The Internationalization Process of International New Ventures: The Case of Skype

Past literature has emphasized on large, long-established multinational enterprises (MNEs) in international business. However, the emerging phenomenon of international new ventures has attracted much attention due to their distinctive internationalization processes. Skype Technologies S.A. is one of...

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Main Author: Chan, Cheuk-Hay
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/20937/
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description Past literature has emphasized on large, long-established multinational enterprises (MNEs) in international business. However, the emerging phenomenon of international new ventures has attracted much attention due to their distinctive internationalization processes. Skype Technologies S.A. is one of these international new ventures with comparable characteristics, albeit it has shown differences compared with the typical international new ventures. This research aims to compare and contrast the features between traditional multinational enterprises, typical international new ventures and the case of Skype with emphasis on their internationalization processes and competitive advantages.
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spelling nottingham-209372017-12-29T08:50:00Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/20937/ The Internationalization Process of International New Ventures: The Case of Skype Chan, Cheuk-Hay Past literature has emphasized on large, long-established multinational enterprises (MNEs) in international business. However, the emerging phenomenon of international new ventures has attracted much attention due to their distinctive internationalization processes. Skype Technologies S.A. is one of these international new ventures with comparable characteristics, albeit it has shown differences compared with the typical international new ventures. This research aims to compare and contrast the features between traditional multinational enterprises, typical international new ventures and the case of Skype with emphasis on their internationalization processes and competitive advantages. 2007 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/20937/1/07MSClixchc5.pdf Chan, Cheuk-Hay (2007) The Internationalization Process of International New Ventures: The Case of Skype. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished) internationalization process international new ventures skype
spellingShingle internationalization process
international new ventures
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Chan, Cheuk-Hay
The Internationalization Process of International New Ventures: The Case of Skype
title The Internationalization Process of International New Ventures: The Case of Skype
title_full The Internationalization Process of International New Ventures: The Case of Skype
title_fullStr The Internationalization Process of International New Ventures: The Case of Skype
title_full_unstemmed The Internationalization Process of International New Ventures: The Case of Skype
title_short The Internationalization Process of International New Ventures: The Case of Skype
title_sort internationalization process of international new ventures: the case of skype
topic internationalization process
international new ventures
skype
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/20937/