Year: 2012
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This is the final task for completing a five years education at Chalmers resulting in a Master of Science degree within Quality and Operations Management.However, in the perspective of the topic of this thesis my learning experience did start many years before conducting this research.Prior to my time at Chalmers University I have been living and working many years in the South East Asia region which has given me a personal attachment to the topics and considerations in this thesis.I have during the years seen many sound ideas and much innovativeness that goes lost when the Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME) is facing the complex and multi-layered task of setting up an organisation in the region.It has been evident to me that the establishing entrepreneur needs a conceptual tool useful as for structuring the whole process in a comprehensive manner.It is my hope that this contribution will be of use for the establishing SME's with shedding some aggregated light on the theoretical contributions that is available out there.I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Swedish Business Association, Indonesia (SBA) and Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce, Thailand (TSCC) for inviting me to conduct this research and giving me access to their members.This thesis is based on empirical data that has been acquired in semi-structured interviews with senior management in enterprises in the region.The interviewees are kept anonymous throughout this research so I can only express my gratitude here in an aggregated but individually intended expression of appreciation; thank you for your time and efforts!Throughout the research I had the pleasure of receiving invaluable support from the Chairman of SBA, Per Brandt, as well as the Chairman of TSCC, Peter Björk, for which I am deeply grateful.
Author: Lennart Tibblin
Language: English
Subfield: Business and International Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2117281907