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Lim, Sirirat Sae. "Manufacturing strategy in U.K. start-up companies." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608976.
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Du, Qiuping, and Aida Kadyova. "Stakeholder Engagement and Start-up Company Growth : A Qualitative Study of Swedish Start-up Companies." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-115173.
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In today’s dynamic business environment, stakeholders are seen as essential and companies are expected to engage stakeholders in mutually productive areas such as innovation and product development, market and sales development, sustainability, etc. However, prior literature of stakeholder engagement has mainly focused on large companies and the benefits of stakeholder engagement are usually narrowed to one specific area of growth. Therefore, this thesis focuses on the micro level of start-up companies and examines benefits of stakeholder engagement in terms of different aspects of company growth (namely financial performance, product development and innovation, marketing/sales development, reputation, sustainability and CSR, knowledge learning and information.). Literature review of concepts of stakeholder engagement, start-ups and company growth has led to the theoretical framework of the thesis. It serves as guidance for the overall methodology. In order to meet the research objectives, we conduct a qualitative exploratory study on eight Swedish start-ups from different industries and with different characteristics. The data collection technique we use is semi-structured interviews with the eight owners (CEOs) of the start-ups. Through the interviews we examined the stakeholders that start-up companies are engaging, the benefits of engaging different stakeholders, the costs which may prevent them from engagement and the relationships between stakeholder engagement and their company growth. The thesis has found that start-ups do engage different stakeholders for various growth aspects, and identified major focus areas and main stakeholders that start-ups attach more importance to than others. Customers and suppliers are frequently mentioned for driving product, market and sales development, which leads to direct financial growth. Owner-managers, employees and investors are in the second group of growth drivers, while the third group includes personal network, government organizations and communities. Meanwhile, the thesis has also categorized the benefits of stakeholder engagement into two groups according to the relative importance found out. Market and sales development, innovation and product development and financial performance are the primary, more frequently mentioned benefits than sustainability/CSR, Knowledge Learning/Information and reputation. Thus, the thesis has extended the theoretical framework by fitting it to the start-up context. The thesis has contributed to prior literature by reinforcing the prior research on stakeholder engagement and also filling the research gap in micro start-up company context. The thesis can give practical implications to start-up companies in terms of how to engagement stakeholders to drive company growth. We could conclude that start-up company context carries certain difference from large companies in stakeholder engagement, and start-ups should be encouraged to engage stakeholders more to drive company growth.
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Kirilenko, Maria. "Brand building in Swedish start-up fashion companies." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-41315.
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The objective of the research was to confirm the theoretical framework on brand building with the empirical data. This comparison was performed with the intention to provide a more objective and practical view on the challenging process of brand building in start-up Swedish fashion companies and thus, assist them in their development. Qualitative research based on interviews was the main research method throughout the work. There are two types of data that have been collected in order to assist the research such as theoretical and empirical. Theoretical data was extracted from the variety of books and articles on brand building, while the empirical data was gathered using interviews as the data collection method. Interviews were performed with Swedish start-up fashion companies in order to better understand the brand importance, brand building process and challenges that companies face. As a result of the qualitative research based on interviews, practical steps of brand building in start-up fashion companies are presented and then compared with the theoretical framework, in order to get a more objective view on the process and assist start-up companies in their development. All this data was analyzed and documented as well as results and propositions for future research.
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Heibel, Martin. "Founder turnover in venture capital backed start-up companies." Weisbaden : Gabler, 2008. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10279681.
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Noller, Sarah, and Xu Han. "International Growth Strategies for Start-Up and Micro Companies." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, EMM (Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-9423.
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sonami AG is a company that is located in the Principality of Liechtenstein. It was founded in 2007. Since then it didn’t gain many customers and it is questionable how long the?company will be able to survive with having that few customers. In order to get rid of the current situation and to achieve a sustainable expansion strategy in the long run sonami asked us for help. The question thus is; how would an international expansion strategy look like.
In order to answer this question a case study approach was used. Four successful micro companies were interviewed and asked about their international strategy and their recommendations for expanding abroad.
In addition internationalization literature has been reviewed. Furthermore the concept of strategy, strategic planning and strategic management has been discussed.In the end a framework for sonami was developed. Different approaches, mixed with different recommendations and insights of the case studies were used to develop it.
The result is that sonami has major problems internally, which should be solved before entering any international path. Our developed framework names several pre‐requisites that need to be fulfilled before moving on to the next step. We have tried to generate a deliberate strategy for sonami. We also recommended sonami to take advantage of opportunities given. This would however mean that sonami would then follow an emergent strategy.??
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Puroila, A. (Aslak). "Due-diligence of potential investors by Finnish start-up companies." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2018. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201809052723.
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Start-up industry has boomed recently globally and early-stage ventures requires capital to finance their activities. Venture capital money is a traditional and the most important source for high-tech and risky ventures to seek capital.
The aim of this study is to determine how entrepreneurs evaluate their potential Venture Capital investors and what are the most important characteristics of Venture Capital firms for founder teams. To this end, the research question is as follows: How Finnish Start-up companies conduct due-diligence of their potential Venture Capital investors?
The research question is answered through semi-structured one-to-one interviews with Finnish entrepreneurs. The data of interviews was analyzed through content analyze method.
The results indicate that entrepreneurs do not evaluate Venture Capital investors enough. Entrepreneurs tend to rely on few easily available sources and ignore deeper analysis of their potential VC partners. Evaluation process is seen as a social process that emerges between entrepreneur and investor through interaction.
Entrepreneurs are keen to know reputation and values of the VC investors. Entrepreneurs are likely to accept an offer from a VC that has experience from the same industry. International connections and overall network of investor are seen as most important value-added services. Track record of VC is a moderately important for founders but reputation of VC is more important for entrepreneurs. Term sheet and valuation of venture is important for entrepreneurs and they expect to gain knowledge of VCs philosophy and values from the term sheet paper. Investors that have potential to invest to the company in future finance rounds and investors’ connections to later-stage investors are also seen relevant. Formal and informal meetings and discussions with investors are seen most reliable source to gain understanding of VC companies.
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Aktalay, Banu. "Intellectual Property Management Strategy In New Technology-based Start-up Companies." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605598/index.pdf.
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To draw up an intellectual property management strategy is one of the most important tasks to do when starting up technology-based companies, which play a very important role in the knowledge-based economies. IP management due to protection must be regarded as a strategic asset aimed at improving the competitive advantages, increasing the revenue of a technology-based start up company and encouraging to continue to develop new technologies, by securing a technological platform for a future development, preventing competitors from gaining access to emerging markets, creating retaliatory power against competitors and preventing innovative products from being plagiarized.
Through this study the aim is forming a guide including why and how an IP management strategy develop and implement to a new technology-based start up company. Beside these it is proved that from the properties that characterize the start-up configuration of a high-tech firm there can be derived three organizational archetypes of firms each of which requires different IP management strategies.
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Burgel, Oliver. "The internationalisation of British start-up companies in high-technology industries." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1999. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/36349/.
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The present thesis analyses the international activities of British start-up companies in high-technology industries. The research makes the following contributions. First, it is the first study that establishes the prevalence of internationally operating start-up companies in a particular country. Accordingly, we find that the majority of British high-tech start-ups have engaged in international activities within a few years since formation. Second, it consolidates the existing knowledge in the field of international entrepreneurship and subjects it to empirical testing. Third, it assesses the power of different theories in international business to explain the cross-border activities of start-up companies. We analysed the determinants of the decision to internationalise, the degree of internationalisation and the timing of internationalisation. Our results suggest that firm size has a positive impact on these dependent variables. However, the threshold value for a positive likelihood of initiating international sales is well below the median size of the population, therefore suggesting that scale-related barriers to internationalisation can be overcome quite easily. Internationalisation is positively influenced by the international experience of the founders, technology intensity and the innovativeness of the technology incorporated in the products. Internationalisation is negatively influenced by a product's degree of clientspecific customisation. External finance and transaction costs during the sales process did not impact on these dimensions of internationalisation. When looking at the choice of market entry mode, we find that the innovativeness of the technology incorporated in a product lead to a higher probability of involving intermediaries. While this is apparently at odds with theory, we argue that an intermediary is a mechanism for start-ups to overcome the "liability of alienness" and to gain legitimacy in foreign markets. Overall, the research lends support to a resource-based perspective of international entrepreneurship since the proxies for transaction cost-based arguments and the internationalisation process theory are of limited explanatory power.
