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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254918103321

Autore

Ratajczak-Mrozek Milena

Titolo

Network Embeddedness : Examining the Effect on Business Performance and Internationalization / / by Milena Ratajczak-Mrozek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-56511-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies of Internationalization in Emerging Markets, , 2662-1185

Disciplina

658.3008

Soggetti

Globalization

Markets

Management information systems

Management

Industrial management

Organization

Planning

International business enterprises—Cross-cultural studies

Emerging Markets/Globalization

Enterprise Architecture

Innovation/Technology Management

Cross-Cultural Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The Essence of the Network Approach -- 3. Relationships and Interactions as the Basis of Companies' Activities -- 4. Three Perspectives of Companies' Embeddedness -- 5. The Importance of Embeddedness for Companies' Activities - Perspective of Relationships and Interactions -- 6. The Network Theory of Companies' Internationalization - The Importance of Relationships for International Expansion -- 7. The Importance of Embeddedness for Companies' International Activities -- 8. Methodology of the Empirical Studies -- 9. Positive and Negative Outcomes of Embeddedness for the Domestic



and International Activity - Results of Case Studies Analysis -- 10. The Importance of Relationships and Embeddedness for Companies' Internationalization and Performance - Results of Quantitative Study -- 11. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book systematizes the concepts of business relationships and network embeddedness, taking a new approach to internationalization, relevant for the global economy. It reflects the growing importance of network internationalization theory and explores the impact of embeddedness in domestic and foreign relationships on a company’s performance. The author questions the validity of the distinction between domestic and foreign activity of companies and demonstrates that in the B2B market, there are actually no exclusively domestic companies which are not directly or indirectly connected with foreign entities. Chapters cover both small to medium sized enterprises and large multinational corporations, presenting a qualitative analysis of over 400 companies including case studies from the IT and furniture industries. This informative study will provide useful insight for academics and students of business and management, international business and organization studies.