The Master Thesis deals with the investment environment of the Central European countries, familiarizes the reader with the phenomenon of foreign direct investment, and analyzes the macroeconomic environment in relation to the investment inflow and stock. It characterizes foreign direct investment in the global setting and outlines several internalization theories. Covering a wide range of various macroeconomic indicators that influence the investment favorability, the thesis compares Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia along with relevant concise analyses. Moreover, the foreign direct investment inflows and stocks are addressed and the investment inflow influence on national trade, especially export and import flows and trade ties, is presented.

This master thesis aims to explore the conditions of small and medium-sized enterprises in expanding to foreign markets and to find opportunities that will help these businesses to grow. By opportunity it is meant the company's own effort, or state and non-state support of SME's. In the thesis there is analyzed the situation of SME's in the Czech market and the services and support that businesses can use while expanding abroad, it also analyses the modern methods in this area. The aim of the thesis is to analyze trends in the field of internationalization of SMEs, to identify the key needs of Czech companies and to compare them with the actual support offered in the Czech market. Based on a comparison with foreign practice, namely New Zealand, it should propose new ways and opportunities in the process of expansion.

Small, new or foreign firms inherently have a lower likelihood of surviving in the market. Frequently, this is due to the existence of resource constraints, such as the liabilities of smallness, newness or foreignness. Consequently, to survive in the market, small, new or foreign firms need to find efficient ways to use their resources. Multiple ways to alleviate these problems have been discussed in the literature, which include digitalization, internationalization, or outsourcing relationships. The usage of digital technologies, entering foreign markets or partnering with established organizations have been found to have compelling advantages and, thus, are promising practices for small, new and foreign firms in overcoming those constraints. It is, however, surprising that little is known about relevant aspects of these practices. For instance, research has just begun to investigate the influence of digital technologies on small and new firms, misses to investigate the success factors in the internationalization of small, new and foreign e-commerce firms, or has not fully investigated methods to improve performance of small firms in outsourcing relationships. Drawing on extant research on digitalization, internationalization, and outsourcing this cumulative dissertation presents four research papers. Each paper contributes to fill existing research gaps in the respective literature. All papers investigate a particular type of small firm and examine potential ways to handle scare resources. Beyond the theoretical and practical contributions of each research paper, this dissertation in its entirety presents several implications for practitioners in small, new and foreign firms that will help them to overcome resource constraints. Furthermore, the thesis discusses implications for theory, limitations, and avenues for further research.

This diploma thesis on the topic "Financing of business activities" processes the entry into the foreign e-commerce market using the chosen strategy and modern marketing plan. In the first part, attention is paid to the issues of e-commerce, business on the Internet, penetrations into new markets and Internet marketing tools from the perspective of theory. The second part deals with the description of TWIN PRODUCTION s.r.o., analysis and comparison of two selected markets. It also includes the design of a strategy for entering the selected market and an outlined marketing strategy. Last but not least, all activities related to internationalization are financially quantified and some measures are proposed.

Research Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the opportunities that COVID-19 crisis has created for SMEs, in particular those involving digital technologies. I also describe and how SMEs can improve their functionality, efficiency accessibility and sales by using these technologies for internationalization. Research Questions:  What international business opportunities do digitized SME’s find in the covid-19 lockdown? Methodology: This study is followed by qualitative research and inductive approach. The data collection was done by semi-structured online interviews. Ten people running small and medium-sized businesses are the convenience sample of the study. Findings: For the advancement of several digital platforms, SMEs are continuing their international operations during COVID 19 pandemic. Many SMEs forced to go online during the pandemic, which also helps them become global players. By utilizing social media, online payment platforms, online e-commerce marketplaces, regular SMEs are now converting as digital businesses. By adopting digital technology, SMEs are now able to work smoother than before by having new functionality, efficiency and accessibility. SMEs that involved with the digital business from long ago are also experiencing noticeable growth during the pandemic. On the other hand, some SMEs are also suffering as their overall business operation get interrupted by the pandemic.   Research Limitations: The total number of interviewed respondents was only 10 due to the limitation of time scope and all of the interview done online. A larger study sample with physical interview are a possible direction of future work.

This diploma thesis is focused on the possible forms of internationalization. The aim is to propose possible strategies of internationalization of EPRIN, spol. s r. o. company on Slovak market. Theoretical resources deal with the explanation of different approaches to internationalization and possible forms of entry into foreign markets. After the theoretical resources follow analysis of the current state, where company is described, are made analyses and is summarized its competitiveness. On the base of finding is suggested a possible strategy to reach foreign market, which should bring new customers, to help raise the profile and reach out to other markets.

