On the Relationship Between Firm Size, Resources, Age at Entry and Internationalization: The Case of Slovenian Smes

Ruzzier, Mitja; Ruzzier, Maja Konečnik

doi:10.3846/16111699.2012.745812

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Section: Challenges Of Franchisingmentioning

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“…Internationalization strategies, especially franchising, require more special human resources (Ruzzier & Ruzzier, ). Nevertheless, this requirement is not only about the quantity of human resources, but about the quality and availability of such resources (Ruzzier & Ruzzier, ). It is vital to note that human resources have a positive relationship with internationalization (Hitt, Bierman, Uhlenbruck, & Shimizu, ).…”

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Franchising in African markets: Motivations and challenges from a Sub‐Saharan African country perspective

Kastner

Mahmoud

Buame³

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Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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The purpose of this article is to explore and understand the motivations and challenges of franchising in an African economy. While interest in franchising is increasing in African markets, there is a paucity of research on franchising from the perspective of local African firms participating in these international relationships. The motivations and challenges of franchising from the perspective of African businesses have not been largely investigated so far. Using in‐depth interviews, we allow motivations and challenges at play to emerge. Convenient and snowball sampling techniques were used for choosing the unit of analysis, which resulted in four respondent firms. A thematic approach was adopted for analyzing the data from the field. Support services, brand name, and franchisor's experience are identified to be the motivations for franchising. Financial assistance from the franchisor, demand, and competition also play a key role in an African firm's decision to franchise. Legal constraints and infrastructure constraints were the key challenges faced by franchisees in Ghana. The findings of this study may hold for franchisees in other African markets. However, contextual differences may be considered in the application of these findings.

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Section: Challenges Of Franchisingmentioning

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Section: Challenges Of Franchisingmentioning

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Franchising in African markets: Motivations and challenges from a Sub‐Saharan African country perspective

Kastner

Mahmoud

Buame³

et al. 2018

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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“…Our product controls include two dummy variables for product principles: industrial and consumer. Also, firm characteristics include age (operational years), size (number of employees), turnover and financial debt, following confounded effects suggested by Ruzzier and Ruzzier (2015). Lastly, we controlled on industry effect through two dummy variables: manufactured durables and manufactured nondurables (Aulakh et al 2000).…”

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Product Strategies for Export Ventures: An Empirical Investigation among SMEs in an Emerging Economy

Ayob

Dana

2017

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This study examines product strategies of firms in developing countries for export ventures in global markets. It focuses on generic product features: low cost, differentiation, and specialization for analysing how they are associated with the intent to export. A rigorous database was developed from a survey of 142 SMEs in Malaysia. Data was analysed through hierarchical ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis. This study finds that only products with differentiation, specialization, or both are intended for export. On the other hand, a low cost attribute deprives the intention of going global. In the context of this emerging economy, the optimal product strategy for exporting is differentiation and specialization coupled with low-cost strategy. The findings challenge traditional view that firms from developing countries possess cost advantage at the international level, thus justifying why some local firms remain reluctant to export. ABSTRAK Kajian ini menilai strategi produk syarikat di negara membangun untuk tujuan eksport ke pasaran global. Kajian ini memfokus kepada ciri-ciri generik produk: kos rendah, pembezaan dan pengkhususan, untuk menganalisa bagaimana ia berkait dengan niat untuk mengeksport. Satu pangkalan data yang rapi dibangunkan daripada kaji selidik terhadap 142 PKS di Malaysia. Data dianalisa menggunakan hierarchical ordinary least squares regression. Kajian ini mendapati bahawa hanya produk dengan ciri pembezaan dan pengkhususan, atau kedua-duanya sahaja adalah untuk tujuan eksport. Sebaliknya, produk kos rendah membantutkan niat syarikat ke peringkat global. Dalam konteks ekonomi munculan, strategi produk untuk dieksport yang optimum adalah pembezaan dan pengkhususan, serta dipadankan dengan strategi kos rendah. Hasil dapatan ini mencabar pandangan konvensional bahawa syarikat daripada negara membangun mempunyai kelebihan dari segi kos di peringkat antarabangsa, lantas menjelaskan mengapa sebahagian syarikat tempatan kekal tidak berminat untuk mengeksport.

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“…Para ello, se seleccionarán las variables e indicadores que favorecen el nivel de exportación de un país o economía y se considera pertinente, fundamentar dichas variables e indicadores a través de los siguientes autores: (Procolombia, 1992), (Lee & Keunsik, 2015), (Hyun-Jee, 2015) (Ruzzier & Ruzzier, 2015) (Yi, 2015) (Bueno, 2011) (Ball & McCulloch Jr, 1996) (Miranda & Toirac, 2010) Estrategia corporativa (Lee & Keunsik, 2015)2015) (Hyun-Jee, 2015) Fuente: elaboración propia.…”

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La internacionalización de las empresas exportadoras. Estado de la cuestión

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2016

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ResumenLa globalización es un proceso que se ha venido dando a nivel mundial y para Colombia este no es ajeno; a través de la "Visión 2032" se propone que nuestro país se convierta en uno de los tres países más competitivos de América Latina, por tanto Bucaramanga y su Área Metropolitana asumen este reto como eje fundamental para el desarrollo económico y social del país y de la región, incrementando la participación de las empresas en los mercados mundiales. El presente artículo efectúa una revisión teórica de la internacionalización y las empresas exportadoras, para encontrar los aspectos fundamentales, que permitan establecer la influencia de la competitividad y el capital tecnológico en la internacionalización de las empresas exportadoras y además se constituyan en fuente de consulta desde lo académico y empresarial, aporte a decisiones en la internacionalización empresarial de la región. Palabras claveInternacionalización, exportaciones, orientación exportadora, capacidad exportadora, globalización. Código de clasificación JEL: B12, F10 AbstractGlobalization is a process that has been given to the global level and for Colombia this is no stranger; through the "Vision 2032" it is proposed that our country will become one of the three most competitive countries in Latin America, thus Bucaramanga and its metropolitan area, take on this challenge as a fundamental axis for the economic and social development of the country and the region, increasing the participation of firms in global markets. This article makes a theoretical review of the internationalization and the exporting companies, to find the fundamental aspects that make it possible to establish the influence of the competitiveness and technological capital in the internationalization of the exporting companies and also constitute a source of query from the academic and business, contribution to decisions in the internationalization of companies in the region.

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On the Relationship Between Firm Size, Resources, Age at Entry and Internationalization: The Case of Slovenian Smes

Cited by 55 publications

References 52 publications

Franchising in African markets: Motivations and challenges from a Sub‐Saharan African country perspective

Franchising in African markets: Motivations and challenges from a Sub‐Saharan African country perspective

Product Strategies for Export Ventures: An Empirical Investigation among SMEs in an Emerging Economy

La internacionalización de las empresas exportadoras. Estado de la cuestión

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