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A long way to the rainbow country : understanding the foreign market expansion process of Finnish corporations into the Republic of South Africa between 1999 and 2005
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 29.05.2009) -
Activation of supply relationships : a study of main providers in the Turku logistics cluster
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 13.01.2012) -
Business Ethics in International Business Contexts : A Constructivist Approach with a Focus on Values
(Åbo Akademi University, 10.12.2021)This doctoral thesis aims to scrutinise and develop the understanding of (un)ethical practices of managers engaged in social interaction in business relationships and networks within the specific context of international ... -
Can tourism be sustainable? : service experiences from tourism destinations in Europe
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 29.04.2014)The tourism industry is growing rapidly, and thus there is an urgent need to developing sustainable tourism. The research objective of the thesis is to explore and discuss the concept of sustainability within the tourism ... -
Contextualizing entrepreneurial intentions : a multiple case study on entrepreneurial cognition and perception
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 16.01.2009) -
Culture in business interaction: an individual perspective : empirical studies in Finnish-Russian business relationships
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 25.04.2014)The main objective of this doctoral dissertation is to reach a holistic and indepth understanding of the intercultural interaction within dyadic business relationships through the perspective of individual managers. The ... -
De varumärkeskluvna : Varumärkesarbete och värdegrundsretorik i i ideell och offentlig verksamhet
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 14.05.2020)This thesis explores branding within the Swedish nonprofit and public sectors. Using an hermeneutical approach and drawing on theories of branding, stakeholder theory and new institutional theory, its focus is strategic ... -
Developing Interactive Network Branding in Business Markets : Case studies of SMEs from Developed and Emerging Business Markets
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 18.12.2017)The purpose of this dissertation is to create an understanding of how branding occurs in business networks in which small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are embedded. The main objective of the study is to conceptualize, ... -
Kreativ ångest : En kulturekonomisk studie av skådespelares kreativa processer
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 12.11.2021)The aim of this study is to contribute to the understanding of organizational value creation by in depth investigating the creative processes of actors at the theatre using a theoretical framework from cultural economics. ... -
Norms and Behavior : Effects of Social Information on Charitable Giving
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 11.03.2022)As a result of social, environmental, and economic crises, demand for public donations has increased drastically, putting charitable organizations in tough competition with each other. In these uncertain times, when every ... -
Rediscovering profitability in entrepreneurship : evidence from Finnish high-technology start-ups
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Refugee Consumers Navigating Long-term Liminality : An Agentic Perspective on Integration in Finland
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 07.12.2022)This doctoral thesis explores the integration of refugees in Finland, focusing on the meaning of consumption during long-term involuntary liminality. Liminality stands for transitional processes that push people from one ... -
SME internationalisation from a network perspective : an empirical study on a Finnish-Greek business network
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 14.04.2005)The study examines the internationalisation process of a contemporary SME firm and explores the impact of its business network on this development. The objective of the study is to understand SME internationalisation and ... -
SME internationalisation from an emerging market to a developed market : a case study from Ghana
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 15.01.2016)This study focuses on understanding the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from an emerging market to a developed market. In particular, it examines the internationalisation process of a firm ... -
Strategic narratives and competitive advantage : do winners speak differently?
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 26.09.2014)Concepts, models, or theories that end up shaping practices, whether those practices fall in the domains of science, technology, social movements, or business, always emerge through a change in language use. First, communities ... -
The Gray Zone in Marketing : Consumer Responses to Influencer Marketing
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Understanding change processes in business networks : a study of convergence in Finnish telecommunications 1985-2005
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 29.08.2008) -
Understanding digital distraction : a longitudinal study on disruptive everyday media multitasking among diginatives
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 24.04.2020)During the past decade, mobile technology has transformed our media behavior and ur relation to media as part of our everyday lives. The media user today has unprecedented control over what content to consume, when and ... -
Value co-creation in industrial buyer-seller partnerships - creating and exploiting interdependencies : an empirical case study
(Åbo Akademisförlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 15.04.2005)In summary the main findings of the study are that there seems to be is no universal definition of value in the context of industrial relationships, but a notion that it is context-, time-, and actor dependent. Value ... -
West meets east : a study of cross-institutional business relationships between Finnish/Swedish and overseas Chinese firms
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 27.05.2005)