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Sidemo, Elsa, and Ebba Lundberg. "The Integration of Two Innovation Driven Methods Based on the Start-up Processes of Successful Software Companies : Lean Start-up and Design Thinking in Software." Thesis, Jönköping University, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-53002.
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Background: There is a great interest in researching prescriptive methods as entrepreneurs demand guidance for start-up processes. A learn-by-doing methodology called lean start-up methodology has influenced tech entrepreneurs. Further, design thinking is another methodology for developing innovation that has been suggested to benefit in a software context. The uncertain nature requiring rapid innovation for software start-ups has sparked the interest in exploring the combination of the methodologies in an entrepreneurial context to utilize the benefits of both. However, the methodologies have been criticized due to a lack of rigor. It is therefore an opportunity to explore applicability of lean start-up in practice and design thinking in a software context to develop a unique methodology integrating lean start-up and design thinking.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the occurrence of the two innovation driven methods lean start-up and design thinking in successful software start-ups, to develop a theory of an integrated methodology that utilizes the benefits of both. The intent is to provide explicit guidance for both scholars and entrepreneurs. Methodology: An exploratory qualitative method was used with an inductive approach, conducting semi-structured interviews with six founders of successful software companies. Conclusion: The findings advance the understanding of the lean start-up methodology in practice, by extending the aspect of idea development and clarifying the use of iterating aspects of the business model. The findings update the sequence of design thinking when applied in a software context and extend the iterating aspect, to adapt to the need for rapid development. The theory of suggested integration confirms that the first stages of design thinking initiate the idea process, emphasizing early consideration of desirability, viability, and feasibility, while lean start-up is integrated into the product development process, emphasizing rapid iterating development for validation.
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Löfdahl, Benjamin, and Birger Sjödin. "Supplier Selection for High-tech Start-up Companies : A Case Study of a Firefighting Robot." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Management, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-125882.
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The growing need to source manufacturing activities to original equipment manufacturers has presented a strategic challenge for firms in evaluating and selecting supplier partners for their products. Supplier performance evaluation is a well-researched area within supply chain management. Though several authors have contributed with models for supplier selection, there still exist uncertainties regarding how high-tech start-up firms should capitalize on these models. By conducting a case study at AB Realisator Management Consulting currently developing a new firefighting robot concept called FUMO™, the authors were able to develop a model for supplier selection and test it on a real case scenario. Results indicate that high-tech start-up firms in general should apply the following step-by-step process for selecting suppliers: Align supply chain strategy with product characteristics regarding supply and demand uncertainty, select supplier performance metrics from the comprehensive bank of metrics presented in this thesis related to the supply chain strategy, evaluate suppliers based on the selected performance metrics using the decision making framework Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). By following the suggested process step by step, incorporating performance metrics to the AHP structure, high-tech start-up firms will be able to find strategically suitable suppliers to manufacture their products.Det växande behovet av att lägga ut tillverkningsverksamhet till externa leverantörer har bidragit med en strategisk utmaning för företag, gällande att utvärdera och välja leverantörer för sina produkter. Leverantörsutvärdering är ett väl utforskat område inom supply chain management. Även om flera författare har bidragit med modeller för leverantörsutvärdering, finns det fortfarande oklarheter om hur högteknologiska nystartsföretag bör dra nytta av dessa modeller. Genom att utföra en fallstudie på AB Realisator Management Consulting som för närvarande utvecklar ett nytt robotkoncept för brandförsvaret, har författarna kunnat utveckla en modell för val av leverantörer, samt testat den på ett verkligt scenario. Resultat visar att högteknologiska nystartsföretag i allmänhet bör tillämpa följande steg-för-steg-process för val av leverantörer: Matcha supply chain-strategi med produktattribut baserat på osäkerhet i tillgång och efterfrågan, välja mätvärden relaterade till vald supply chain-strategi från den omfattande mätvärdesbanken som presenteras i denna avhandling, utvärdera leverantörer utifrån valda mätvärden genom att applicera beslutsverktyget Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Genom att följa den föreslagna processen steg för steg kommer högteknologiska nystartsföretag kunna välja strategiskt lämpliga leverantörer för att tillverka sina produkter.
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Kirigo, Miano Maurine. "CSR STRATEGY IN SWEDISH STARTUP COMPANIES." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-35720.
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Purpose: This study aims to explore the CSR strategies in startup companies. To achieve this, this research paper, therefore, strives to first understand what drives startups to adopt socially responsible activities, gauging the level of commitment to CSR and understanding how startup companies implement soMethodology: This research was conducted using a qualitative research approach using a multiple case approach. The multiple case study focused on Swedish startups. Primary data was used through semi-structured interviews and it was complemented by secondary data extracted from the company's websites.Findings: Startup companies are mainly driven to engage in CSR through a strategic motive but influenced by the moralistic motive that has mainly contributed to the startup companies to be proactive and accommodative in their CSR. And these startups approach CSR leads to their implementation of CSR integrated into their business model.Conclusion: This study stresses the importance of integrating CSR to the strategy of the companies especially in Startup companies where most think CSR is costly and not possible for these starting up ventures. Strategic CSR could be of benefit for competitive advantage and most importantly, the growth and survival of startup companies. Strategic CSR is a possibility for startup companies!
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Kruger, Heinrich. "A stratigic architecture for a start-up short term insurer operating on mutual principles in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97339.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research investigates the short-term insurance industry in South Africa in order to develop a strategic architecture for a new player to enter the market, differentiated primarily by operating on mutual principles. Mutual insurance is not something new and is widely applied across the world. However, in South Africa there is only one company that operates completely as a mutual. That company is known as the Professional Provident Society (PPS), and has been in operation since 1941. Although PPS operates completely as a mutual, it has only recently started to take part in the short-term insurance industry. Apart from them, there is no other short-term insurer that operates on mutual principles. In order to develop a strategic architecture, a thorough understanding of the industry and market was obtained by analysing the external and internal environments of short-term insurers in South Africa. The research is based on solid statistical data on all registered insurers, available from the governing body for insurers in South Africa, the Financial Services Board, as well as more qualitative data in the form of reports on industry analysis, performed by major auditors like KPMG and PWC. It also takes into consideration “cutting edge” approaches to starting up a new business, regardless of industry, through the application of the “Customer Development Model”, an approach based on lean and agile principles to mitigate the risk of developing a product / service at high cost before knowing if the market actually has a need or appetite for it. This research concludes by offering a strategic architecture and strategic implementation plan for a new player to enter the market, based on the analysis performed though the application of various strategic tools and frameworks. The primary findings of this research are that the industry is highly competitive, with longstanding ‘giants’ supported by parent companies. Those ‘giants’, however, all operate as stock insurers, and a transition by any one of them to mutual insurer, is highly unlikely. As mentioned, the industry currently only has one mutual insurer. This means there is really only one competitor (PPS) in terms of the profit sharing model and in that, PPS has a rather niche focus since its products are only available to graduate professionals. This research uses further external and internal environment analysis methods to extract industry information used in the formulation of a strategic architecture and business model for a new player to compete in the environment described above. It suggests that there is, in fact, room for a new player and that it can differentiate itself from stock insurers by applying the mutual model. It can further differentiate itself from stock insurers and PPS by expanding its market focus (i.e. not only for graduate professionals) and by utilising technology in productive and creative ways that encourages engagement with customers in a new way.
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Mårtensson, Frida, and Elin Kvarnström. "Social Media Marketing in Start-up Companies : Reaching New Consumers and Retaining Current Customers through Blogs and Facebook." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-173506.
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The current recession has made it difficult for companies to find customers and therefore tofinance their business which often leads to cuts in the marketing budget. Social mediamarketing could be the solution in these situations. The purpose of this study is to investigatehow marketing efforts in social media, specifically in blogs and Facebook, can be successfulin attracting consumers and also retain customers over time for start-up companies. This wasexamined through interviews with two recently started retail companies along with consumersurveys in these companies’ target markets. The paper has shown that Facebook is moreefficient than blogs and that social media is effective in spreading word-of-mouth andcommunicating with customers. The conclusion of this study is that Facebook is an effectivetool for start-up companies, both to reach new consumers and also to retain current customers.
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Atilgan, Cem. "Developing a Guideline for Start-ups and Small Scaled Companies for the Selection and Usage of Social Media: A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS OF CLAIMONY." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-179034.
