In this study, we have identified a gap in the existing literature regarding post-entry management of infrastructural and institutional voids, risks, and distances related to establishing foreign operations in uncertain markets. It is in existing literature well-established how firms internationalize their operations, what entry modes they use, and what the drivers for internationalizing one's operations are. There is further a vast amount of literature discussing eventual challenges concerning risk and cultural/psychic distance in relation to internationalization. Our aim with this study has been to combine existing literature with our findings to investigate the means of how Swedish MNEs overcome post-entry infrastructural and institutional voids, risks, and distances when entering uncertain markets. A thematic content analysis was used on fifteen years worth of annual and sustainability reports from three Swedish MNEs respectively along with a comparative analysis. Our analysis indicates that the three Swedish MNEs, in general, experience the same kind of voids, risks, and distances and take similar actions to overcome those challenges.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hj-56978 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Andersson, André, Steiner, Styrbjörn, Svenningsson, Viktor |
| Publisher | Jönköping University, Internationella Handelshögskolan |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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