... that these parameters play a significant role in business development at the early stages. Design/methodology/approach This empirical data consist of individual and group interviews in Finland and Sweden, which are later inductively analyzed. Findings The results show that public financial support contributes...

... 21 12 2018 04 07 2019 25 09 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Case study Strategy Sweden Psychological ownership Founder heritage Psychological ownership is an evolving topic which requires further...

...Paul Braidford; Ian Stone; Besrat Tesfaye Purpose The aim of this paper is to analyse support measures in the USA, Canada and Sweden aimed at encouraging women to start their own business and/or promote growth in women‐owned businesses, and in particular the role of women's business centres...

... targeting the chief executive officers (CEOs) of 459 SMEs was distributed in different regions of Sweden. Findings Large differences exist in the financial search behaviour exhibited by firms in the four different types of regions. In the metropolitan areas, firms are more active in searching for new...

...Lars Torsten Eriksson; Jens Hultman; Lucia Naldi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically explore small business e‐commerce development and usage of the emerging ICT‐infrastructure for e‐commerce in Sweden. For more than a decade firms in countries with appropriate infrastructures...

... of this paper is to analyse to what extent compulsory school education in Germany and Sweden facilitates a more entrepreneurial way of thinking among pupils. Design/methodology/approach First, the paper briefly summarises the relevant research literature and specify important components of entrepreneurship...

... their reality. Ingmari Cantzler can be contacted at: excerptus@comhem.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 General management Team working Networking Entrepreneurs Women Sweden Throughout the world, business entrepreneurs are considered to be very important for economic...

... will be scrutinized. Design/methodology/approach This study was designed to be qualitative in nature so that rich insights can be obtained directly from the entrepreneurs themselves. The sample consists of three Born Global firms each from Australia and Sweden. Findings This study shows the importance...

...Robert C. MacGregor; Lejla Vrazalic Purpose To develop a basic model of e‐commerce adoption barriers to small businesses located in regional areas of developed countries. Design/methodology/approach An empirical survey of 477 small businesses in Sweden and Australia about e‐commerce adoption...

... Electronic commerce Small enterprises Sweden Prior to the advent of electronic commerce (e‐commerce) organisations acquired and used computer technology to enforce specific products and product boundaries. Products and product boundaries were tangible with known inputs, processes and outputs...

...Ragnar Ahlström‐Söderling This paper has its background in a research project that studied 12 cases of local development and co‐operation in the Swedish wood‐manufacturing sector during 1997‐2000 and 20 similar projects in other parts of Sweden in 1998. One reflection from this project...

...Karl W. Sandberg This article assesses gender‐related differences in rural enterprises and examines implications for development of economic policy and services in a rural district of Sweden. The article focuses on female owned micro enterprises. A quantitative and qualitative survey of 32 micro...

... by IT solutions. In Sweden there are three companies in the industry listed on the Stockholm stock exchange: Intentia, IBS and IFS. These three are among the 20 largest in the world, and they are all aiming for an international growth strategy. IBS started as early as 1976 as a spin‐off from IBM’s Swedish...