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Executive summary In a world where the Internet and good communications accelerates the globalization, having connections across borders becomes a competitive advantage. The easy access to a constant stream of information is making the opportunities countless, adding to the equation that the Internet and supplementary techniques such as different types of software are still very young, the opportunities will keep on emerge. At the moment there are still great gaps in terms of technology between countries, which enables fast growing companies such as Lintner to fill a niche and gain new market shares due to their technological lead and managerial practices. But how should they enter the new markets and reach the new costumers? This research has put the emphasis on creating a guiding discussion on how an international expansion strategy could be formulated. We have found that organizations can lower the risk and increase their profit potential by combining several strategies, that they start by expanding with a low-risk strategy and then increase the investments on the market to enable higher profitability. The benefits with this approach is that a small computer software company can take advantage from the simplicity and low needs for capital and then gradually increase the investment as they get market knowledge and a solid customer base. They need to work around challenges such as cultural differences by allowing the due diligence to take time and the targeted company to become familiar with the intentions of the collaboration. It is important that the organization prepares itself for the internationalization; this is done by the creation of slack resources. The strategy they choose must be formulated and incorporated in the overall business strategy. To successfully describe the alternatives to expansion currently available to Lintner, an extensive literature review has been conducted. But to fully understand the surrounding environment and the challenges with international expansion, we have conducted several interviews within Lintner, but also with three organizations that have previously found themselves where Lintner is today. The findings from these interviews were interpreted and placed in context to Lintner’s and to companies in their specific situation. This has been done in order for us to create a meaningful contribution to Lintner’s future growth.

<p>Executive summary</p><p>In a world where the Internet and good communications accelerates the globalization, having</p><p>connections across borders becomes a competitive advantage. The easy access to a</p><p>constant stream of information is making the opportunities countless, adding to the equation</p><p>that the Internet and supplementary techniques such as different types of software are</p><p>still very young, the opportunities will keep on emerge. At the moment there are still great</p><p>gaps in terms of technology between countries, which enables fast growing companies such</p><p>as Lintner to fill a niche and gain new market shares due to their technological lead and</p><p>managerial practices. But how should they enter the new markets and reach the new costumers?</p><p>This research has put the emphasis on creating a guiding discussion on how an international</p><p>expansion strategy could be formulated.</p><p>We have found that organizations can lower the risk and increase their profit potential by</p><p>combining several strategies, that they start by expanding with a low-risk strategy and then</p><p>increase the investments on the market to enable higher profitability. The benefits with this</p><p>approach is that a small computer software company can take advantage from the simplicity</p><p>and low needs for capital and then gradually increase the investment as they get market</p><p>knowledge and a solid customer base. They need to work around challenges such as cultural</p><p>differences by allowing the due diligence to take time and the targeted company to</p><p>become familiar with the intentions of the collaboration. It is important that the organization</p><p>prepares itself for the internationalization; this is done by the creation of slack resources.</p><p>The strategy they choose must be formulated and incorporated in the overall business</p><p>strategy.</p><p>To successfully describe the alternatives to expansion currently available to Lintner, an extensive</p><p>literature review has been conducted. But to fully understand the surrounding environment</p><p>and the challenges with international expansion, we have conducted several interviews</p><p>within Lintner, but also with three organizations that have previously found themselves</p><p>where Lintner is today. The findings from these interviews were interpreted and</p><p>placed in context to Lintner’s and to companies in their specific situation. This has been</p><p>done in order for us to create a meaningful contribution to Lintner’s future growth.</p>

