International Business Projects

Inter-firm Collaboration for Innovations: Evidence from the Swedish Telecommunications Sector

Innovative companies in technologically advanced environments have to deal with the consequences of choosing between a resource based strategy and possibly missing out Continue reading →

Is Green Good? – A Study of Environmental Management Strategy and its Impact on Competitiveness

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze environmental management in companies and how it affects competitiveness. In order to do this a case study of two Continue reading →

Have we arrived yet?: Ecotourism Operators Managing Dilemmas in Sweden

The concern for the environment and social aspects have been highlighting in the concept of ecotourism. Tourism is a growing industry, where ecotourism is one of the fastest Continue reading →

The Risk-return Relationship: Can the Prospect Theory Be Applied to Small Firms, Large Firms and Industries Characterized by Different Asset Tangibility?

In 1979 Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky created the prospect theory. It became an accepted and appropriate theory in explaining decision Continue reading →

Board Composition and Financial Distress: An Empirical Evidence From Sweden and Denmark

Recent failure of such companies as Enron, Worldcom and Parmala showed that there are internal reasons contributing to company’s financial distress. Financial distress is a condition when a company fails to Continue reading →

Environmental, Social or Economic Sustainability: – What Motivates Companies to Offset Their Emissions?

Did you know that in 2008 the largest publicly listed companies in the world caused environmental damage for a total estimated cost of Continue reading →

The 21st Century Company’s True Value: Intellectual Capital Disclosure and Share Prices on Nasdaq Omxs30

The study investigates the relationship between intellectual capital and share prices on the Nasdaq OMXS30 companies between 2001 and 2010. This, by using content analysis to score the Continue reading →

E-Business Modeling: A Case Study with IKEA

E-business modeling is a concept that has several components and can be designed based on different combinations of them. Furthermore, it is a concept that is vulnerable to Continue reading →

International Entrepreneur: A Network Approach in Market Entry Process in Sweden

Background: Globalisation and technology creates an impact in the business world an economy thus leads many countries, such as Sweden to encourage Continue reading →

A Pre-Downturn Comparison on Capital Structure Strategy, From the Perspective of a Swedish Retailer

Capital structure decisions and impacts have always been on top of every CFO’s and shareholder’s mind. Many theories have been presented and so far, no apparent consensus regarding how, why or when financing should be Continue reading →

The Effects of Ikea and External Shopping Centers on Regional Trade and Retail Growth: A Comparative Analysis of Ikea’s Establishment in Kalmar and Karlstad

This paper examines the effects of Ikea store establishment in Kalmar and Karlstad on the trade and retail inside the two cities, and as well on the trade and retail in the Continue reading →