Internationalization processes of Finnish software firms the influence of network relationships and product and the synergy between them

Internationalization processes of small- and medium-sized software enterprises have been studied largely in terms of network relationships. The interaction between networks and product, though, has been investigated less in the literature. The emphasis in this master’s Thesis is the importance of ne...

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Main Author: Mannonen, Anne
Other Authors: Informaatioteknologian tiedekunta, Faculty of Information Technology, Informaatioteknologia, Information Technology, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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title_full Internationalization processes of Finnish software firms : the influence of network relationships and product and the synergy between them
title_fullStr Internationalization processes of Finnish software firms : the influence of network relationships and product and the synergy between them Internationalization processes of Finnish software firms : the influence of network relationships and product and the synergy between them
title_full_unstemmed Internationalization processes of Finnish software firms : the influence of network relationships and product and the synergy between them Internationalization processes of Finnish software firms : the influence of network relationships and product and the synergy between them
title_short Internationalization processes of Finnish software firms
title_sort internationalization processes of finnish software firms the influence of network relationships and product and the synergy between them
title_sub the influence of network relationships and product and the synergy between them
title_txtP Internationalization processes of Finnish software firms : the influence of network relationships and product and the synergy between them
topic Tietojärjestelmätiede Information Systems Science 601 kansainvälistyminen pienet ja keskisuuret yritykset kansainväliset markkinat verkostot liiketoiminta internationalisation small and medium-sized enterprises international market networks (societal phenomena) business
topic_facet 601 Information Systems Science Tietojärjestelmätiede business international market internationalisation kansainväliset markkinat kansainvälistyminen liiketoiminta networks (societal phenomena) pienet ja keskisuuret yritykset small and medium-sized enterprises verkostot
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