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This thesis explores the topic of Corporate Entrepreneurship in large organizations with regards to how innovations are transferred from an Innovation Department into a receiving Business Unit. It aims to understand this topic by identifying what challenges are common barriers to this transfer process. It also identifies the causes of these challenges. Finally, this thesis establishes what suitable approach can be adapted to address these challenges. To answer these concerns, this research takes a deductive research approach by conducting a qualitative, empirical research through semi-structured interviews within a large Nordic telecommunication company. It also includes, benchmarking against two examples of companies that have developed solutions to overcome similar challenges. This qualitative methodology involves analyzing the interview and benchmarking results in comparison with literature, to confirm or disprove previous research. From the findings, eight categories of common challenges are discovered which are rooted within the innovation strategy of incumbent companies. Based on this research, a framework is developed as an approach to address the challenges of transferring innovations from an Innovation Department into a receiving Business Unit. As contribution to this field of study, this thesis highlights how multiple academic theories such as Corporate Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management and Innovation Strategy can be synthesized to collectively address these challenges. This is done by proposing a solution that is adaptable for different incumbent organizations. The proposed framework uses a stage-gate process that progresses when certain criteria agreed between an Innovation Department and a receiving Business Unit, are fulfilled. This agreement is based on the extent to which the criteria for each stage-gate is achieved in order to transfer ownership of the innovation solution. / Denna avhandling undersöker ämnet företags entreprenörskap i stora organisationer när det gäller hur innovationer överförs från en innovationsavdelning till en mottagande affärsenhet. Den syftar till att förstå detta ämne genom att identifiera vilka utmaningar som är gemensamma hinder för denna överföringsprocess samt orsakerna till dessa utmaningar. Slutligen fastställs lämpliga tillvägagångsättför att hantera dessa utmaningar. För att svara på dessa utmaningar tillämpas en deduktiv forskningsmetod och en kvalitativ forskningsdesign baserat på semi-strukturerade intervjuer inom ett stort nordiskt telekommunikationsföretag. Den inkluderar också benchmarking med två företag som har utvecklat lösningar för att övervinna liknande utmaningar. Denna kvalitativa metod innebär analys av intervjuer samt benchmarking i jämförelse med litteraturen för att bekräfta eller motbevisa tidigare forskning. I resultaten återfinns åtta kategorier av gemensamma utmaningar som är förankrade i innovationskulturen hos befintliga företag. Baserat på resultaten utvecklades ett ramverk för att hantera utmaningarna kring att överföra innovationer från en innovationsavdelning till en mottagande affärsenhet. Som ett bidrag till detta ämnesområde framhävs i denna avhandling hur flera akademiska teorier som corporate entreprenörskap (or intraprenörskap- look it up), innovationsledning och innovationsstrategi kan syntetiseras för att gemensamt hantera dessa utmaningar . Detta görs genom att föreslå en lösning som är anpassningsbar för olika etablerade organisationer. Den föreslagna ramen använder en steg-grind-modellen (look it up) som fortskrider när vissa kriterier som överenskommits mellan en innovationsavdelning och en mottagande affärsenhet är uppfyllda. Processen är baserad på i vilken utsträckning kriterierna för varje steg är uppnådda för att överföra äganderätten till innovationslösningen.

