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Kr旦nleins is a Swedish family-owned brewery company that is the oldest private brewery in Sweden. It began exporting its beers and ciders to neighboring Scandinavian countries in the 1950s, taking advantage of its unique products not found in Norway. The company has since expanded to other European markets, helped by the technical expertise and experience of its CEO in brewing. When entering China, Kr旦nleins partnered with IKEA to sell its products in IKEA restaurants.

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By Mohit Verma
In this case here are problem discussion, we present a deep understanding of the firm- specific advantages that allow the firm to enter the international market by an investigation into Swedish enterprises.
Enterprises internationalize with firm specific advantages
KRNLEINS is the fifth largest brewery company in Sweden. It is also the oldest private family brewery company in Sweden. Kr旦nleins has a long and strong brewing tradition stretching back about 200 years, and across six generations, and its origins were in Germany.
The companys main products are beers and ciders, which are also their main exports. In addition to beers and ciders, Kr旦nleins also produces and sells other kinds of drinks, such as soda, juice, wine and spirits. Kr旦nleins has, since 1990, been given five international awards that the company and brewmaster has received with great joy and pride.
Enterprises internationalize with firm specific advantages
As the first brewery in Sweden, Kr旦nleins began to produce a high grade strong beer in the beginning of the1950s The beer was given the name Three Hearts Export. In the beginning, the strong beer was made solely for export, since beer of this strength was prohibited in Sweden at the time. Norway was the first export market of the company, and then the company entered other Scandinavian countries--Finland and Denmark.
There are two reasons for the company to choose the Scandinavian countries: 1. one is that these countries are geographically close to Sweden, and the other is that the company has the unique products for the Norwegian market 2. These export products were not produced in Norway.
The company started to sell their products in the European market such as Germany, France, UK, Belgium, Poland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece, after successfully exporting to Scandinavian countries.
Enterprises internationalize with firm specific advantages
Technical Entrepreneur and Pull international Strategy The CEO of Kr旦nleins Hans has a good education in brewing, which make him proficient in the knowledge of the product. Entrepreneurs interpretation is based on their knowledge and background, such as education level, work experience and family influences. Education, training and workplace experience have been associated with the success of entrepreneur
The Structure Entrepreneur and international industry restructuring- The sophisticated experience of the two entrepreneurs of Getinge makes the company survive and grow. They are the entrepreneurs who not only can identify the opportunities, but also are proficient in managing and restructuring the company. Entrepreneurial attitudes such as willingness to change and taking risks, may be considered crucial prerequisites for success, especially under conditions of dynamic changes such as, for example, enlargement of markets in the process of EU
Enterprises internationalize with firm specific advantages
Kr旦nleins proves that trust is necessary between the company and its suppliers. Getinge owns many suppliers that have cooperated with them for many years. However, with the experience of entering the foreign markets, the interviewees from these two companies do not consider the internationalization process is affected directly by the suppliers.
With regard to Kr旦nleins, their suppliers offer the best quality ingredients. The standard of the materials is consistent with the image of Kr旦nleins, the best quality materials, which are from suppliers, are the guarantee of the good products.
On the other hand, both companies also care much about their reputation, the reputation can make them feel confidence when they introduce their products to the potential consumers, and the consumers would be interested in the companies products. The reputation of the company can help the company attract the consumer in the foreign market
When Kr旦nleins entered the Chinese market, they found IKEA, another Swedish company, to be their partner. Considering that IKEA already has a certain number of consumers, Kr旦nleins was determined to sell their products in Ikeas restaurants, and this strategy seems to have been effective in the Chinese market
Enterprises internationalize with firm specific advantages
Although the samples we choose in this dissertation are from different industries, both of them are low- technology industries. All in all, from the product perspective, both companies do not make much effort on the research and development of the products. The two companies each have their own reason: Kr旦nleins intends to maintain their products as traditional as possible, Getinges strategy is value- added products; the main point is the service instead of the products. With regard to other dimensions, only e-commerce can help companies a little during the internationalization process.
By researching two case companies, the conclusion can be drawn that market knowledge and experience is a crucial, firm- specific advantage that facilitates a firms international expansion. Market knowledge and experience can be assessed as one of the most important advantages of the firm that helps firms enter the foreign markets.