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This study investigates the role of social media on the outreach and customer engagement within start-ups and small scaled companies and presents a guideline on the selection and usage of social media platforms for such companies.Within the last decade rapid development of social media has revolutionized the way of communication and interaction. The effects of such phenomenon has not only altered the conversation between individuals but also between companies and their stakeholders. Now that being online has become a necessity in order to be reached and to reach, people are spending more and more time online than ever. This rapid change in daily life has had a significant impact on customer behavior. The receivers of conventional media have switched into active participants within the two-way communication world of social media. In order to reach out to such an audience companies have started to modify their marketing and PR activities. To leverage this constantly growing and evolving world of social media, companies need to have a structured social media plan to locate, approach and interact with their audience. This can be done via careful selection and management of social platforms. It is important to note that because of the distinct characteristics of start-ups and small scaled companies a specific approach is required on social media. This paper analyzes the social media usage of start-up company Claimony. Together with qualitative interviews and benchmarking, the study aims to find key points within efficient selection and usage of social media.The findings show that there are several decisive factors for the selection and the usage of social media. Even though each and every one of these has a distinct significance, the barriers and limitations of start-ups and small scaled companies do not allow them to take all into consideration.Thus starting with most popular platforms of social media were found to be the most beneficial, convenient and feasible way to enter into social media. Furthermore, with the triangulation of the analysis of the case company's social media usage, the results from benchmarking and the qualitative interviews, suggested way of usage on social media is presented at the end.In the summary, based on the results of this research and relevant literature, a guideline on the selection and usage of social media platforms for start-ups and small scaled companies is provided.
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Torssell, Sofia, and Kristina Bondemark. "Business Models of Successful Start-up Companies : A comparative study of start-ups’ business models and how these are adapted to trends and competition in the industry." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Marknadsföring och Entreprenörskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-230192.
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Since the majority of emerging start-ups are not able to survive on the market, this study investigates business models in four start-up companies from two different industries in order to better understand how their business models relates to their success. This study is commissioned by a start-up who are about to begin their business in Stockholm. The purpose of this study is to make an assessment of the components in the utilized business models of growing start-ups in markets with different level of innovation. The investigation is made based on how trends and competition in the industry affect the business model and what the similarities are between the business model components of successful start-ups in two different industries. This study contribute to literature on start-ups’ business models by beginning to map differences and similarities in start-up’ business models as well as how these are affected by and adapted to the industry. It also helps start-ups understand the importance and usage of different business model components. In order to make an assessment of different business models, a multiple case study approach is adopted where each case is a start-up company. The analysis then follows a 2x2 framework and is sorted by Business Model Canvas. Three analyses are made, one within each industry and one between the two industries. The first analysis compares the business models of two companies in the industry of electricity consumption measurements and finds that trends regarding the environment and innovation affects both the industry and its’ competitors. The second analysis compares the business models of two companies in the package deliveries industry and trends regarding online shopping are found to affect this industry. The third analysis compares the two industries and both differences and similarities are found. The main findings regarding the business model components are then applied to the commissioner company and other emerging start-ups. Findings shows that the investigated start-ups have adapted the business model components to trends in the respective industry. The business model also adapts to the technological development in the associated industry and in other industries as well. The use of social channels seems to affect the customer relationships. Competition have affected the business models’ of the investigated start-ups and it is noticed that international and national goals, such as lowering the environmental impact, also affect the industry and the business models since these goals can encourage and push for change. Furthermore, each of the start-ups’ business model components have similarities even though the B2B, B2C and B2B2C strategies create differences. Furthermore, all of the start-ups are working with the trial and error approach, sustainability and environmental impact when developing their business model.Eftersom majoriteten av alla start-up företag inte lyckas överleva på marknaden undersöker denna studie affärsmodeller i fyra start-ups i två olika industrier för att bättre förstå hur deras affärsmodeller har påverkat deras framgång. Studien utförs i Stockholm där uppdragsgivaren verkar. Syftet med studien är att göra en utvärdering av komponenterna i den verksamma affärsmodellen i växande start-up företag som verkar på marknader med olika innovationsnivåer. Studien utförs baserat på hur affärsmodellen anpassas efter trender och konkurrens i branschen och vilka likheter som finns i dessa affärsmodellers komponenter. Denna studie kan bidra till nuvarande litteratur om start-ups affärsmodeller genom att börja kartlägga affärsmodellernas likheter och skillnader och se hur de är anpassade efter branschen. Studien kan även hjälpa start-ups förstå nyttan och användningen av de olika komponenterna i deras affärsmodell. För att utföra jämförelsen användes en flerfallsstudie där de olika fallen är olika start-up företag. Analysen utfördes med hjälp av en 2x2 modell och är strukturerad efter Business Model Canvas. Totalt är tre analyser är genomförda, en inom varje bransch och en mellan de två branscherna. Den första analysen jämför affärsmodellerna för de två start-up företagen i branschen för elkonsumtionsmätningar och finner att innovation och trender från miljöaspekter påverkar dess företag. Den andra analysen jämför affärsmodellerna för de två start-up företagen i branschen för paketleveranser och finner att dessa företag påverkas av trenden webbshopping. Tredje och sista analysen jämför likheter mellan branscherna och finner både skillnader och likheter. Dessa kopplas sedan till uppdragsgivaren och andra nya start-ups i diskussionskapitlet. Analysen visar på att de undersökta start-up företagen har anpassat sina affärsmodellers komponenter efter trender i branschen. Affärsmodellen är också anpassad efter den tekniska utvecklingen i både den egna och andras branscher. Sociala kanaler verkar påverka kundrelationerna. Vidare har konkurrensen på marknaden påverkat affärsmodellerna, liksom nationella och internationella mål inom exempelvis miljöpåverkan som uppmuntrar förändringar. Slutligen har varje enskild komponent i affärsmodellerna likheter, även om de olika strategierna B2B, B2C och B2B2C skapar skillnader. Fortsättningsvis har alla undersökta start-ups testat sig fram och jobbar med hållbarhet och miljöpåverkan för att utveckla sina affärsmodeller.
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Cicconi, Eduardo Garbes. "Proposta de um modelo de tomada de decisão de investimento por parte dos fundos de venture capital em empresas start-ups de biotecnologia no Brasil." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/96/96132/tde-29012015-165504/.
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Em países como o Brasil, assumido como de desenvolvimento tardio, as empresas de base tecnológica assumem um papel importante no desenvolvimento tecnológico. Nesse sentido, o venture capital torna-se um ator importante como fonte de captação de recursos e auxílio ao sistema de inovação do país. No Brasil, a atuação de venture capital vem crescendo nos últimos anos, mas ainda é incipiente comparativamente a países como EUA e Inglaterra. Esse fato se agrava ao se analisar a atuação do venture capital junto ao setor de biotecnologia no Brasil. As empresas de biotecnologia no Brasil são recentes e o ciclo de desenvolvimento dessas empresas é muito longo. A partir deste contexto, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo a elaboração de uma análise dos principais critérios utilizados pelos fundos de venture capital na tomada de decisão em investir em empresas de biotecnologia e a proposição de um modelo de tomada de decisão para investimento em empresas nesse setor. Para que tais fatores fossem identificados e o modelo elaborado, foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa qualitativa e quantitativa. A pesquisa qualitativa consistiu na realização de entrevistas com cinco fundos por meio das quais foi possível analisar o processo de tomada de decisão por parte destes agentes. A pesquisa quantitativa envolveu a aplicação de questionários em empresas start-ups de biotecnologia com o intuito de serem levantadas algumas variáveis importantes relacionadas a suas características que podem exercer impacto no processo de avaliação do fundo. A proposição desse modelo poderá auxiliar as empresas a desenvolverem ações que possam aumentar a propensão delas em receber investimentos.In countries like Brazil, known as of late development, technology-based companies play an important role in technological development. In this sense, venture capital becomes a major player as a source of funding and support to the country\'s innovation system. In Brazil, the performance of venture capital has increased in recent years but it is still incipient compared to countries like USA and England. Such fact is aggravated when analyzing the performance of venture capital by the biotech industry in Brazil. Biotech companies in Brazil are recent and the development cycle of these companies is very long. From this context, the present study aimed to prepare an analysis of the main criteria used by venture capital funds in the decision to invest in biotechnology companies and the proposition of a model of decision making for investment in companies in this sector. In order to identify these factors and to develop the model, a qualitative and quantitative research was conducted. The qualitative research consisted of interviews with five funds through which it was possible to analyze the process of decision making by these agents. The quantitative research involved the use of questionnaires in business biotechnology start ups in order to raise some important variables related to the characteristics that may impact on the assessment of the background process. The proposition of this model can help companies to develop actions to increase the propensity for them to receive investments.
