<p>Each day we are being swamped with commercial messages from companies, this makes us select which messages we take in. We can screen off marketing from companies, but how do we react when friends are trying to sell us products? The purpose of this study is to examine, if and if so, friendship relations and business activities influence each other within a network marketing company and also to illuminate these effects. The study shows that network companies do not only offer economic opportunities and consumption of products, but also social fellowship.</p> / <p>Att vi människor överöses av kommersiella budskap från företag innebär att vi tvingas selektera vilka budskap vi uppfattar. Företags marknadsföring kan vi avskärma oss ifrån, men hur reagerar vi då vänner vill sälja produkter till oss? Syftet med studien är att undersöka om och i sådana fall hur vänskapsrelationer och affärsverksamheter påverkar varandra inom ett nätverksföretag, samt belysa dessa effekter. För att besvara syftet har kvalitativa intervjuer genomförts med återförsäljare inom ett av de största nätverksföretagen i Sverige. Studien visar att när återförsäljare integrerar vänskap och affärsverksamhet uppnås både positiva och negativa effekter. Avslutningsvis presenteras att nätverksföretagande inte endast erbjuder ekonomiska möjligheter och konsumtion av produkter utan även social gemenskap.</p>

As subsidiárias de corporações multinacionais sofrem pressões do ambiente interno e externo. Internamente competem por recursos e reconhecimento da matriz, externamente precisam se preocupar com os concorrentes e demais forças do mercado, de maneira que para desenvolver-se a subsidiária deve explorar as oportunidades de mercado e mostrar o potencial empreendedor que possui. Essas oportunidades podem estar num produto ou processo novo ou substancialmente aprimorado no qual a subsidiária teve o auxílio de um parceiro da rede em que está inserida. Particularmente, essa pesquisa analisa as inovações desenvolvidas localmente (dentro do país hospedeiro) através das subsidiárias instaladas no país, essas inovações são passíveis de serem transferidas para as suas matrizes e então utilizadas pelas demais subsidiárias espalhadas pelo mundo, tornando-se inovações globais. O foco principal deste estudo está em compreender a influência do empreendedorismo e das redes de empresas sobre o desenvolvimento e transferência dessas inovações. Para tanto, o presente estudo analisa uma amostra de 172 subsidiárias estrangeiras que operam no Brasil, a qual foi modelada utilizando-se a técnica de equações estruturais para o teste das hipóteses, mensuração do efeito mediador e comparação multigrupos visando avaliar o efeito moderador referente ao porte das subsidiárias. Os resultados sugerem que o empreendedorismo da subsidiária exerce influência significativa sobre o desenvolvimento das parcerias e consequente enraizamento da subsidiária na rede de empresas do mercado emergente, esse enraizamento na rede é um fator determinante para o desenvolvimento de inovações na subsidiária as quais podem ser transferidas para a matriz e então tornarem-se inovações globais. A partir desses resultados, a pesquisa contribui para um maior entendimento dos direcionadores de inovação nas subsidiárias e aprofunda a discussão sobre o desenvolvimento de inovações globais, particularmente àquelas provenientes de mercados emergentes. / The subsidiaries of multinational corporations are under pressure from internal and external environment. Internally compete for resources and recognition of the headquarters, externally have to worry about competitors and other market forces, so that to develop the subsidiary should explore market opportunities and show the potential entrepreneur has. These opportunities may be a product or new or substantially improved process in which the subsidiary had the help of a partner network in which it operates. In particular, this research analyzes the locally developed innovations (within the host country) through subsidiaries established in the country, these innovations are likely to be transferred to their headquarters and then used by other subsidiaries around the world, becoming global innovations. The main focus of this study is to understand the influence of entrepreneurship and business networks on the development and transfer of these innovations. Thus, the present study analyzes a sample of 172 foreign subsidiaries operating in Brazil, which was modeled using the technique of structural equation for the test case, measurement of the mediating effect and multi-groups comparison to assess the moderating effect regarding the size of the subsidiaries. The results suggest that entrepreneurship subsidiary has significant influence on the development of partnerships and consequent rooting subsidiary network of emerging market companies that rooting is a determining factor for the development of innovations in the subsidiary which can be transferred to the headquarter and become global innovation. From these results, the research contributes to a better understanding of the innovation drivers in subsidiaries and deepen the discussion on the development of global innovations, particularly those from emerging markets.

Each day we are being swamped with commercial messages from companies, this makes us select which messages we take in. We can screen off marketing from companies, but how do we react when friends are trying to sell us products? The purpose of this study is to examine, if and if so, friendship relations and business activities influence each other within a network marketing company and also to illuminate these effects. The study shows that network companies do not only offer economic opportunities and consumption of products, but also social fellowship. / Att vi människor överöses av kommersiella budskap från företag innebär att vi tvingas selektera vilka budskap vi uppfattar. Företags marknadsföring kan vi avskärma oss ifrån, men hur reagerar vi då vänner vill sälja produkter till oss? Syftet med studien är att undersöka om och i sådana fall hur vänskapsrelationer och affärsverksamheter påverkar varandra inom ett nätverksföretag, samt belysa dessa effekter. För att besvara syftet har kvalitativa intervjuer genomförts med återförsäljare inom ett av de största nätverksföretagen i Sverige. Studien visar att när återförsäljare integrerar vänskap och affärsverksamhet uppnås både positiva och negativa effekter. Avslutningsvis presenteras att nätverksföretagande inte endast erbjuder ekonomiska möjligheter och konsumtion av produkter utan även social gemenskap.

