This research looks into an agricultural exporter in Indonesia that sources cinnamon from Sumatra: Spicy Exports. More specifically, it investigates how to strengthen the linkages between Spicy Exports and their suppliers by building trust. Currently, the relationship is characterized by arms-length transactions and high opportunistic behavior. Using grounded theory, a model for building trust is …

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This research aimed to uncover factors that can help developing countries with significant amounts of natural resources in avoiding the so-called ‘natural resource curse’. Previous studies show mixed results; some countries show a surge in economic growth, whereas others end up with conflicts and environmental degradation, i.e. the natural resource curse. Posing local economic development …

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The objective of this research is to create an evaluation method for firms that considers all the values created by the firm, as well as all the actors that interact with the firm in the process of this value creation. This research examined 30 European Multinationals to identify which values they create besides profit and …

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This thesis provides information what the needs of the rural BoP in India are and how local Indian partners can help U.S. multinational firms in fast moving consumer goods to sell products to these people but on the other hand create development for the rural BoP. India is a huge country with a big variety …

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This report analyzes the key aspects needed to successfully operate at the Vietnamese BOP, thereby focusing on the role of local actors. The results were obtained by conducting interviews with businesses operating at the Vietnamese BOP and with a trade promotion centre linked to the People’s Committee of Can Tho.