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Tunca, Burak, and Evgenia Yuditskaya. "Born Global Challenges and Performance - A Study on Competences, Routines, and Corporate Governance Structure of Born Global Software Companies in Sweden and Norway." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-7305.
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Problem: How do the born global firms overcome challenges and sustain performance in international markets through their competences, routines, and corporate governance structure?
Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the competences, routines, and corporate governance structure of born global companies, and understand their role in overcoming challenges of early internationalization and sustaining performance in international markets from early days.
Method: This research is conducted as multi-disciplinary, consisting of literature from International Business and Strategic Management. Relevant data is collected through six in-depth interviews with executives of born global companies from Sweden and Norway. Qualitative analysis has been used at data analysis stage.
Originality: This study contributes to literature by examining relatively neglected areas of born global companies; competences, routines, and corporate governance structure. It is also original in distilling a wide literature to explore challenges of born globals.
Conclusion: Our research reveals that despite their small size and limited resources, born global companies engage in competence building and leveraging activities, establish early international routines, and construct flexible governance structures to overcome challenges and achieve performance in the global arena.
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Nordqvist, Anna. "IT-Moln så långt ögat når? : En rapport om IT-stöd för kundarbetet i nystartade företag." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för kommunikation, medier och it, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-16593.
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Detta examensarbete behandlar ämnena molnteknik och IT-stöd för kundarbetet i nystartade företag och har främst utförts åt en extern beställare, företaget Approdites AB. Företaget önskade information och rekommendationer gällande potentiella tjänster för IT-stöd som de skulle kunna använda sig av i sitt arbeta med kunderna. Examensarbetet resulterar i dels en akademisk rapport bestående av bland annat teori, metod och tidigare forskning, dels en rapport/förundersökning innehållande rekommendationer om tjänster, samt riktlinjer åt företaget gällande de aktuella områdena. De båda rapporterna syftar till att förse företaget Approdites med relevant information om områdena i stort, samt ge förslag på tjänster som kan passa deras verksamhet. I den akademiska rapporten redogörs för hur grunden till rapporten med teori, metoder och andra viktiga områden lades.
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Andersson, Julia, and Kristoffer Sandberg. "Potential Pitfalls in the Implementation Process of an Information System : A Framework for Identifying Pitfalls for Companies in the Startup Phase Aiming to Implement an Information System." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Interaktiva och kognitiva system, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-176359.
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Although many information system (IS) implementations are considered to have the resources necessary to be successful, they often fail. This is especially challenging for small IS providers who lack a proven process for gaining willingness to use and onboard a new customer. Hence, there is a need to develop a framework to identify potential pitfalls in such implementation matters, from designing the system until successfully onboarded customers. This paper aims to target this issue and proposes a framework for identifying common pitfalls during the implementation process of an IT system. Moreover, this paper applies the framework to an IS provider in the start-up phase by focusing on the system user. With the support of the framework and based on the company's context, this paper presents identified pitfalls and suggestions for actions that the IS provider can take to avoid them. IS models are selected and applied considering the company's needs and previous literature. The IS models considered are Value Network Analysis (VNA), Extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM2), and Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). As a result, seven pitfalls are identified considering organizational culture and leading change, user resistance, complexity, mandatory reliance, value demonstration, experience and control, and weak links.
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Faria, Louise Scoz Pasteur de. "O poder dos sonhos : uma etnografia de empresas startup no Brasil e no Reino Unido." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/179408.
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Empresas startup simbolizam o epicentro de narrativas sobre o capitalismo contemporâneo. Essas organizações enxutas, aceleradas através de capital de risco e articuladas por meio de uma lógica de eficácia especulativa passaram a representar o que existe de mais novo na paisagem empresarial. Iniciativas como essas emergem a partir de um pano de fundo de profunda reestruturação de dinâmicas produtivas relacionadas a regimes de acumulação flexível. O que significa ser um empreendedor na paisagem de negócios formada por empresas startup no Brasil? Essa é a pergunta que norteou o trabalho de pesquisa etnográfica que serve como base para essa tese, fruto de um trabalho de campo entre os anos de 2014 e 2017, no Brasil e no Reino Unido com jovens empreendedores e suas redes de investidores, consultores e experts ao longo do processo de concepção, estruturação e operação de suas empresas. Meu interesse é compreender o processo concreto através do qual alguém se torna um empreendedor dentro dessa paisagem específica de ação econômica, especialmente como a lógica startup se torna uma forma de ser e estar no mundo.Start-up companies symbolize the epicenter of narratives about contemporary capitalism. These lean organizations, accelerated by venture capital and articulated through a logic of speculative effectiveness have come to represent the edge of business. Initiatives such as these take shape amidst profound changes related to the restructuring of productive forces under flexible accumulation regimes. What does it mean to be an entrepreneur in Brazil’s contemporary start-up ecossystem? This question guided the ethnographic research that serves as the basis for this thesis, conducted between Brazil and the United Kingdom during the years of 2014 and 2017 among young entrepreneurs and networks of investors, consultants and experts in the making of their own start-up companies. My interest is to understand the concrete process through which one becomes an entrepreneur within this particular landscape of economic action, especially how the startup mindset becomes embeded in their ways of being in the world.
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Metawa, Noura s. "The Impact of Governance Mechanism on Performance and Survival of Entrepreneurial Firms." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2018. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2475.
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The dissertation consists of two essays.
The first essay studies governance structures and their effectiveness for start-up companies and their survival. We utilize data from the Kauffman Survey, which tracks a sample of firms from their inceptions through their first eight years of existence. We hypothesize and find evidence that a startup's governance system affects its survivability as well as its performance. We show that controlling for the firm size and the industry, cross-sectional variations in the performance of the start-up firms can be explained by governance variables; the presence of one or more independent board member on the board, the separation between the person holding the CEO position and the chair of the board. From the startup survival perspective, we show that the presence of one or more independent board member(s), the separation between CEO and board chair, and external funding are effective factors that promote a start-up's longevity.
The second essay studies the direct and indirect relations between Governance and firm survival and performance through Entrepreneurial Orientation. Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is defined as the attributes, including innovativeness, autonomy, risk-taking attitude, proactiveness, and competitive aggressiveness, that a business organization displays at the time of entry. Several researchers have studied the linkage between EO and organizational performance as well as the survival rate of new firms and find conflicting results. Reasons for the contradictory results might very well be the way the researchers have defined the EO attributes and the data source they use which is based on subjective responses. In the hopes of reducing inconsistent results, we propose that it is the governance factors that influence the performance and survival of these firm via mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation. Governance factors remove the definition as well as data measurement problems. By using the 8-year longitudinal data of 4928 startups, we show that governance system significantly impacts a start-up’s performance and survival via entrepreneurial orientation.
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Morawski, Longino. "Cultural distance and organizational culture in the context of transnational companies in the startup phase in Brazil." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018AIXM0112.
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Cette étude de doctorat est le fruit de l’union entre la pratique réussie en tant que cadre supérieur, qui s’est déroulée successivement durant plus de 15 ans dans différentes compagnies multinationales, et la source théorique de recommandations des meilleures pratiques des sciences de l’information, de la communication, de l’administration, et des maîtres à penser dans les divers domaines de connaissances en relation avec le sujet. Elle aborde de manière incisive les piliers de soutien, ainsi que les points critiques de succès et d’échecs dans l’implémentation des entreprises au Brésil, principalement dans les restructurations et les ‘’startups’’ des entreprises multinationales liées aux stratégies de l’implémentation de nouveaux négoces, la gouvernance, la culture de résultats, la structure organisationnelle, la gestion et la direction. Cette étude vise à démontrer l’impact singulier de la structure et de la culture organisationnelle dans l’efficience de nouvelles affaires, l’engagement des divers collaborateurs, ainsi que son impact sur les résultats en raison de ces deux facteurs. Elle vise également à indiquer les opportunités de l’innovation et finalement, la plus grande intégration entre le pays d’origine et le pays d’implantationThis doctoral study is the result of the union between successful practice as an executive, which occurred successively for more than 15 years in different global companies, and the theoretical sources of recommendation of best practices in the information and communication sciences, administration of companies, and of gurus in several areas of knowledge related to the subject.It directly addresses the support pillars, as well as the critical success and failure points for business implementation in Brazil - mainly in restructurings and startups of global companies - related to strategies for implementing new business, governance, culture of results, organizational structure, management and leadership.This study demonstrates the unique impact of organizational structure and culture on the effectiveness of a new business and the commitment and engagement of employees and their impact on results, due to these two factors.It points out opportunities for innovation, addressing new trends in networking that require greater flexibility and fundamentally greater integration between the country of origin and the country of entry
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Rokas, Narkevicius. "Establishing and increasing the credibility of a start-up company in construction industry : A case study of Ltd. “Mana ranga”." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Marknadsföring och Entreprenörskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-209938.
