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Vuorio, Anna Lasse Torkkeli Sainio, Liisa-Maija
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Journal of International Entrepreneurship
Both innovating and internationalizing can hold the key to survival and growth among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Service innovation in particular is highly relevant in the increasingly digitalized and high-technology global trade. However, there have been until now few studies on service innovation in international entrepreneurship....
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Lasse Torkkeli
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International Business and Emerging Economy Firms
No one informed the dinosaurs that their thermal insulation could someday be useful for another purpose, yet their feathers developed into wings. This example describes exaptation, the discovery of new uses for existing traits; complementary to adaptation. The former, which is similar to opportunity recognition, and the latter, which follows enviro...
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Asemokha, Agnes Musona, Jackson Lasse Torkkeli Saarenketo, Sami
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Journal of International Entrepreneurship
Academic research is increasingly emphasizing the critical role of business models (BMs) and business model innovation (BMI) in the international entrepreneurship (IE) domain, yet empirical studies on the topic are quite limited. This study demo0nstrates the role of BMI and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in the internationalization of small-and m...
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Lasse Torkkeli Kuivalainen, Olli Saarenketo, Sami Puumalainen, Kaisu
Published in
International Marketing Review
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of institutional environment on the international performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and how this relationship is influenced by network competence.
Design/methodology/approach
This study uses a quantitative approach. In total, 119 internationally operating Finnis...
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Uzhegova, Maria Lasse Torkkeli Saarenketo, Sami
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management revu
This study explores the relevance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The role of CSR in SMEs has so far been scarcely researched, and the relationship between internationalisation and CSR development in SMEs, in particular, could do with the further study. Since it has been found th...
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Lasse Torkkeli Sascha Fuerst
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Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración
Propósito
Este estudio muestra cómo el entorno institucional percibido por parte de las pequeñas y medianas empresas (Pymes) exportadoras de Colombia determina su desempeño.
Diseño/metodología/acercamiento a la investigación
Nuestra investigación aplica un modelo de regresión a una muestra de 43 Pymes exportadoras de Colombia de la industria d...
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Lasse Torkkeli Fuerst, Sascha
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Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the perceived institutional environment of Colombian internationally operating small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the software industry comes to determine their performance.
Design/methodology/approach
The research applies regression modelling to a sample of 43 internationally o...
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Fuerst, Sascha Lasse Torkkeli
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Reverse Entrepreneurship in Latin America
Thomas moves to Colombia. He teams up with Daniel to create an Internet platform on which hospitals, clinics, and doctors from Colombia can offer their services to patients from the US. The promotion of medical tourism is a priority for the local government. Thomas decides to outsource the design and programming of Flyclinic’s Internet platform. Th...
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Lasse Torkkeli Nummela, Niina Saarenketo, Sami
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International Business and Management
The concept of global mindset was introduced more than a decade ago as a prerequisite for successful internationalisation of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, the pace of global integration and globalisation has accelerated, and complexity has increased. Therefore, the authors ask: To what extent is global mindset still a critica...
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Ivanova-Gongne, Maria Lasse Torkkeli
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Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing
Purpose
This paper aims to investigate the role of culture in managerial sensemaking and conceptualization of business networking.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors apply qualitative methodology through the sensemaking approach on three Finnish and three Russian managers in mutual buyer–supplier business relationship dyads.
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Uzhegova, Maria Lasse Torkkeli Kuivalainen, Olli
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Journal of East-West Business
Multinational companies tend to have resources and be capable of establishing subsidiaries across national borders, yet successful foreign operations also require that the established subsidiaries are able to become locally embedded in host-country networks. This study contributes to the international business research by investigating how and when...
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Velt, Hannes Lasse Torkkeli Saarenketo, Sami
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Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to develop a framework of the elements of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the context of born global start-ups. The study also applies this framework to uncover the ecosystem elements that impact start-ups during their initial phases of discovery and validation.
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The authors used...
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Lasse Torkkeli Sami Saarenketo Hanna Salojärvi Joona Keränen Tommi Rissanen Agnes Asemokha Maria Uzhegova
Boosting the internationalization of small and medium-sized Finnish cleantech enterprises (SMEs) requires identification of the related best practices, cooperation with companies operating in the cleantech sector and finding commonly used functional solutions and tools for the cleantech sector. There was a need for such a study, because SMEs often ...
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Agarwal, James Wu, Terry Lasse Torkkeli
This book examines emerging theories, frameworks, and applications of global marketing for the 21st century. It highlights how global marketing is changing in a globalized and digital economy that is fast increasing in complexity and uncertainty. The traditional approach to global marketing is no longer sufficient to address the emerging issues in ...
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Uzhegova, Maria Lasse Torkkeli Salojärvi, Hanna Saarenketo, Sami
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Emerging Issues in Global Marketing
This study examines an emerging yet somewhat neglected theme in international and global marketing literature, namely, the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and market-sensing capability in international enterprises. Specifically, we illustrate how CSR and market-sensing capability impact international performance in the context of smal...
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Lasse Torkkeli Uzhegova, Maria Salojärvi, Hanna Saarenketo, Sami
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Global Opportunities for Entrepreneurial Growth: Coopetition and Knowledge Dynamics within and across Firms
The impact of environmental sustainability and knowledge dynamics on entrepreneurial growth and internationalization could do with added research focus. However, the rising importance of corporate sustainability and social responsibility in global business and entrepreneurship increasingly requires that these interdependencies be assessed. We asses...
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Lasse Torkkeli Saarenketo, Sami Salojärvi, Hanna Sainio, Liisa-Maija
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Value Creation in International Business
Concepts relating to corporate sustainability (CS) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) have remained vastly under-explored in international entrepreneurship literature. The recent reviews by Jones et al. (2011) and Peiris et al. (2012) do not find a single study of CSR and indicate that sustainability is discussed in the traditional sense of ...
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Lasse Torkkeli Kuivalainen, Olli Saarenketo, Sami Puumalainen, Kaisu
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Baltic Journal of Management
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine how network competence is related to the growth of domestic and international SMEs originating from the Nordic region. Business networks have been found to drive internationalization of SMEs in the Nordic context, but the impact of network-related organizational competencies on them has not been cons...
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Lasse Torkkeli
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Impact of International Business
In this chapter, we investigate the influence of business strategies upon the internationalisation of SMEs. In particular, we investigate the effect of strategic aim for unique products development and quality focus, the two business strategies suggested to be linked to the international performance of rapidly internationalising firms by Knight and...
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Pronina, Mariia Kuivalainen, Olli Lasse Torkkeli Gracheva, Polina
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International Journal of Multinational Corporation Strategy
What competencies do companies need to develop in order to internationalise successfully? In this paper our focus is on the dynamic capabilities and, particularly, international business competence of the Russian subsidiaries of Finnish multinational corporations (MNCs) operating in the rapidly changing market. By analysing the internationalisation...