Cieľ diplomovej práce je navrhnutie vhodnej stratégie vstupu firmy Benzina, s.r.o. (Unipetrol, a.s.) na zahraničný trh. Práca obsahuje analýzu súčasnej situácie na domácom trhu v Českej republike a analýzu priemyslu v Ukrajine. Boli predstavené základné analytické metódy, ktoré boli následne vyhodnotené. Na základe uskutočnených analýz bola navrhnutá stratégia vstupu na Ukrajinu.

Yes / The largest influx of refugees since German unification has generated new challenges and opportunities in Germany’s society, culture, politics and economy. Theory advocates the advantages for international business of institutional change, migrations and integration. However, a negative public perception can conceal and inhibit resources and opportunities for German multinational enterprises. How did the attitude of Germany towards refugees change in 2015 and 2016? How did formal and informal German institutions react on the EU refugee crisis? How has this affected decision makers in German MNEs in terms of foreign market entry choices? How do German MNEs evaluate the long-term consequences of this crisis? This paper investigates in which ways the influx of refugees and migrants who arrived in Germany has affected the international business strategy of German MNEs. It is divided into two parts. Part One analyses the impact of this crisis on German culture, society, government, politics and economics and examines how it has been perceived and displayed. Part Two will further investigate how German MNEs are influenced by the migration context in Germany and Europe and how this affects their foreign market entry strategies in emerging economies.

Yes / The largest influx of refugees since German unification has generated new challenges and opportunities in Germany’s society, culture, politics and economy. Theory advocates the advantages for international business of institutional change, migrations and integration. However, a negative public perception can conceal and inhibit resources and opportunities for German multinational enterprises. How did the attitude of Germany towards refugees change in 2015 and 2016? How did formal and informal German institutions react on the EU refugee crisis? How has this affected decision makers in German MNEs in terms of foreign market entry choices? How do German MNEs evaluate the long-term consequences of this crisis? This paper investigates in which ways the influx of refugees and migrants who arrived in Germany has affected the international business strategy of German MNEs. It is divided into two parts. Part One analyses the impact of this crisis on German culture, society, government, politics and economics and examines how it has been perceived and displayed. Part Two will further investigate how German MNEs are influenced by the migration context in Germany and Europe and how this affects their foreign market entry strategies in emerging economies.

The food and beverage industry in Taiwan is becoming increasingly competitive. Companies have therefore been trying to expand their operations abroad to different countries, both emerging and developed economies. How the companies expand and operate abroad is a challenging issue faced by every company that tries to enter foreign countries. This research starts out from the practitioners’ perspectives, and addresses critical management issues. The problems of international expansion are dynamic and fairly complicated due to the fast-changing business environment, which means practical decision rules are valuable. The study tackles this issue by attempting to offer decision rules on three research questions. They include the influence factors on the selection of foreign market entry mode, the mechanism of capturing growth and avoid huge losses and business model innovation in foreign markets. This research discovers entry mode choice should be accompanied by considering the joint effect of influence factors. And at point of entry, adopting real option perspective leads to better performance in the foreign market because it captures growth opportunities. Furthermore, adjusting the key processes in the business model helps companies realize more efficient operations and in some case, leads to better subsequent performance after entering the foreign country.

The aim of my master thesis is to analyse the possibilities of entry of the company BLAŽEK PRAHA, a.s. on the russian market and to propose the optimal marketing strategy for the entry. The first chapter introduces the company BLAŽEK PRAHA, a.s. The second chapter contains the PEST analysis of the russian market. The third chapter describes the expansion of the company on the polish and slovak market and shows the possible reasons for different acceptance of the brand Blažek on both markets. The fourth chapter contains the SWOT analysis of the company BLAŽEK PRAHA, a.s. for the russian market, and the analysis of the russian retail market of men formal clothes, the segmentation of the russian consumers and the analysis of the competition of the company on the russian market. In the fifth chapter I defined the marketing strategy of he company BLAŽEK PRAHA, a.s. for its entry on the russian market. In this chapter I also described the first steps the company should take when entering the russian market and mistakes the company should avoid not to fail when entering it.