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This research aims to explore the importance of new company’s (startup’s) credibility in construction industry while research questions tries to identify essential aspects and processes which affects the startup credibility in construction industry. Further, rigorous analysis of literature review is done. In order to understand and apply various theories and concepts as source and corporate credibility theories, relationship marketing, etc. It is qualitative research and a case study. The case company – Ltd. “Mana ranga” is a new construction company situated in Lithuania. Moreover, its current situation is presented. Furthermore, the interviews were conducted in order to achieve the objective of the study, thus 22 participants completed the interviews. Further, in analysis section findings from literature and empirical data are put together, and main results are provided. It comprises key aspects that are affecting startup’s credibility, as well as processes, in order to look how the credibility of a company can be increased are identified. Finishing with answers to the research questions and suggesting future work.
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Tov, Maryna Y. "Human resource practices in start-up companies." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-12-567.
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Entrepreneurship is part of the American dream; about 10% of the US work force owns a small business. In a stable economy owners that are focused on product and market development see continuous growth and expansion; however in turbulent economic times businesses are forced to focus on their competitive advantages. For small enterprises, the most valuable asset is the human capital of the firm; nonetheless many start-up founders tend to overlook the importance of administrative issues like human resource management (HRM). This report shall discuss how founders initially approach the employment relations in the start-up, and what effects their choices have in the long run on the business performance.text
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HUANG, HSIANG-CHEN, and 黃祥珍. "A Research for Bank Credit of Start-up Companies." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61011259210025332517.
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碩士國立臺北大學
國際財務金融碩士在職專班
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There are relatively few studies in the domestic bank credit of new ventures. Most incidental studies of Financing are about small and medium enterprises (SMEs) but omitted to mention the newly created company, so our research is to examine financing strategy of the newly created companies and explore the relationship between bank credit and their financing strategy. We apply the use of new startups questionnaires and interview star-up companies. We combine the two direct investigations in order to obtain first-hand information to make research results more believable. The results of the study are found that: (1) new companies’ financing decisions almost follow pecking order theory, this is the ideal order of star-up companies, but if it is unable to the ideal, they will do their best to try other multilateral financing channels. (2) information asymmetry between banks and start-up companies, mainly from the uncertainty of the new companies cannot measure the value of intangible assets. (3) whether new companies can mitigate information asymmetry (assets cannot be measured) factors are passive, they do not go for bank credit or influence decisions.
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Lu, Cheng-Ping, and 呂正平. "The Success Factors of Taiwan's IC Design Start-up Companies." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/52153078231967209935.
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碩士國立交通大學
科技管理研究所
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The IC industry of Taiwan started with IC packaging in 1966. Up to now, Taiwan’s IC industry chain is well developed, including IC design, fabrication, packaging and testing, as well as supporting industries such as manufacturing materials, equipments, chemicals and photo mask etc. In 2002, Taiwan was ranked the fourth largest IC production country, with revenue of IC design reaching $4.4 billion US dollars, which was the second largest in the world. IC design revenue accounted for 22.8% of total revenue of Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. The purpose of this study was to explore the key success factors for IC design Start-up Companies in Taiwan. IC design start-up companies were surveyed to explore their opinions about the key factors that may affect their chances of success. The factor analysis method was used to aggregate 54 factors into 13 major factor groups. The statistical findings were compared with personal opinions of several entrepreneurs in this industry. The findings of this research can provide useful information to IC design start-up companies to focus on core competency that are critical to their success. This model can be extended to find key success factors of other high-tech industries as well.
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Tsao, Ming-Chung, and 曹明仲. "The Cases Study for Successful Start-up IC Design Companies." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/h847dd.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
管理研究所
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Ever since Intel debuts their first 8-bit processor chip, PC industry has been leading the electronics devices industry in the past half century and significant impact on the daily development of human life, from the PC to the network communication and the mobile communication, every new era of ICT made a revolutionary change, and IC industry is playing an important leading role in the development of the industry. After decades of development by the IC products’ short life cycle, huge investment of semiconductor manufacturer, IC industry has gradually evolved from vertical integration of the upstream and downstream to the current division of labor, and the matured IP service companies, wafer manufacturing、 packaging and testing division of labor, it makes design-aware team with a relatively low threshold of entrepreneurial approach. New IC design companies in different period of ICT product era, there were many star companies been started up, PC chipsets companies started-up in around 1990、 data communication chips companies started-up in around in year 2000 and 2010 Mobile Device chip companies. IC products’ life cycle is basically follow the rapid changing end- product, therefor, what is the key factors makes new IC design companies successful to make new IC design companies survive in the severe competitive market first, then find the way to grow for making companies’ long term development. This study is based on four cases of new IC design companies which started up in different period, with different entrepreneurial team expertise and for different end-product applications, to analyze and compare for common success factors, and it is expected to provide a reference to new IC design companies through this study. Keywords：IC design companies, product life cycle, successful factors
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TRAN, Jonathan, and Quentin PEULOT. "The use of Customer Relationship Management technology in start-up companies." Thesis, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-23119.
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Terra, Nuno Miguel da Cunha Monteiro. "Explore business models and operations of start up companies in healthcare." Master's thesis, 2017. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/108601.
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Terra, Nuno Miguel da Cunha Monteiro. "Explore business models and operations of start up companies in healthcare." Dissertação, 2017. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/108601.
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Lu, Po-Yen, and 呂柏彥. "Analysis of Health Food Start-up Companies’ Branding Strategies：The Case of U-Company." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/89cxq5.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
事業經營碩士在職學位學程
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Generally speaking, consumers are usually unfamiliar with start-up companies, and not sure if they are trusted or not. However, start-up companies can use the brand strategy to successfully evoke consumers’ sense of trust, and then induce their purchase behaviors. Ultimately, they may become loyal brand advocators. The brands can make the products receive a high degree of differentiation. Even if all the same products can satisfy consumers’ needs, the brands can highly differentiate the products in their minds. The companies, such as Coca-Cola or Intel, use the brand strategies to establish a set of mental structure, which helps consumers organize the related knowledge and make purchase decisions. From the lens of the start-up companies, in this current research, we develop a set of consumer-centric brand positioning strategies with limited resources. The appropriate brand elements are selected to build up the brand strategies. The feasible marketing strategies are used to enhance the consumer brand awareness, improve the brand image, and cause the positive brand response. In addition, the suitable marketing communication strategies are also applied to make consumers understand more about the brand and strengthen the brand resonance. During the huge trend of entrepreneurship nowadays, according to the research findings, we propose some recommendations about the competitive strategies and the brand strategies for the domestic start-up practitioners, and they can apply these important suggestions to make their start-up brands to the strong brand positions. Therefore, the current study could be a crucial reference for the industrial transformation of start-up business.
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Kanemori, Sandi M. L. "Technology start-up companies in Hawaiʻi : common resources of those who have attained viability." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/20509.
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LI, Chang HUNG, and 張弘立. "How do Semiconductor Companies in Taiwan Face the Threat of China’s Manufacture Start Up." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/d7238a.
