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Structural Implications of the Investment Response By Swedish Multinational Firms to the EC 1992 Program
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Scitex: A Company At A Crossroads
Full text linkScitex is one of the first Israeli high tech firms that succeeded internationally and it was an Israeli pioneer regarding the floatation of the firm on NASDEQ. Scitex made an international name for itself in the 1980’s by selling prepress systems to major publishers worldwide. The prepress system developed by Scitex allowed printers to prepare material for print in a digital way, thereby expanding printing options and allowing accurate printing of color pictures. While Scitex was very successful during the late 1980’s and the beginning of the 1990’s, its financial ratios had declined during the 1990’s and stockholders had shown their dissatisfaction. During the 1990’s, Israel had become a leading force in the high-tech world; the country had become part of the “New Economy” in which “Exposing Value” was the motto. The Board of Directors demanded that Scitex adapt itself to the rules of the new economy in its plans for the future. Rimon Ben-Shaul, Chairman of the Board, contemplated his response to the request of the Board, which would soon demand an answer. At the end of this case study, the students are required to make recommendations to the Scitex Board of Directors in late 1999 on how to continue “unveiling the company’s value”, in light of the reining “New Economy” business models and expectations. Several options are raised in the text – (1) issuing stock for each SBU separately; (2) uniting functions and operations where possible between the SBU’s; (3) M&A with another player in the digital printing industry. The students may choose one of the options, a different option not mentioned in the text, or any combinations of the above-mentioned options. Without the benefit of hindsight, this dilemma has no right or wrong answers. The students are asked to justify one or more of these strategic alternatives. Their justification should be based on solid evidence presented in the case or on additional data collected on the Internet for from others resources. They should consider the advantages and disadvantages of their alternatives and conceive a plan that will minimize the apparent risks, while taking full advantage of the alternatives’ growth and profit potential, as well as pleasing the company’s stockholders, which were to be a key consideration in deciding upon the company’s future. The case study allows for a SBU analysis of the core unit, as well as an analysis of the corporate strategy and portfolio management of the company. It allows students to discuss the different strategic options open to management and recommend one of them. The case study is suitable for MBA students who study business strategy, corporate strategy, or international business. Teaching notes can be requested form the author
Tecnomatix: A Born Global Company
Full text linkIn the beginning of 2004, Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: TCNO), the driving force in Manufacturing Process Management (MPM), announced a global agreement with Ford, a major automotive manufacturer. The agreement to implement Tecnomatix MPM solutions throughout the customer's manufacturing operations worldwide represented an expansion of an existing relationship with this manufacturer and was expected to generate total revenues in excess of US$50 million over the next four years. At the beginning of 2004 Tecnomatix, an Israel-based high-tech company, held a staggering 70% market share (over 2,000 clients) in the MPM market together with its strategic partner, EDS. Although the company reported a net loss in 2003, it had sufficient cash reserves that would allow it to continue operations without needing external funding for the down period
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
The Internationalization Strategies of E-commerce SMEs and Start-Ups in Korea: Case Studies of Four E-Commerce Start-Ups: Cconma, Coupang, Memebox, TicketMonster
Full text linkObjectives
The main objective of this study is to investigate the internationalization patterns of Korean SMEs and start-ups operating in the e-commerce industry. In order to do that, the author researches the characteristics of the Korean domestic market, and thus contemplating the extent to which the dominance of family-owned conglomerates in Korea affects the decision to internationalize of small businesses. In addition, the role of business networks in building organizational capabilities to prepare for foreign expansions as well as the explanation of Korean’s e-commerce firms in terms of market selection are also provided.
Summary
Because the methodology used in this research is case study, the findings are withdrawn from secondary data. Based on the empirical data of four case studies, the thesis seeks to understand the performance of four Korean firms in the domestic market and their utilization of the business networks that contain customers, employees, suppliers, and partners. Moreover, an in-depth content analysis of those companies’ penetration into the foreign markets is conducted to examine their market selection. Following the findings, the linkages of domestic market conditions, business networks, and psychic distance to firm’s performance are then discussed.
Conclusions
The domestic market environment, which includes the chaebols’ dominance, has both negative and positive effects on the internationalization of the e-commerce start-ups. Besides, Korean companies consider strengthening their business networks as a way to improve organizational capabilities, thus this factor has a positive relationship with firm’s performance. Lastly, when it comes to choosing new foreign markets, Korean e-commerce SMEs tend to take into account the psychic closeness of that market to their home country, though the link of psychic distance to their performance could be both negative and positive
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