<p>To find an appropriate balance between centralization and localization is a key factor for a successful international company. From a company perspective, this thesis tries to figure out if the different aspects such as organizational culture, national culture and industry sector determine the standardization or adaptation of companies' websites and which website features are affected. The internationalization typology of Barlett and Ghoshal has been used to classify 12 companies from 3 industry sector according to their international strategy. Then their websites in United States, Germany and Taiwan will be analysed to compare if the internationalization types among their websites correspond to the expected. The results show that the three aspects impact the appearence of their websites.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:liu-9801 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Troestler, Andrea, Lee, Hsin Ping |
| Publisher | Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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