study reinforces the importance of innovative capability composition in internationalization decision-making and suggests further research in this context.

E-Government Awareness and Adoption by the Residents

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Anil Eyupoglu ◽  
Tugberk Kaya
Keyword(s):  
Current Situation ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Islands ◽  
Testing Methods ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
North Cyprus

This paper presents the results of an empirical survey study conducted on people living in North Cyprus, aiming to measure awareness of e-government practices. Brief information regarding e-government, awareness and adoption concepts, and current situation in North Cyprus is also provided. A particular survey is designed based on preliminary pre-testing methods and academic supervision. This study aims to contribute to a literature that is lacking studies regarding awareness of e-government in small islands. As Cyprus is a Small Island Developing State (SID) member and has the last divided capital, revealing the main reasons for awareness, usage and trustiness of e-government practices is believed to contribute to the literature.

Enhancing participatory evaluation in a humanitarian aid project

Evaluation ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiano M. Rossignoli ◽  
Alberto Giani ◽  
Francesco Di Iacovo ◽  
Roberta Moruzzo ◽  
Paola Scarpellini
Keyword(s):  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Small Ruminants ◽  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Participatory Evaluation ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Structural Approach ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Conflict Settings ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
Insight Into

This article examines participatory evaluation of humanitarian aid projects in post-conflict contexts, through the presentation of a particular case: the evaluation of a project supporting herders and Bedouin communities breeding small ruminants in the Gaza Strip. The article analyses the current situation in the Gaza Strip, a unique humanitarian context, in order to gain insight into the value of participatory evaluation in post-conflict settings. The article analyses the participatory evaluation in order to understand how participation functions, what lessons can be learned and what outcomes can be generated. Finally, this experience demonstrates how participatory evaluation can work effectively in humanitarian settings despite the obvious constraints of conflict and post-conflict settings. Whilst participatory evaluation contributes to improving humanitarian-aid interventions, a more structural approach to participation is needed to achieve concrete and durable results.

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