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碩士國立臺北大學
企業管理學系碩士在職專班
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When it comes to the application of semiconductor technology products that are leading the way, once China is valued, the market will change. Especially in Taiwans semiconductor industry, the life cycle is saturated and mature, and even begins to fall into recession. Is it possible for Taiwanese companies to jointly resist the rise of the red supply chain through cooperation and change, the social and residential effects, and turn the tide to create another peak? This research will start from the introduction of Taiwans semiconductor industry and industrial characteristics, focusing on the main applications and supply of the upper, middle and lower reaches, and exploring the industrial advantages it has formed over the years. Under the influence of Chinas rise in semiconductors and import imbalances, how does the evolution of the demand for the entire semiconductor industry evolve? In order to respond to Chinas attempts at the development of the semiconductor industry and Chinas domestic demand market, how does Taiwans semiconductor industry adjust and adjust in terms of technological changes and strategic changes, as well as the countrys strategic changes? And what effect does this adjustment have on industrial management? It is worth studying and discussing here. In addition, after the establishment of the three major small-scale situation in the storage market, Samsung Hynix Micron is the top three factories, and South Asia Kehuabang Power Crystal is a small number. The Chinese government has raised funds to develop semiconductor national-level funds, in an attempt to change the market order, and even In an attempt to grasp the market scale, and look forward to leading the future AI artificial intelligence and 5G market, in the face of changes in the industry and the rush of Chinese competitors, is there any need for improvement in the management strategy of NY Technology Co., Ltd.? Or what important opportunities have you missed? Finally, can N.Y. Technologies adjust its competitive advantage by adapting to the latest and severe market changes through different changes? This research will use the relevant literature review, in-depth interviews, case studies and other research tools with SWOT analysis, five-force analysis and other analytical techniques, try to verify and summarize the conclusions and recommendations of this research topic.
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Hu, Hsu-Tsan, and 胡旭燦. "Evaluating the expected growth opportunities of start-up companies–A multi-stage compound real options approach." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42141034491035930491.
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金融研究所
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Traditional tools, such as discounted-cash-flow (DCF) to deal with the classical subject of resource allocation under certainty fail to give a proper evaluation for new venture. Due to the fact that a start-up company faces many unsure things affecting its future returns, an ability to capture the highly volatile factors of such a company makes an approach powerful in evaluating start-up one. Therefore, we attempt to evaluate expected high-growth opportunities commonly embedded in new venture through real options. Under the structure of knowledge economy, we construct the evaluation model based on the code value of start-up companies, ”knowledge stock”, instead of that based on ”cash flow”. We apply real options to evaluate the expected growth opportunities of start-up companies; furthermore, to combine them with compound options according to the multi-stage development qualities of new venture. To consider different definitions of strike price between compound options and underlying options further, we develop an appropriate evaluation model for expected growth opportunities. In this thesis we contribute to the field of start-up corporate valuation by developing a multi-stage compound real options model, which captures those characteristics of new venture: (1) multi-stage growth process, (2) uncertainties about the future value from the investment, (3) jump nature caused by breakthrough of R&D, and (4) uncertainties about the required investment cost. Through the use of Monte Carlo simulation approach, we get a well solution to compound options and promote it to solve the multi-stage compound real options evaluation model. The multi-stage compound real options approach turns out to be tractable for evaluation of new venture used to be short of principle.
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Yang, Shang-rung, and 楊尚融. "A Study on Product Portfolio Decisions of Start-up Biotechnology Companies－A Case of InnoPharmax Biotechnology Company." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/srbpbw.
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企業管理學系研究所
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In the pharmaceutical industry, the development of new drugs are usually invested by well-funded large-scale pharmaceutical group, which are capable of such time-consumimg process and low chances of success. Until 1982, Genetech Biotech Company cooperated with Eli Lilly And Company-a pharmaceutical cooperation. They implemented the recombinant DNA technology into pharmaceutical industry, the new era of biologics industry began. Since then, previous dominant big pharmaceutical companies started to cooperate with small biotechnology ones. However, theses small and medieum biotech companes often close down due to unsustainable access to funds. For a newly founded small biotech company, deciding product portfolio in which becoming cash flow to support development of new drugs is an important issue. In this study, the auhor choosed InnoPharmax as a case, which is a small biotech compant focusing on "drug delivery system" technology.Two issues to be discussed in this study, firstly, is there synergy amoung current product portfolios of InnoPharmax? Secondly, in order to create synergy, how to use various tangible and intangible resources of InnoPharmax? The study concluded that, synergy does exist. Most of the products related to research and development team of specialists is closely related to their “drug delivery system” technology. These intricate synergies can be categorized into three: 1. The operational synergy: shared sales channels, shaerd R&D technology, shared talents, shared procurement of raw materials, brand extension, etc. to generate operational synergy.. 2. The financial synergy: the exclusive delievery system can be applied to many different drugs development, also the transfer of technology to international pharmaceutical companies earned through authorized capital, which helps lower business risks. 3. The managerial synergy: GM’s network of connection helps to raise funds and became the agency of many products, enhanceing bargaining power to suppliers and distributors.
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JUNEJA, BHAVNEESH. "UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES AND ISSUES FACED BY THE START-UP COMPANIES IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION WITH RESPECT OT THEIR FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES." Thesis, 2013. http://dspace.dtu.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/repository/17399.
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With the rising trend of start-up companies being launched in the market at an exponential rate, an entirely new format and concept of financial management and human resource management techniques has emerged. These start-up companies are not operating as an entirely professional venture, but work through an association of a bunch of enthusiastic entrepreneurs who aim to develop and propagate some innovative products and services, as full time entrepreneurs with a full fledged consideration of the financial, social and environmental viability and sustainability of their produce. A great majority of such start-ups operate through loose organizational structures during their initial years and consequently develop their own operational styles that are far more flexible and innovation-driven than their conventional counterparts. They find major stiffness in capital generation and employee management during their preliminary years of operation. The main reason for the success or failure of any start-up depends on the nature and duration of funding as well as the support these start-ups get from their employees. Therefore, the project aims at highlighting the various sources of funding that are profoundly explored by such start-ups during their seed stage as well as the operational stage along with a sneak into their human resource management techniques during initial years of operation. The project targets to present the scenario with different categories of start-ups based on the nature of work and years of operation with deliberate focus on their schemata of financial and human resource management techniques. The research will include surveying the start-up companies operating in Delhi/NCR using questionnaires and some in depth interviews with certain relevant start-ups to completely analyze the ongoing notion. It can be confirmed that an entirely unconventional scheme of management can be explored in the research with start-up companies and a major transformation can be expected in the coming years.
In the current study, the researcher aims to find out the challenges and issues faced by the start-ups with respect to their financial and Human Resource management perspectives.
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YuanJin and 金淵. "A Study on the Business Model of Start-up Companies in Internet Home Decoration Industry：the Case of Tobto." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/r5cxde.
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碩士國立成功大學
企業管理學系
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During the recent years, the decoration industry was in a period of transformation. There are many problems in traditional home improvement industry. The effect of Internet working as intermediary will reduce transaction costs when it’s combined with a traditional industry. In order to adapt the evolution of environment, entrepreneurs have to operate new business model. This study focus on the developing process of Tobto’s business model, makes a summary and gives some suggestions on improvement. Tobto founded by Robin Wang in 2008. Currently, it has become the no.1 brand in on-line decoration market. It is regarded as a typical on-line decoration company. In order to figure out the circumstance which Tobto faced with, this study will analyze the background of the business model through four aspects. This study applies the business model diagram proposed by the book “Business Model Generation” wrote by Alexander Osterwalder et al. (2010) to analyze and design comprehensive strategy for Tobto. In order to understand the market deeply, the qualitative research is applied to communicate with costumers and designers to find the logic and thinking behind the interaction between the internal and external of the company and to provide effective suggestions for the development of Tobto.
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張玄志. "A Research of Innovation Capabilities and Innovation Strategies of Taiwanese Start-up Companies in Telecommunications and Internet Industry." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/53068795257657050239.
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碩士國立政治大學
企業管理學系
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This research is to discuss about the relationship among innovation capabilities and the choice of innovation strategies of Taiwanese start-up companies. After 5 cases study, 5 important propositions are offered as follows: 1. The decision-making principle shifts from market capability to technological capability; 2. Core technology is accepted to acquire externally, but market capability is not; 3. Taiwanese start-up companies prefer corporate investors rather than venture capitals. It is reversal in the United States; 4. Few Taiwanese start-up companies adopt offensive innovation strategy but defensive or dependent strategy initially; and 5. Pure strategy rarely exists. Start-up companies would adopt a mixed strategy rather than a pure strategy. As a conclusion, market capability is what a start-up company will follows to choose an innovation strategy, and most of Taiwanese Telecommunications Internet start-up companies adopt mixed innovation strategy such as defensive-creative and dependent-creative strategy. Investors and entrepreneurs can refer to these conclusions for further investments or innovations.
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Chang, Jenglin, and 張貞琳. "Building the Start-Up Decision Making System in Local Commercial Trading Companies: A Case Study of W Company." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25612434868098923172.
