The internationalization of Central Finnish firms framing the process and actors

Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli ymmärtää, millaisia tarinoita yrittäjät luovat yrityksen kansainvälistymisestä Keski-Suomesta. Pienet ja keskisuuret yritykset, tai pk-yritykset, kohtaavat erilaisia haasteita kansainvälistymiselle. Tutkimus on havainnut verkostot tärkeäksi osaksi yritysten kansain...

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Päätekijä: Vaulasvirta, Anton
Muut tekijät: Kauppakorkeakoulu, School of Business and Economics, Taloustieteet, Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2022
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Linkit: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/82460
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description Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli ymmärtää, millaisia tarinoita yrittäjät luovat yrityksen kansainvälistymisestä Keski-Suomesta. Pienet ja keskisuuret yritykset, tai pk-yritykset, kohtaavat erilaisia haasteita kansainvälistymiselle. Tutkimus on havainnut verkostot tärkeäksi osaksi yritysten kansainvälistymistä, sillä ne voivat tukea kansainvälistymistä monella tavalla, ja verkosto muodostuu erilaisista toimijoista. Tällä tutkimuksella pyrittiin syventämään ymmärrystä eri toimijoiden roolista kansainvälistymisprosessissa. Aiemmin yritysten kansainvälistymisen tutkimuksessa on painotettu pienten yritysten valitsemia toimintatapoja tai strategioita, kun taas prosessiteoriat eivät huomioi sitä, millaista kansainvälistyminen on yrittäjän näkökulmasta. Kansainvälistyneiden yrittäjien viitekehysten teoreettinen ymmärrys on jäänyt varsin vaillinaiseksi, ja kansainvälistyvien yrittäjien ja heidän kokemuksiinsa keskittyminen vaikuttaisi hyödyttävän tutkimusaluetta. Tutkimuksen teoreettinen perusta rakennettiin yhdistämällä teoriaa ja konsepteja yritysten kansainvälistymisestä, verkostojen roolista kansainvälistymisessä ja kehysteoriasta. Yhdeksää kansainvälistä yrittäjää haastateltiin narratiivisella lähestymistavalla, jotta saataisiin parempi käsitys siitä, miksi ja miten yrittäjät kansainvälistyvät Keski-Suomesta, ja kuinka he kehystävät eri toimijoita tässä prosessissa. Haastateltavat peilasivat omia henkilökohtaisia kokemuksiaan ennen kansainvälistymistä, sen aikana ja jälkeen tapahtuneista tilanteista. Nämä kansainvälistymisen narratiivit tutkittiin ja analysoitiin kehysanalyysin avulla. Tämän tutkimuksen tulokset ovat linjassa olemassa olevan tutkimuksen kanssa, sillä verkostot kehystettiin oleellisena osana yritysten kansainvälistymistä. Kuitenkin tutkimuksen tulokset osoittavat, että tämä on paljon monimutkaisempaa. Verkoston yksittäisten toimijoiden kehystystä analysoiva tutkimus osoittaa, että vaihtelua ja vivahteita löytyy enemmän. Tutkimus täydentää olemassa olevaa kirjallisuutta kehittämällä vivahteikkaan ymmärryksen siitä, miten eri toimijat kehystetään yrityksen kansainvälistymisprosessissa. The aim of this master’s thesis was to understand what kind of stories entrepreneurs create about their firm internationalization from Central Finland. Small and medium sized enterprises, or SME’s, confront a variety of challenges to internationalization. Research has discovered networks as an important block in firm internationalization as they can support the process in a variety of ways, and a network of connections is constituted of different actors. Therefore, this research sought to deepen the understanding of the role of different actors in internationalization process. Previously, the emphasis on firm internationalization research has been placed on the types of procedures or entry strategies that small businesses choose, whereas process theories exclude what internationalizing is like from the entrepreneurial perspective. The theoretical understand ing of frames of reference of internationalized entrepreneurs has remained rather incomplete, and it seems the research domain would benefit from a greater focus on internationalizing entrepre neurs and their experiences. The theoretical foundation of this study was constructed by combining theory and concepts from firm internationalization, the role of networks in internationalization, and framing theory. Nine international entrepreneurs were interviewed with a narrative approach to gain a better under standing of why and how entrepreneurs internationalize from Central Finland, and how they frame different actors in this process. Interviewees reflected on their own personal experiences of situations that occurred before, during and after internationalization. These internationalization narratives were then evaluated and analyzed using frame analysis. The results of this study are aligned with existing research, as networks were framed as an integral part of firm internationalization. Yet the findings of this study reveal this is much more complex. Analysing the framing of individual actors in a network, the study shows there is more variability and nuances to be discovered. The study contributes to existing literature by developing a nu anced understanding of how different actors are framed in firm internationalization process.
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title_full The internationalization of Central Finnish firms : framing the process and actors
title_fullStr The internationalization of Central Finnish firms : framing the process and actors The internationalization of Central Finnish firms : framing the process and actors
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title_short The internationalization of Central Finnish firms
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topic firm internationalization international entrepreneurship narratives storytelling Yrittäjyys Entrepreneurship 20422 kehystys kehysanalyysi kansainvälistyminen pienet ja keskisuuret yritykset yrittäjyys yrittäjät verkostot kansainväliset markkinat kehyskertomukset verkostoituminen framing frame analysis internationalisation small and medium-sized enterprises entrepreneurship entrepreneurs networks (societal phenomena) international market frame stories networking (making contacts)
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