This thesis explores the topic of Corporate Entrepreneurship in large organizations with regards to how innovations are transferred from an Innovation Department into a receiving Business Unit. It aims to understand this topic by identifying what challenges are common barriers to this transfer process. It also identifies the causes of these challenges. Finally, this thesis establishes what suitable approach can be adapted to address these challenges.   To answer these concerns, this research takes a deductive research approach by conducting a qualitative, empirical research through semi-structured interviews within a large Nordic telecommunication company. It also includes, benchmarking against two examples of companies that have developed solutions to overcome similar challenges. This qualitative methodology involves analyzing the interview and benchmarking results in comparison with literature, to confirm or disprove previous research.   From the findings, eight categories of common challenges are discovered which are rooted within the innovation strategy of incumbent companies. Based on this research, a framework is developed as an approach to address the challenges of transferring innovations from an Innovation Department into a receiving Business Unit. As contribution to this field of study, this thesis highlights how multiple academic theories such as Corporate Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management and Innovation Strategy can be synthesized to collectively address these challenges. This is done by proposing a solution that is adaptable for different incumbent organizations. The proposed framework uses a stage-gate process that progresses when certain criteria agreed between an Innovation Department and a receiving Business Unit, are fulfilled. This agreement is based on the extent to which the criteria for each stage-gate is achieved in order to transfer ownership of the innovation solution / Denna avhandling undersöker ämnet företags entreprenörskap i stora organisationer när det gäller hur innovationer överförs från en innovationsavdelning till en mottagande affärsenhet. Den syftar till att förstå detta ämne genom att identifiera vilka utmaningar som är gemensamma hinder för denna överföringsprocess samt orsakerna till dessa utmaningar. Slutligen fastställs lämpliga tillvägagångsättför att hantera dessa utmaningar.   För att svara på dessa utmaningar tillämpas en deduktiv forskningsmetod och en kvalitativ forskningsdesign baserat på semi-strukturerade intervjuer inom ett stort nordiskt telekommunikationsföretag. Den inkluderar också benchmarking med två företag som har utvecklat lösningar för att övervinna liknande utmaningar. Denna kvalitativa metod innebär analys av intervjuer samt benchmarking i jämförelse med litteraturen för att bekräfta eller motbevisa tidigare forskning.   I resultaten återfinns åtta kategorier av gemensamma utmaningar som är förankrade i innovationskulturen hos befintliga företag. Baserat på resultaten utvecklades ett ramverk för att hantera utmaningarna kring att överföra innovationer från en innovationsavdelning till en mottagande affärsenhet. Som ett bidrag till detta ämnesområde framhävs i denna avhandling hur flera akademiska teorier som corporate entreprenörskap (or intraprenörskap- look it up), innovationsledning och innovationsstrategi kan syntetiseras för att gemensamt hantera dessa utmaningar . Detta görs genom att föreslå en lösning som är anpassningsbar för olika etablerade organisationer. Den föreslagna ramen använder en steg-grind-modellen (look it up) som fortskrider när vissa kriterier som överenskommits mellan en innovationsavdelning och en mottagande affärsenhet är uppfyllda. Processen är baserad på i vilken utsträckning kriterierna för varje steg är uppnådda för att överföra äganderätten till innovationslösningen.

新創企業在創業之初，往往資源不足、訂單未到、客戶關係未建立好、技術及產品未成熟、管理尚未到位，市場不確定等不利因素。所以不管從台灣或大陸的環境來看新創企業，創業之初的三到五年是新創企業最為艱困且風險最高的時段。 因此本研究主要在探討，材料表面處理技術的創業規劃及經營，新創企業如何在創業醞釀階段，就做好創業活動規劃；在草創存活階段，做好存活策略推動，使企業得以存活；在經營維持階段，如何推進經營利潤，並讓企業持續發展下去。使新創企業處於不同階段下，能有效分析、規劃及做好該階段的行動任務，而讓新創企業渡過各個階段的考驗，為本論文的研究目的。 研究結果顯示，在創業醞釀階段，要有創業活動的形成，需要在創業活動前做好分析及規劃。除要有創業的「環境價值機會」出現外，要有能提供顧客價值之「價格」、「品質」、「速度」、「需求滿足」誘因，及具備「技術、產品或服務」、「人或團隊」、「資金」、「客戶關係」等創業關鍵組成。 在草創存活階段，企業需推動存活策略三構面，使企業能順利存活下來，其中與其構面變項有利的連接方向，證明朝向：產品/服務經營模式「訂定得當」、控制資源/開銷「消耗少」、創造利益體/網絡「連結多」，將最有利於新創企業存活的方向。此外，新創企業在草創階段，如所從事的產品或服務之營銷活動，所在的區域、客戶、及市場，在創業之初有很高的不確定性，選擇性或階段性的「集中」（Focus）策略才是正確的戰略。但如從存活策略三構面上做分析，所得到的結果皆為不利的情況，而資源又已先行投入情況下，如擬存活下來，對該項目最好的經營策略就是採取「退縮」（Withdrawal）策略。 而在新創企業在剛經歷草創存活階段後，為能持續性存活下來，需有「經營利潤推進」產生，才得以能維持經營。本論文從經營利潤推進的角度，提出經營維持的四構面做法，包括在創業經營風險構面及成本構面的降低活動；價值構面及收入構面的提升活動。