As subsidiárias de corporações multinacionais sofrem pressões do ambiente interno e externo. Internamente competem por recursos e reconhecimento da matriz, externamente precisam se preocupar com os concorrentes e demais forças do mercado, de maneira que para desenvolver-se a subsidiária deve explorar as oportunidades de mercado e mostrar o potencial empreendedor que possui. Essas oportunidades podem estar num produto ou processo novo ou substancialmente aprimorado no qual a subsidiária teve o auxílio de um parceiro da rede em que está inserida. Particularmente, essa pesquisa analisa as inovações desenvolvidas localmente (dentro do país hospedeiro) através das subsidiárias instaladas no país, essas inovações são passíveis de serem transferidas para as suas matrizes e então utilizadas pelas demais subsidiárias espalhadas pelo mundo, tornando-se inovações globais. O foco principal deste estudo está em compreender a influência do empreendedorismo e das redes de empresas sobre o desenvolvimento e transferência dessas inovações. Para tanto, o presente estudo analisa uma amostra de 172 subsidiárias estrangeiras que operam no Brasil, a qual foi modelada utilizando-se a técnica de equações estruturais para o teste das hipóteses, mensuração do efeito mediador e comparação multigrupos visando avaliar o efeito moderador referente ao porte das subsidiárias. Os resultados sugerem que o empreendedorismo da subsidiária exerce influência significativa sobre o desenvolvimento das parcerias e consequente enraizamento da subsidiária na rede de empresas do mercado emergente, esse enraizamento na rede é um fator determinante para o desenvolvimento de inovações na subsidiária as quais podem ser transferidas para a matriz e então tornarem-se inovações globais. A partir desses resultados, a pesquisa contribui para um maior entendimento dos direcionadores de inovação nas subsidiárias e aprofunda a discussão sobre o desenvolvimento de inovações globais, particularmente àquelas provenientes de mercados emergentes. / The subsidiaries of multinational corporations are under pressure from internal and external environment. Internally compete for resources and recognition of the headquarters, externally have to worry about competitors and other market forces, so that to develop the subsidiary should explore market opportunities and show the potential entrepreneur has. These opportunities may be a product or new or substantially improved process in which the subsidiary had the help of a partner network in which it operates. In particular, this research analyzes the locally developed innovations (within the host country) through subsidiaries established in the country, these innovations are likely to be transferred to their headquarters and then used by other subsidiaries around the world, becoming global innovations. The main focus of this study is to understand the influence of entrepreneurship and business networks on the development and transfer of these innovations. Thus, the present study analyzes a sample of 172 foreign subsidiaries operating in Brazil, which was modeled using the technique of structural equation for the test case, measurement of the mediating effect and multi-groups comparison to assess the moderating effect regarding the size of the subsidiaries. The results suggest that entrepreneurship subsidiary has significant influence on the development of partnerships and consequent rooting subsidiary network of emerging market companies that rooting is a determining factor for the development of innovations in the subsidiary which can be transferred to the headquarter and become global innovation. From these results, the research contributes to a better understanding of the innovation drivers in subsidiaries and deepen the discussion on the development of global innovations, particularly those from emerging markets.

The aim of this thesis is to create a business plan for an existing company Design Bath, which operates as a wholesale and exclusive distributor of company PORCELANOSA Grupo on the Czech market of ceramic tiles. The plan is focused on building and extending current distribution network of PORCELANOSA Grupo products and should serve as a background for future decision making process and development of long-term strategy of company Design Bath. On the basis of this business plan we should be able to evaluate its feasibility. The theoretical part of this thesis contains basic introduction into business plans from theoretical point of view and market research methodology. The practical part includes the description of international and Czech market of ceramic tiles in order to understand the business opportunity. Description of competition, market research, proposal of suitable forms of distribution and financial plan are all included in the practical part in the way that the chapters logically follow each other. Financial plan revealed that the business plan is viable. Potential risks and conditions of successful realization complete the last part of the thesis.

The goal of this thesis is to map the educational environment and trends relevant for the implementation of internal social networks at Czech universities. Based on these findings to deliver viable business plan for launching internal social networks at Czech public universities. First part deals with the theoretical background of the business plan formation as well as its usage, forms and structure. Furthermore, it portrays IT technology currently used by universities and describes implementation and adoption of internal social networks. Second part focuses on the elaboration of a specific business plan for the company Hungry GECKO with focus on providing university social network. The whole business plan is based on the executed market research and quantified in the financial plan.

This paper concerns about key business process in the production companies, namely, the new product development. The object of this thesis has been to create a tool to estimate the risk of the new product development. To reach this goal, current tools used to deciding the risk must have been explored. As the best tool, appropriate for assessing the risk of new product development has proved the Bayesian Network. This paper explains the construction of the Bayesian network and shows the way how to generate the probabilities in the network to be accurate for the risk estimation. Based on this theoretical knowledge has been built an information system, which estimates the risk of the new products and administer the risks.