FöRFATTARE
Farhang, Manucher

DATUM
2001-08-13

INSTITUTION
Industriell ekonomi och samhällsvetenskap / Industriell marknadsföring

SAMMANFATTNING
The role of the owner-manager in small technology-based firms has not received sufficient attention in past research. The study, based on a longitudinal case study of Index-Braille a company located in northern Sweden, shows how a single person, the owner-manager, has been responsible for the whole process of the firm's development: from innovation of a product/technology to firm's internationalization and capture of more than 50 percent of the global market in a specific segment. Owner-manger's characteristics including motive and background, attitude, knowledge, skills, commitment, risk-taking, business-style and networking all contribute to a firm's success.

ISSN 1402-1528 / ISRN LTU-FR--01/14--SE / NR 2001:14