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碩士實踐大學
企業創新與創業管理研究所
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The primary objective of this study is to build a Start-Up Decision Making System on the basis of potential factors to discuss how the interactive influence between potential factors affects when a local commercial trading company evaluating products. Back to information asymmetry period, manufacturers and suppliers strongly relied on the service which commercial trading companies provided because of lacking of market information and marketing plans as well as unfamiliar with professional trading procedures. However, the value of commercial trading companies decreased not only because of the trading information becomes more transparent and easier to acquired with the technology improving rapidly but also the increase of manufacturer’s capability. It is a tough challenge for local commercial trading companies to face and deal with changes of external environment by providing valuable products or services to its customers in order to spread risks and pursue a sustainable business. Therefore, this research is done by case study with single case, collecting and obtaining implicit data and knowledge from case company by means of in-depth interviews. The Start-Up Decision Making System is built, after related references and theses are collected, summarized and analyzed, for the case company to evaluate and make its limited resources for the best assignments.
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Pinto, Miguel Veloso. "Understanding what leads to a start-up failure by creating an S/F prediction model for the Portuguese companies." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/19449.
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Nowadays, the amount of companies' creation has been progressively increasing year by year but, that does not necessarily mean they are being developed in the way they should to reach their goals.
The start-up tech industry and all the external factors that influence them have changed over time but, there are still some improvements to do regarding some of the internal factors that influence and might contribute to the early-stage company failure. Since the Portuguese State created programs that backup monetarily some of these companies, sometimes they do not have enough knowledge nor reliable feedback of their market to launch a start-up, consequently having a negative economic and social impact on the country.
Being aware of this subject, this study decided to analyse all the topics that would influence these types of companies starting by doing a literature review, critical for the whole development of the dissertation because of the substantiation it gives to it. Thus, some topics were searched to understand how those variables could be relatable to the success or failure of a start-up.
The methodology involved in this study is essentially an analysis of the Portuguese start-ups by inquiring their founders through a questionnaire, both for those who failed and those o succeed, about their experiences in the company. Subsequently, it was made a comparison between the two of them with the aim to understand and infer some conclusions about the variables that influence the most this problematic by creating a prediction model.A indústria das Start-up tecnológicas e todos os fatores externos que a influenciam têm vindo a alterar ao longo do tempo, mas, ainda há aspetos a melhorar sobretudo ao nível interno das empresas, sendo esses fatores muitas das vezes as principais causas da falha de uma firma numa fase inicial. O Estado Português tem criado programas direcionados para apoiar financeiramente as Start-ups, no entanto, para além desse apoio, as empresas por vezes não possuem o conhecimento ou realizaram um estudo de mercado insuficiente a fim de conseguir utilizadores para o seu produto/serviço, acabando por ter um impacto negativo ao nível económico e social no nosso país. Portanto, este estudo decidiu começar por analisar alguns dos tópicos que acabam por influenciar este tipo de empresas através de uma revisão de literatura, sendo que é importante para todo o desenvolvimento desta dissertação devido ao suporte teórico que lhe dá. Após isso, problemas como as caraterísticas dos fundadores das start-ups e outros fatores externos, como por exemplo o financiamento, foram pesquisados a fim de perceber como estes podem estar relacionados com o sucesso ou insucesso de uma microcompanhia. A metodologia envolvida neste estudo é essencialmente constituída por uma análise através de um questionário feito aos fundadores das empresas, quer tenham tido sucesso ou não. Consequentemente, foi feita uma comparação entre os dois tipos de informação recolhida e, tentar perceber de que forma existe uma correlação entre as variáveis abordadas a fim de retirar conclusões e criar um modelo de previsão.
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Chen, Jim, and 陳金勇. "A Study of Key Success Factors for Start Up Companies in Taiwan Communications Industry－The Case Study of A Company." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19978794765602478463.
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碩士國立交通大學
高階主管管理學程碩士班
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ABSTRACT There are few papers or theses available in Taiwan which primarily focused on studying Taiwan Communications Industry and the Key Success Factors of Start Up Companies. As the researcher has worked in the communications field in Taiwan for the pass seventeen years, this has strongly motivated the researcher to proceed this study. Additionally, the arrival of the internet era has stimulated the rapid changes of communications industry. This research first selects some public companies successfully developed since start up, and then focuses on a selected company to proceed the empirical study. It is called the A Company. Inevitably, this research covers various topics which require a lot of literature review and interviewing with high ranked people of the A Company. After this due diligence process, we have summarized the key success factors as follow: 1.Carefully formulate your strategies from the start up stage and focus until success. 2.Team up a group of complementary members to establish core competence. The communication industry is a very complicated technology field. The start up team need prepare for the challenge and build up their own core competence against other competitors with relatively abundant resources. 3.Collaborate with Anchor and work together closely. This arrangement has reduced transaction cost dramatically between the start up company and its partners. By focusing on serving its partner’s need, the alliance also speeds up the cycle time of production and marketing process. 4. Step in all aspects of company resources to reach total management. Firstly, focus on establishing the capabilities in R&D, marketing, and production. Then, managing human resources, information, and finance will be progressively implemented in the second stage. These six themes are important to start up companies for success.
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Hsieh, Kai-Wen, and 謝凱文. "A Study on The Relationship among Interdisciplinary Group Members’ Working Situation, Task Characteristics And Cooperative Effectiveness for Start-up Companies." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/57676879798001983382.
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碩士遠東科技大學
創新設計與創業管理研究所
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Nowadays, most companies face high challenges while operating under a uncertain environment. Thus, many companies ultilize interdisplinary groups to enhance their competition capabilities. A review of related literature revealed that previous studies tend to concentrate on big companies as subject. The start-up companies seem to seldom draw researchers’ attention as far as the issue of the interdisplinary group is concerned. With regard to the methodology of the interdisplinary group study, this study ultilized quantity methods as apposed to most previous studies in which quality methods were commonly used. Moreover, previous studies often place their emphasis on group members’ mental state or communication problem. In this study, we draw our attedtion on the relationship among working situation, task characteristics and cooperative effectiveness. As a matter of fact, a start-up company often consists of fewer employees, people in the company have more chance to work together. However, communication problem often arises due to employees’ different background and the language they used. In order to increase cooperative effectiveness, communication problem have become an important issue for human resource management. With the above concept in mind, we conducted a research project on start-up companies. The length of establishment of the companies under this study ranged from 3 to 42 months. By using the method of convenience sampling, questionnaires were used for data gathering. The results of this study indicated that the effects of task characteristics on cooperative effectiveness were mostly statistically significant. Also, most hypopheses for examining the moderate effect of working situation were supported. The results of this study can be particularly helpful to start-up companies. Especially, under the circumstance of people gradually recognizing the importance of creative, innovation and enterprising, this study can be used as a base of future study in related areas. Also, it can be useful for start-up companies in practice.
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Hsieh, Jo-Hsien, and 解若嫻. "The Operation Performance of Venture Capital and Management Team Investments ―Evidence from Fabless Start-up companies in HsinChu Science Park." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47029494236068173324.
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碩士國立交通大學
管理學院碩士在職專班管理科學組
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This study is to investigate the effects on operation performance of start-up fabless companies in Science Park with the level of venture capital and management team investments. The firms were selected from 1996 to 2005 in HsinChu Science Park as samples and included their financial information as the ratio of venture capital and management team investments, start-up timing, the 3rd year of firm’s revenue, the paid-in capital, and number of employee as to analyze. We employ the methods of descriptive statistics and scatter diagram to estimate the effects on operation performance and expect the result could be the reference to the entrepreneurs and investors focused on fabless industry.. The research results indicate: 1.There is no significant correlation between the level of venture capital investments and revenue share/output per employee. However, there could be a negative correlation tendency between the level of venture capital investments and output per employee, but not significant. 2.There is a positive correlation tendency between the level of management team investments and revenue share/output per employee, but not significant.
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SCHATZL, KATHARINA, and 施秀琳. "Start-up Companies in Austria – A Multiple Case Study Approach of the Institutional Impacts on Entrepreneurial Intentions, Process, and Success." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/675743.
