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Global Business Networks And Cooperation Within Supply Chain As A Strategy For High-Tech Companies’ Growth, Milena Milena Ratajczak-Mrozek

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation JEMI

The specificity of the operation profile of high-tech companies, including the necessity of operating at the international scale may account for the fact that these companies may find in network relationships, business networks and cooperation an essential determinant for growth and competitiveness. Foreign entities should be especially interesting business partners for hightech companies, as they are often seen as representing more advanced knowledge, resources and experience. The aim of the article is to point out to global business networks (i.e. including both local and foreign entities), and especially to cooperation within supply chain, as an important basis for a growth …