Entering successfull the indian market : recommendations and challenges for german small and medium-sized companies / / Diana Bednarek

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816043703321
• Autore: Bednarek Diana
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 3-95489-623-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 p.)
• Disciplina: 382.091724
• Soggetti: Financial crises - Developing countries; Industries - Developing countries; Developing countries Commerce; Developing countries Economic conditions 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Entering successfull the Indian market; Contents; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Problem description and objectives; 1.2. Scope of work; 2. Terminologies; 2.1. Definition of small and medium-sized companies; 2.2. Market entry barriers; 3. Analysis of the market environment; 3.1. Economic conditions; 3.2. Political and legal conditions; 3.3. Socio-cultural conditions; 4. Methodologies; 4.1. Quantitative and qualitative research methods; 4.2. Methods of collecting data; 4.3. Question types; 4.4. Designing and dispatching of the questionnaire; 4.5. Practical implementation of interviews4.6. Data analysis and quality criteria; 5. Market entry barriers in India; 5.1. Tariff barriers; 5.2. Non-tariff barriers; 5.3. Market-related barriers; 5.4. Company-related barriers; 5.5. Recommendations, success factors and key challenges for German small and medium-sized companies in India; 6. Conclusion; 6.1. Target achievement; 6.2 Prospects; Index of appendixes; Appendix 1) Designed questionnaire; Appendix 2) Questionnaire evaluation; Appendix 3) Interviews; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: The objective of this study is to identify, to analyse, and to evaluate the ; market entry barriers for German small and medium-sized companies in India. Moreover, this study provides recommendations in order to minimize or overcome those barriers. Existing studies are discussing the market entry of big companies such as of Siemens AG and Robert Bosch GmbH in India, but issues of small and medium-sized companies are neglected. This academic void is closed by this study with the help of the implementation of questionnaires and interviews. Based on these primary sources, market entry barriers for