Relation between Global Mindset and Internationalization of companies: A case of BILA A/S

Cherrou, Mona Rita

4. Term

Economics and Business Administration (International Business Economics), Master

2017

2017-06-07

105

Specialet undersøger sammenhængen mellem et globalt mindset og internationalisering i små og mellemstore virksomheder (SMV’er). Med globalt mindset menes lederes og organisationers evne til at forstå og agere på tværs af lande, kulturer og markeder. Vi ser særligt på, hvordan organisationskultur og selvstyrende enheder (autonome teams eller forretningsenheder) hænger sammen med lederes globale mindset og med virksomheders internationale vækst. Specialet skelner mellem de individuelle og de organisatoriske kognitive egenskaber ved et globalt mindset for at tydeliggøre, hvordan personlige holdninger og fælles tænkemåder i organisationen kan påvirke internationalisering. Undersøgelsen kombinerer teori og empiri og anvender BILA A/S som casestudie.

This thesis examines the link between a global mindset and the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). By global mindset, we mean the ability of leaders and organizations to understand and operate across countries, cultures, and markets. We focus on how organizational culture and autonomous units (self-directed teams or business units) relate to leaders’ global mindset and to international growth. The thesis distinguishes between individual and organizational cognitive attributes of a global mindset to clarify how personal attitudes and shared organizational ways of thinking may influence internationalization. The research combines theory and empirical evidence, using BILA A/S as a case study.

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Global Mindset ; Internationalisation ; Individual Mindset ; Corporate Mindset

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