Outsourcing and Offshoring represent modern management tools used to increase the competitive advantage of the enterprise by a better focus on its core business, lower costs, higher flexibility or better quality of its processes. These benefits are basically achieved either by transferring some of company's non-core processes on an external provider or on a Daughter Company based abroad. The basic objective of this work is to provide management or scholars with a comprehensive view on above mentioned tools from the phase of adopting decisions about their application up to their final evaluation. To be highly objective and complete there are presented also the tax optimization models within Offshoring by using so called "Tax heavens". For better understanding what procedures and tools are available to managers to comply with current legislation when using these methods, there is added the transfer price issue as one of the possible tools for a tax optimization. Within the practical part of the thesis I tried to create a country evaluation model for international outsourcing based on multi-criteria analysis of localization factors. Doing so the biggest emphasis was laid on minimization of risk of failure from the side of process provider. The model was also enriched by commonly not often used ethic factors. The result of carried out analysis of chosen countries shows that even significantly lower labor costs can not weight on other localization factors in case they are of considerably worse levels. The last part of my work demonstrates the application of both examined methods in the Czech textile industry with a view to bring evidence that they are capable to lead to an improvement of its competitive position on foreign markets. Due to my vocational interests there was chosen Russian market as a sample. Objectives of this doctoral thesis have been achieved by extensive research of various information sources, incl. statistical data and available surveys carried out by reputable institutions and accompanied by personal expert experience from real practice.

An increasing number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) expand their businesses into foreign markets. Some SMEs begin to operate abroad soon after their establishment. These so-called born globals demonstrate a more rapid internationalisation compared with other SMEs. This thesis develops a deeper understanding of the internationalisation process of SMEs, by studying how born globals and other SMEs develop foreign market knowledge during the international expansion. The internationalisation process is divided into three phases; the pre-firm internationalisation phase, the initial internationalisation phase and the continued internationalisation phase. Based on a qualitative study of 14 biotech SMEs and a questionnaire survey of 188 SMEs from various industries, new insights on the internationalisation process of SMEs and born globals are presented. By extending the analysis of SMEs’ internationalisation to a phase prior to their establishment and by continuing to follow these firms during their operations in foreign markets, the findings of this thesis show how the knowledge and personal networks of key individuals relate to the firm’s development of foreign market knowledge. The thesis also advances the understanding of how an SME develops foreign market knowledge from its business network relationships. In summary, the result of this thesis shows that a rapid expansion in several foreign markets can hold back an SME’s development of foreign market knowledge and lead to difficulties in developing the firm’s operations in the continued internationalisation phase. / Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 2009. Sammanfattning jämte 6 uppsatser