Pedloen diplomov prce âNvrh rozvoje internacionalizaÄn­ strategie spoleÄnosti Heinrich Huhn na mexick©m trhuâ je zaloen na identifikaci kritickch faktor ovlyvuj­c­ch volbu konkr©tn­ mezinrodn­ formy vstupu. Teoretick Äs je zamÄen na otzku globalizace a internacionalizace, jej­ strategie a forem vstupu. Analytick Äs zahrnuje analzu intern­ho podnikatelsk©ho prosted­ firmy Heirich Huhn, pehled odvÄtv­, analzu extern­ho mexick©ho prosted­, kter© s nslednÄ shrnuty v analze SWOT. Posledn­ Äs nab­z­ nvrhy a doporuÄen­ zaloen na konsolidaci pedloench analz.

博士（社会学） / II, 189 p. / 一橋大学

Cette thèse vise à comprendre l’émergence de l’édition indépendante au Chili depuis le tournant des années 1990. Coïncidant avec le retour vers la démocratie, elle incarne la confrontation entre deux logiques d’internationalisation du marché du livre au niveau mondial : l’une s’inscrivant dans la concentration du marché de l’édition autour de multinationales ; l’autre se nourrissant du capital symbolique accumulé et valorisé au gré d’alliances internationales entre petits éditeurs. Dans cette dernière, il est question de la fabrication de l’indépendance comme stratégie de résistance collective. S’appuyant sur la catégorie de la diversité culturelle et la place du livre « produit pas comme les autres », ces éditeurs ont construit des passerelles entre l’Amérique latine, le Canada et la France - qui leur ont permis d’acquérir une reconnaissance auprès des agences publiques chiliennes dans le champ de la culture, tout en produisant des réaménagements de l’espace éditorial plus vaste. L’étude de ce répertoire d’actions permet de comprendre les ressorts de la reconnaissance politique de ce petit groupe d’éditeurs, qui leur a permis d’assurer leur survie économique au plan national et international face aux logiques néolibérales des multinationales de l’édition et aux contraintes du cadre transitionnel vis-à-vis du livre et de la lecture. / This thesis aims to understand the emergence of independent publishing in Chile since the turn of the 1990s. Coinciding with the return to democracy, this type of publishing is characterized by a confrontation between two different internationalization rationales in the global book market. One rationale is part of the process of concentration of the publishing market around multinationals. The other, is nourished by the symbolic capital accumulated and valued through international alliances between small publishers. In this last rationale, internationalization is about the fabrication of independence as a strategy of collective resistance. Based on the category of cultural diversity and the idea of the book "a product like no other", small publishers have built bridges between Latin America, Canada and France, which have enabled them to gain recognition from Chilean public agencies in the field of culture, while at the same time producing changes in the wider editorial space. The study of this repertoire of actions allow us to understand the political recognition of this small group of publishers, as a mechanism that enabled them to ensure their economic survival at the national and international levels, against the neoliberal logic of multinational publishing companies and the constraints of the transitional framework vis-à-vis books and reading.

Nous étudions les méthodes de management stratégique de l’entreprise familiale qui favorisent l’internationalisation performante et durable. Sur base de quatre cadres théoriques, la création de valeur économique durable, le socle stratégique, le modèle séquentiel d’Uppsala et l’apprentissage organisationnel, nous avons émis l’hypothèse qu’une stratégie d’internationalisation est performante et durable si les méthodes de management stratégique de l’entreprise familiale reposent sur des variables endogènes sociales et économiques. Au travers d’un cas longitudinal de recherche-intervention qualimétrique, nous avons ainsi identifié et mesuré les facteurs endogènes de performance durable de son internationalisation. Deux facteurs dominants de performance et deux de durabilité lui procurent un avantage concurrentiel : des pratiques de pilotage et de contrôle de trois natures incrémentales managériale, organisationnelle et informationnelle, la renégociation fréquente du « pacte organisationnel de vie commune », la mesure de ces facteurs incorporels et endogènes mobilisés et l’organisation de l’apprentissage tiré de l’expérience. / We study family businesses’ strategic management methods that promote sustainable and efficient internationalization. Based on four theoretical frameworks, sustainable economic value creation, strategic base, Uppsala’s sequential model, and organizational learning, we have ventured the following research hypothesis: the internationalization strategy boosts sustainable performance if family businesses’ strategic management methods rely on social and economic endogenous variables. Through a longitudinal intervention-research case, we have identified and measured its internationalization sustainable performance endogenous factors. Two main performance factors and two main sustainability factors provide competitive advantage for it: steering and controlling practices with three incremental functions (management, organization, and information), regular negotiation on “how to live together organizational agreement”, measurement of intangible and endogenous factors, and organization of experience-based learning.