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Showing 1 to 20 of 142 for “"Internationalisation"”.
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THE INTERNATIONALISATION DECISION OF THE ENDOWED SME
To date the prevailing view on SME internationalisation assumes that SMEs operate under resource-constraint limitations. To some extent, the development of knowledge is hindered by this generally accepted assumption. This research aims to contribute to knowledge by offering an understanding of how …
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Communication challenges facing internationalisation of higher education at University of Zululand
… globalisation, international communication and internationalisation of higher education. This study exposes profound observations about current international initiatives and drawbacks to internationalisation at a tertiary institution in the heart of a rural village in South Africa.
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Outward foreign direct investment and firm internationalisation from Sub Saharan Africa
… conducting research into its emerging OFDI and internationalisation phenomenon is both interesting and important. Adopting an inductive methodology, this thesis explores the phenomenon at both country and firm levels through the use of a funnel approach. Specifically, this research investigates …
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Internationalisation of public services: a social network analysis of global ownership
… specifically the processes related to the internationalisation of public services, as an emerging modern form of economic colonialism. To develop this argument the thesis comprises a variety of dimensions. First, three sets of debates are reviewed, globalisation, the internationalisation of …
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Navigating national priorities, regionalism and internationalisation in National Universities of Moana Oceania
… navigate national priorities, regionalism, and internationalisation. Focussing on five institutions - the National University of Samoa, Tonga National University, Solomon Islands National University, National University of Vanuatu and Fiji National University - the study is guided by the primary …
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Exporting Barriers and the Internationalisation of Manufacturing Activities of SMEs in Jordan
… the literature has recorded some discussions on internationalisation of firms in developed countries, there is a paucity of internationalisation efforts from manufacturing firms in developing countries. By investigating the exporting barriers that Jordanian manufacturers face when engaging in …
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Internationalisation of business clusters: the case of fruit processing clusters in Ghana
… like Ghana. The study focuses on spatial and internationalisation theories to draw out key concepts on networking and knowledge. The research adopts a mixed methods approach, using 99 surveys and 24 interviews, to empirically study actors in two fruit processing and exporting clusters. The …
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Between identity and internationalisation: vision and reality in the Malaysian education system
… which will inevitably arise as a result of internationalisation on an institutional level, if the development is not carefully managed.
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Analysis of the Competitiveness of Hungarian Companies from the Perspective of Internationalisation
Research on competitiveness and internationalisation of companies is a critical academic field. There are infinite numbers of studies which investigate how to improve SME competitiveness, the impact of SME internationalisation on innovation, SMEs international performance, or the digital …
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Internationalisation of the National Aspirations of the Palestinian Arab Citizens of Israel
This study is concerned with the concept of internationalisation as a tool for disadvantaged minorities to affect change in their situation. This phenomenon has been studied widely with respect to authoritarian regimes and later on with liberal Western democracies. The current study has focussed on …
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Enhancing internationalisation practices in higher education: A case of the University of Namibia
… have developed policies and strategies for internationalisation, which act as a guide for their respective institutions. Despite the fact that the University of Namibia came into existence in 1992, compared to other universities that were established years ago, there have been remarkable …
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Competitive advantage, corporate strategy, and the Internationalisation of Chinese state-owned manufacturing enterprises
Research on the internationalisation of the firm has focused mainly upon identifying the competitive advantage 'which enabled it to invest overseas, as well as the motives and methods of foreign entry. Strategic issues have been largely ignored in both the theoretical and empirical research. Most …
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The nature and processes of internationalisation at a French Grand Ecole de Management.
… universities have had to adopt different internationalisation strategies in order to cope with this shifting context of globalisation and its many ramifications. In this thesis, a phenomenological approach has been adopted to examine how one French business school, ESC Clermont, has …
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Networks of Capital: German Bankers and the Financial Internationalisation of China (1885-1919)
… bankers and entrepreneurs led to the rapid internationalisation of Chinese finance, both in terms of public finance and the banking sector of China’s treaty port economy. Unlike most previous literature, which only depicts foreign banks in modern China as mere manifestations of foreign …
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Internationalisation in higher education : implications and challenges for the University of Cape Town
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-143).
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The motivation, process and strategy of internationalisation by Malaysian firms into the United Kingdom
… into the developed country, by examining the internationalisation of Malaysian companies into the United Kingdom. The study on FDI by companies from the developing counthes has been under-presented in the literature of international business and especially not to the extent of those that have …
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