Swedish Foreign Direct Investments in Countries Transitioning into Stabilisation
(2009)Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyse how and why Swedish companies choose to enter a country transitioning into stabilisation. With a qualitative, abductive approach the thesis aims at an analytical generalisation. The explorative nature of the paper is made with a multi-case study. The empirical data was generated by interviews. The theoretical framework is the foundation, which the authors aimed at extending.
From the analysis two modified models of the existing theories could be formed. The first links various entry strategies flexibly to each other, instead of the existing, rigid model. It was concluded that the most appropriate entry mode is through Greenfield investments. The second modified model is the prominent... (More) - The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyse how and why Swedish companies choose to enter a country transitioning into stabilisation. With a qualitative, abductive approach the thesis aims at an analytical generalisation. The explorative nature of the paper is made with a multi-case study. The empirical data was generated by interviews. The theoretical framework is the foundation, which the authors aimed at extending.
From the analysis two modified models of the existing theories could be formed. The first links various entry strategies flexibly to each other, instead of the existing, rigid model. It was concluded that the most appropriate entry mode is through Greenfield investments. The second modified model is the prominent OLI-framework, which was extended with an additional aspect, Network of Contacts. (Less)
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- author
- Johansson, Kristina ; Liljegren, Marie and Menjivar, Luisa
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2009
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- FDI, OLI-framework, Horizontal FDI, Vertical FDI, SAA, Serbia, Market-seeking, Resource-seeking, Efficiency-seeking, Management of enterprises, Företagsledning, management
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1437487
- date added to LUP
- 2009-06-03 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2012-04-02 17:41:19
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abstract = {{The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyse how and why Swedish companies choose to enter a country transitioning into stabilisation. With a qualitative, abductive approach the thesis aims at an analytical generalisation. The explorative nature of the paper is made with a multi-case study. The empirical data was generated by interviews. The theoretical framework is the foundation, which the authors aimed at extending.
From the analysis two modified models of the existing theories could be formed. The first links various entry strategies flexibly to each other, instead of the existing, rigid model. It was concluded that the most appropriate entry mode is through Greenfield investments. The second modified model is the prominent OLI-framework, which was extended with an additional aspect, Network of Contacts.}},
author = {{Johansson, Kristina and Liljegren, Marie and Menjivar, Luisa}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Swedish Foreign Direct Investments in Countries Transitioning into Stabilisation}},
year = {{2009}},
}