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碩士南臺科技大學
商管專業學院
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In recent years start-up companies have become more and more important in today´s economic and social development. The change from a business trend to a serious business opportunity due to technological improvement and adaptation to various market needs can be observed. These changes have led the Austrian market in seeing the unconventional approach of start-up companies as an enrichment to the traditional approach. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to show the influences and adaptation of the Austrian environment on start-up firms. Furthermore, through a multiple case study approach, five Austrian entrepreneurs have been interviewed to investigate their personal experience with the support or challenges they had to face in the progress of founding their firm. Furthermore, the importance of the cultural background is evaluated through the perspective of institutional theory. The collected key success factors mentioned by the interviewees are related to the institutional theory and the researched theory of the Austrian government. Recommended actions that can lubricate the institutional interactions between start-up companies in Austria and the government are discussed. Keywords: Start-up, Austria, Entrepreneurship, Motivation, Incubation
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Daramola, Ayodeji Olufemi. "Founding and launching bubble, a start-up aimed at helping companies build distributed tech teams by providing access to top-tier engineers in Nigeria." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/123215.
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This work project is a field lab that focused on the ideation and founding of an entrepreneurial venture, Bubble, directed towards solving the engineering talent concerns faced by companies. The work explores the technology ecosystem, the developer context in Nigeria and areas of interest in understanding the problem. The solution proposed is benchmarked against existing models including competitors; the value proposition and model assumptions are consequently validated. Results and insights gleaned show that the model possesses potential in solving identified pain points, reinventing developer hires,and becoming a fully active venture.
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Huang, Huang-Chih, and 黃煌智. "The Influence of Entrepreneur''s Personal Resources and Social Capital on Start-up Resources - A Case Study of Kaohsiung Small and Medium Steel Companies." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08246943605209764245.
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企業管理學系研究所
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In this study, We use the entrepreneur’s personal resources and social capital to explore the content of the resources of small and medium steel enterprise. Its purpose is to understand the entrepreneurial small and medium steel companies in the personal course of business, what resources are put into individual entrepreneurs, What resources are obtained through social networks; and the relevance between entrepreneur’s personal resources and social capital. In Entrepreneurial resources, we integrate RBT and characteristics of the steel industry to development the study of entrepreneurial resource perspective, and was divided into "assets" and "capabilities" of two variables. Entrepreneurs are using personal resources Huang (2003) view that "knowledge, capability, experience" and "organizational factors" two variables. In social capital, by Halpern (2008) view of social capital, that " bonding", " bridging", "social norms" and "sanctions" of four research variables. This study adopts a qualitative case study methods to entrepreneurs interviews to obtain first hand coding analysis, and the following conclusions: 1. Entrepreneur’s " knowledge, capability, experience " have a positive influence to the enterprise’s assets and capabilities. 2. Entrepreneur’s "organizational factors " have a low positive influence to the enterprise’s assets, but have a positive influence to the enterprise’s capabilities. 3. The bonding social capital have a positive influence both to the enterprise’s assets and capabilities. 4. The bridging social capital have a low positive influence to the enterprise’s assets, but have a positive influence to the enterprise’s capabilities. 5. The social norms of social capital have a positive influence both to the enterprise’s assets and capabilities. 6. The sanctions binding of social capital have a positive influence to the enterprise’s assets, but have a positive influence to the enterprise’s capabilities. 7. Social capital have a high correlation for entrepreneur’s personal resources , so social capital have a positive influence to entrepreneur’s personal resources.
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HSIAO, YI-CHEN, and 蕭怡臻. "The Effect of the Involvement Factors from the Government Holding and Appointed investment management companies on Profitability: The Case of SMEs invested by the SME Business Start-up and Incubation Trust Investment Account of the SME Development Fund." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/80653437924180909709.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
企業管理系
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This research examines the effects of government holding and appointed investment management companies’ investment factors on profitability of SMEs invested by the SME Business Start-up and Incubation Trust Investment Account(hereafter refer to as the Investment Account) of the SME Development Fund in Taiwan. The major results are as follows: First, we have not found significant relationship between the shareholding ratio by the government and the profitability of the SMEs invested by the Investment Account. Second, the numbers of board members appointed by the government is found no vivid impact on the profitability of the SMEs invested by the Investment Account. Third, we have found significant reversely relationship between the ratios of participate in the investment by the appointed investment management companies and the profitability (ROE & ROA) of the SMEs invested by the Investment Account. Fourth, the operation years of the appointed investment management companies influence distinctively on the profitability (ROE & ROA) of the SME invested by the Investment Account. Finally, the relationship goes significant reversely between the capital scales of the appointed investment management companies and the profitability (ROA) of the SMEs invested by the Investment Account. In the future, we suggest SMEs Business Start-up and Incubation Trust Investment Account choose carefully the appointed investment management companies, and regard operation years as an important evaluation factor. We wish the experiences of appointed investment management companies on developing high-quality cases and well post-investment management can be adopted well to improve the profits of the SME invested by the Investment Account.
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Ван, Н., and N. Van. "Международные стандарты финансовой отчетности как инструмент управления бизнесом в России и КНР : магистерская диссертация." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10995/64159.
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Актуальность темы магистерской диссертации является важность и обязательность конвергенции международных стандартов бухгалтерского учета.
Целью исследования является исследование важности МСФО и их огромную роль в развитии торговых отношении Китая и России.
Задачи исследования определяются целью являются исследование важности МСФО; исследование ситуации международной конвергенции между китайскими и российскими стандартами бухгалтерского учета; исследование финансового положения группы Али-баба по МСФО и исследование МСФО для российских Startup-компаний.
Научная новизна включает в себя 4 пункта: через причины появления, исторический фон, процесс развития МСФО исследована их важность и проанализирована их перспектива; проанализировано положение международной конвергенции бухгалтерского учета соответственно из трех аспектов международного уровня, Китая и России; исследованы данные известной китайской компании электронной коммерции Али-баба по МСФО, составлены выводы и даны предложения по операционным результатам и перспективам деятельности Али-баба, распространения ее опыта на другие корпорации и фирмы Китая и России; российские малые инновационные предприятия могут применять упрощенную финансовую отчетность, в соответствии с МСФО.
Практическая значимость состоит в том, что результаты проведенного исследования могут быть использованы крупным и малым бизнесом для повышения конкурентоспособности и получения инвестиций для дальнейшего успешного развития.The relevance of the topic of the master's thesis is the importance and mandatory convergence of international accounting standards. The purpose of the study is to study the importance of IFRS and their huge role in the development of trade relations between China and Russia. The objectives of the study are determined by the purpose are the study of the importance of IFRS; study of the situation of international convergence between Chinese and Russian accounting standards; study of the financial position of the Ali Baba group under IFRS and the study of IFRS for Russian Startup companies. The scientific novelty includes 4 points: through the reasons for their appearance, the historical background, the process of development of IFRS, their importance was investigated and their perspective was analyzed; analyzed the position of international convergence of accounting, respectively, of the three aspects of the international level, China and Russia; The data of the well-known Chinese e-commerce company Ali Baba in accordance with IFRS were investigated, conclusions were drawn up and proposals were made on the operational results and prospects of Ali Baba’s activities, spreading her experience to other corporations and firms from China and Russia Russian small innovative enterprises may apply simplified financial statements in accordance with IFRS. The practical significance lies in the fact that the results of the study can be used by large and small businesses to increase competitiveness and obtain investments for further successful development.
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Köppl, Stefan. "Valuation of Phoenics." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/6964.
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This work presents theoretical background for diverse valuation methods, with special attention paid to the real options method and its advantages over traditional methods for valuation of young entities. Additionally, it presents a case study of a start-up company, the value of which is found using diverse methods. The main result shows that the value of the company obtained with the real options approach is much higher than the one found with traditional discounted cash flow (DCF) method. Moreover, it shows that the difference in the obtained valuations leads to different strategic decisions: according to DCF certain projects should not be undertaken, whereas according to the real options approach the company should expand its operations.Esta dissertação apresenta uma base teórica para diversos métodos de avaliação, com especial atenção para o método de opções reais e as suas vantagens em relação aos métodos tradicionais de avaliação de entidades jovens. Além disso, apresenta um case study de uma empresa start-up, cujo o seu valor é encontrado usando diversos métodos. O resultado principal mostra que o valor da empresa obtido com a utilização de opções reais é muito maior do que o encontrado com o método tradicional de fluxos de caixa descontados (DCF). Também mostra que a diferença entre as valorizações obtidas, leva a diferentes decisões estratégicas: de acordo com DCF determinados projectos não devem ser realizados, no entanto segundo as opções reais, a empresa deve expandir suas operações
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Yang, Kai-Jung, and 楊凱蓉. "The Research on The Evaluation Model of Venture Capital Firms to Start-up Companies：A Case of The Biotechnology Industry in Taiwan." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/33628387142653527542.
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