This article investigates the external factors driving the accelerated internationalization of technology-based firms (TBFs) in the context of an emerging market, Brazil. This type of firm is typically called born global and has been reported mainly in the high-technology sectors and from the developed countries. Our research is survey-based, and a questionnaire was applied to the small and med...

Globalization 世 界 化 leaves no stone unturned. As current globalization seems to demand comprehensive transformation of a society, its impact on language and culture can be detected in every facet of life. The global economy has been influencing traditional values and ways of thinking for a long time. The concept of the global village has changed the outlook of future society. In Japan, ‘interna...

export and the readiness to export constitute the first step of international marketing, which are affected by both internal and external factors of firms. one of the most important internal  factors is the presence of skilled personnel. the purpose of this study was to define the relationship between staff qualification and encouragment with the readiness level of iranian pharmacuetical firms ...

1. Domain-Based Names for the Kerberos V GSS-API Mechanism . . . . 2 2. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. Internationalization Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

The Southern Common Market (mercosur), widely recognized as one of the most advanced regional integration schemes worldwide, is increasingly attractive to multinational enterprises and also very active in outward investments, despite persistent innovation and competitiveness gaps. In this paper we analyse internationalization and technology trends in mercosur in relation to trade, the activitie...

This paper compares trends in alcohol consumption in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy starting from the beginning of the 1950's and extending until the 1980's and examines the modernization and internationalization of beverage preferences in these countries. The total consumption of alcohol has declined in Spain, France and Italy and the consumption of wine has shown a declining trend in all t...

Narrative Sequence Methods are an alternative to the more established, variables focused, variance based methods of developing theory of business development and change. We examine the assumptions of variance based approach and compare them to those of narrative methods, which leads to a discussion of the nature of causal mechanisms. We then illustrate the use Narrative Sequence Methods to iden...