A Business Model for Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers (SMEs) in Sparsely Populated Areas in Northern Norway
As Northern Norway is considered as a low population density area with small and dispersed settlement structures, dispersed economic foundation with simplification, and focus on primary production. Manufacturing firms in Northern Norway are predominantly Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SMEs). Wit...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/12897 2023-05-15T17:43:06+02:00 A Business Model for Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers (SMEs) in Sparsely Populated Areas in Northern Norway Liu, Jiawen 2017-06-14 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12897 eng eng UiT Norges arktiske universitet UiT The Arctic University of Norway https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12897 openAccess Copyright 2017 The Author(s) VDP::Teknologi: 500::Maskinfag: 570 VDP::Technology: 500::Mechanical engineering: 570 SEMs Northern Norway Manufacturers Business model SHO6266 Master thesis Mastergradsoppgave 2017 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-06-25T17:55:58Z As Northern Norway is considered as a low population density area with small and dispersed settlement structures, dispersed economic foundation with simplification, and focus on primary production. Manufacturing firms in Northern Norway are predominantly Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SMEs). With the development of globalization and the industry 4.0 trends, manufacturing industry focus more on lower the cost and developing economies with rapid advances in new technologies, SMEs especially manufacturers in Northern Norway are facing great challenges such as geographical seclusion from the major market and a low capital turnover ratio. In this paper, I focus on the current situation of small and medium-sized manufacturers and come up with a new business model for enhancing the competitive of small and medium-sized manufacturers in sparsely populated areas in northern Norway. Master Thesis Northern Norway University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway |
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As Northern Norway is considered as a low population density area with small and dispersed settlement structures, dispersed economic foundation with simplification, and focus on primary production. Manufacturing firms in Northern Norway are predominantly Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SMEs). With the development of globalization and the industry 4.0 trends, manufacturing industry focus more on lower the cost and developing economies with rapid advances in new technologies, SMEs especially manufacturers in Northern Norway are facing great challenges such as geographical seclusion from the major market and a low capital turnover ratio. In this paper, I focus on the current situation of small and medium-sized manufacturers and come up with a new business model for enhancing the competitive of small and medium-sized manufacturers in sparsely populated areas in northern Norway. |
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Master Thesis |
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Liu, Jiawen |
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Liu, Jiawen |
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Liu, Jiawen |
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A Business Model for Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers (SMEs) in Sparsely Populated Areas in Northern Norway |
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A Business Model for Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers (SMEs) in Sparsely Populated Areas in Northern Norway |
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A Business Model for Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers (SMEs) in Sparsely Populated Areas in Northern Norway |
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A Business Model for Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers (SMEs) in Sparsely Populated Areas in Northern Norway |
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A Business Model for Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers (SMEs) in Sparsely Populated Areas in Northern Norway |
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business model for small and medium-sized manufacturers (smes) in sparsely populated areas in northern norway |
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UiT Norges arktiske universitet |
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2017 |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12897 |
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Norway |
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Norway |
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Northern Norway |
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Northern Norway |
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