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Enterprises internationalize with firm specific advantages

  • 2. In this case here are problem discussion, we present a deep understanding of the firm- specific advantages that allow the firm to enter the international market by an investigation into Swedish enterprises.
  • 4. KRNLEINS is the fifth largest brewery company in Sweden. It is also the oldest private family brewery company in Sweden. Kr旦nleins has a long and strong brewing tradition stretching back about 200 years, and across six generations, and its origins were in Germany.
  • 5. The companys main products are beers and ciders, which are also their main exports. In addition to beers and ciders, Kr旦nleins also produces and sells other kinds of drinks, such as soda, juice, wine and spirits. Kr旦nleins has, since 1990, been given five international awards that the company and brewmaster has received with great joy and pride.
  • 7. As the first brewery in Sweden, Kr旦nleins began to produce a high grade strong beer in the beginning of the1950s The beer was given the name Three Hearts Export. In the beginning, the strong beer was made solely for export, since beer of this strength was prohibited in Sweden at the time. Norway was the first export market of the company, and then the company entered other Scandinavian countries--Finland and Denmark.
  • 8. There are two reasons for the company to choose the Scandinavian countries: 1. one is that these countries are geographically close to Sweden, and the other is that the company has the unique products for the Norwegian market 2. These export products were not produced in Norway.
  • 9. The company started to sell their products in the European market such as Germany, France, UK, Belgium, Poland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece, after successfully exporting to Scandinavian countries.
  • 11. Technical Entrepreneur and Pull international Strategy The CEO of Kr旦nleins Hans has a good education in brewing, which make him proficient in the knowledge of the product. Entrepreneurs interpretation is based on their knowledge and background, such as education level, work experience and family influences. Education, training and workplace experience have been associated with the success of entrepreneur
  • 12. The Structure Entrepreneur and international industry restructuring- The sophisticated experience of the two entrepreneurs of Getinge makes the company survive and grow. They are the entrepreneurs who not only can identify the opportunities, but also are proficient in managing and restructuring the company. Entrepreneurial attitudes such as willingness to change and taking risks, may be considered crucial prerequisites for success, especially under conditions of dynamic changes such as, for example, enlargement of markets in the process of EU
  • 14. Kr旦nleins proves that trust is necessary between the company and its suppliers. Getinge owns many suppliers that have cooperated with them for many years. However, with the experience of entering the foreign markets, the interviewees from these two companies do not consider the internationalization process is affected directly by the suppliers.
  • 15. With regard to Kr旦nleins, their suppliers offer the best quality ingredients. The standard of the materials is consistent with the image of Kr旦nleins, the best quality materials, which are from suppliers, are the guarantee of the good products.
  • 16. On the other hand, both companies also care much about their reputation, the reputation can make them feel confidence when they introduce their products to the potential consumers, and the consumers would be interested in the companies products. The reputation of the company can help the company attract the consumer in the foreign market
  • 17. When Kr旦nleins entered the Chinese market, they found IKEA, another Swedish company, to be their partner. Considering that IKEA already has a certain number of consumers, Kr旦nleins was determined to sell their products in Ikeas restaurants, and this strategy seems to have been effective in the Chinese market
  • 19. Although the samples we choose in this dissertation are from different industries, both of them are low- technology industries. All in all, from the product perspective, both companies do not make much effort on the research and development of the products. The two companies each have their own reason: Kr旦nleins intends to maintain their products as traditional as possible, Getinges strategy is value- added products; the main point is the service instead of the products. With regard to other dimensions, only e-commerce can help companies a little during the internationalization process.
  • 20. By researching two case companies, the conclusion can be drawn that market knowledge and experience is a crucial, firm- specific advantage that facilitates a firms international expansion. Market knowledge and experience can be assessed as one of the most important advantages of the firm that helps firms enter the foreign markets.