做為在經營維持階段，主要的經營指標。因此，具體落實經營利潤推進的四構面，企業才得以有「利潤」的產生，也唯有利潤的產生，新創企業才得以有機會永續。 關鍵字：新創企業、創業規劃、存活策略、利潤推進、表面處理 創業管理 / A start-up at the beginning often encounters the following challengers: resources are insufficient; the order has not been big enough; customer's relation has not been set up well; the technology and the product is immature; the management has not been put in place yet; the market is uncertain, and so on. No matter the new company is operating in Taiwan or the mainland china, it will face high risk, particularly in the period of 3rd to 5th year after its establishment. Therefore, this research aims to study the entrepreneurial plans and managements for the material surface treatment technology, including how to make a business activity plan well in the entrepreneurial fermentation stage? how to do a better survival strategy promotion in the starting survival stage? and how to become profitable in the management arrangement stage. The purpose to let the new enterprise pass each stage sufferings by effectively analyzing, planning and completing action tasks under the different periods. The findings showed that the company needs to complete the analysis and the plan prior to the activity of entrepreneurship in the entrepreneurial fermentation stage. Besides providing with the opportunities for value added, the start-up needs to provide with “the customer value”, such as “price”, “quality”, “speed”, and “the satisfied demand” to provide, and to possess “the entrepreneurial key element” including “the technology, the product or the service”, “the human or the team”, “the fund”, and “the customer relations”. In the starting survival stage, the enterprise could implement the three key actions of survival strategy to survive smoothly. It is proven that a better survival orientation for a newly created enterprise is to have an appropriate position in product/service or business model, to utilize fewer resources/expenses, and to link with a wider network. In addition, the right strategy for a newly created enterprise in the starting survival stage is the selective or gradual focus strategy, if the marketing activities of product/service have the very high uncertainty at the beginning of the undertaking in the region or the market. The analysis from three key elements of survival strategy obtains result all for disadvantageous situation, but resources already in advance investment situation. The best management strategy is adapted to the strategy of withdrawal. A newly creation enterprise has gone through the starting survival stage, the advancement of operating profit should be produced to last for long enduring survival. The present paper proposed four key elements of management maintenance as a main management target from the advancement's angle of operating profit, which including to reduces the operational risk and cost elements and to increase the operational value and income elements. Therefore, the new enterprise could carry out the four key elements of operating profit advancement to get “the profit”, which would let enterprise have the opportunity to last forever. Keywords：Newly Created Enterprise, Entrepreneurial Plan, Survival Strategy, Profit Advancement, Surface Treatment, Entrepreneurial Management,

Weathering the entrepreneurial storm is considered by many an art form in itself but an undeniable, universal truth is the unilateral impact of an extraordinary leader on the chances of triumph in the face of great adversity. Yet the focus of academic studies all too often concerns the understanding of the weather patterns, the choice of captain and the direction of the ship rather than how to turn the wheel, raise the mast or set the sails. This study has the aim of deciphering the routines, actions and methods of entrepreneurial leaders so as to produce tangible, actionable knowledge which real practitioners can bestow upon themselves. This is a collective case study which examines ten entrepreneurial leaders from various cities throughout Sweden using semi-structured, in-depth interviews. The findings pertain to routines, activities and methods that they use to fulfil five roles of effective entrepreneurial leadership which are further boiled down to 52 thematic strategies. These strategies are then aligned into five fundamental skills; encompassing a collective approach, building individual relationships, fragmentation, dynamic perspective and utilising feedback. We believe that through developing these skills that entrepreneurial leaders can better cultivate their own routines, activities and methods contingent to their particular circumstance and transaction set.