隨著全球經濟和社會發展需求的變化，資訊產業的全球性結構調整日益明顯，由硬體主導型的發展轉為向軟體和服務主導型發展。經濟全球化為我國軟體產業發展提供了難得的機遇，我國軟體產業要積極參與國際分工，就必須走向世界，但是在走向世界的同時，也必須仔細思考什麼才是自己國際化的目的、自己企業內部的核心資源是什麼、做好自己的國際化策略或戰略的準備嗎？也因此在國際化動作中，如何選擇正確的海外市場進入策略就顯得格外重要，要採用怎樣的進入策略與企業核心資源、國際化策略、企業服務內容與產品等等之間的關係與互動已不是單純不變的環結，而是隨著市場變動不停變化的，也因此動態性調整就成為一個很重要的課題。 在眼前的日常生活當中，什麼事情已經都脫離不開資訊。也因此作為資訊產業核心的軟體及資訊服務產業，已成為新世紀全球的第一大產業。IDC 在2005年9月的研究報告中顯示全球資訊服務產業在 2003年產值已高達6410億美元，爾後年平均成長率一直保持在 5-9% 之間，可以說是一片欣欣向榮的氣象，到去年 2005年整個產值達到 7400億美元，預期到 2009 年，整個資訊服務產值將到 9250億美元，這也意味著繼工業大革命後的另一個新經濟時代的到來。 在整個產業成長中，又以亞太地區成長最大，從 2003-2009 CGAR 達 9.7%，遠超過全球平均 CGAR 6%。我國因具備良好資訊基礎設施、具備與華人相同語言、文化背景、接近並熟悉亞太市場、充裕資金與高階經營人才、與西方的技術合作經驗、豐富的 PC 軟硬體整合經驗等。充分顯示台灣軟體產業在競爭的市場環境中比起歐美資訊大廠已率先佔據極佳位置。 因此本研究就以進入策略的學術理論做為基礎，再結合個案公司實務上軟體業海外發展經驗，整合一套適於軟體產業的海外市場進入策略供企業參考。以研究結論來看，資訊軟體業因為產品與服務的特性關係，較易偏向採用較高承諾度的資源投入方式，將營業拓展至海外市場；除此之外，在地化的深耕發展也是必需要走的一條路，而且因為隨著地主國市場的投入，對地主國市場的熟悉度也會漸漸增加，也因此會在地主國市場進行一系列動態性的營運策略調整。這裡所謂的營運策略，不僅僅只是產品策略或市場策略，甚至整個市場的進入策略也會隨之調整，譬如說由獨資的進入策略轉變為合資的模式。 / As today’s global economic and social development needs continue to change，the Information industry’s global economic requirement change has gradually become more obvious；shifting from a hardware-driven type of development，to software and service-lead development。Economic globalization has brought along excellent opportunities to the development of our national software industries；to actively participate one’s software industry in the international division of labor，one will have to proceed toward the outer world；meanwhile，one must also carefully consider the purpose of one’s internationalization，the core resources of one’s inner enterprise，and whether one is prepared with a proper internationalization strategy。Consequently， knowing how to correctly select suitable foreign markets and entry strategies to be incorporated into the strategy is exceptionally critical in the process of internationalization，and in addition to that，the decision as to how the foreign markets should enter into the strategy，the enterprise’s core competence，internationalized strategy，the service content and product of the enterprise and etc. ，the relationship and interactivity between the each are no longer simple and invariable connections；instead，they are now constantly varied in accordance with the market change，and as a result, dynamic adjustment has became a very important topic today。 In today’s society，our everyday lives have become inseparable from the information technology；therefore，as being the core of information industries，software and information service have become one of the worlds top main industries of the new century。In August，2005，research from IDC have shown，that the global information service industries’ industrial output value in 2003 has increased up to 6410 billion USD；from then on，the output value has successfully maintained an annual average rate of 5-9%。Apparently，that was the sign of a long-term prosperity，as last year (2005) the output value has boosted up to 7400 billion USD。Predictions have been made that the value will continue to rise dramatically in the years to come，and in 2009，the output value for information service industries will reach a height of 9250 billion USD；this also meant the arrival of the age of new economics after the industrial revolution。 Within the whole industrial development in general，the Asia Pacific area stand to have the most rapid growth，with a CGAR rate of 9.7% from the year 2003-2009，which highly exceeded the world average rate of the CGAR of 6%。The reason for our outstanding industrial development is basically due to our possession of a good information infrastructure，similarity of the language and cultural background in Asia, familiarity toward the Asia Pacific market，abundant funds and talented individuals with high management skills，and our rich background experiences with the western technical collaboration，PC hardware and software integrations and etc。These qualities all demonstrated that apparently，in today’s competitive market，Taiwan software industries have already exceeded many of Europe and America’s top information manufacturers。 The following study will use the academic theories for the process of foreign market entry strategies as the fundamental base，and on top of that，the practical aspect based on personal experiences of software industry’s foreign market developments；these will be combined into a set that is applicable to software industries for the foreign market entry strategies，suitable for enterprises’ reference。

This Diploma thesis covers the topic of marketing strategy of the Czech company GRANO Skuteč spol. s r.o. for entering the Austrian market. The thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. Theoretical part is focused on the process of planning a marketing strategy a of a building construction company. The practical part deals with the particular case of planning the marketing strategy for the company GRANO Skuteč spol. s r.o. Analyzes of the macro and micro environment are used to find the best solution, which recommended at the end of the thesis.

The goal of this thesis is to conduct a research and thorough analysis of the suggested new market for international company. In case of positive recommendation regarding market entry, marketing strategy and marketing mix are to be developed and proposed. The central idea behind the topic is to suggest efficient marketing strategy for Starbucks Corporation, global coffeehouses chain and coffee specialties seller, entry to the Ukrainian market. The recommendation is to be based on thorough analyses and researches of market environment and company's potential position. The thesis is divided into theoretical, analytical and practical parts. The theoretical part summarizes academical knowledge that is related to the topic of the thesis and that is used in further analytical and practical parts. Analytical part presents analyses made on country and industry situation and on current company's profile and strategies. In practical part, based on the analyses performed, the final recommendation on the mode of entry and marketing strategy is made.