Internationaliseringsstrategier och finansiella resultat
En utvärdering av karaktärsdrag hos svenska modeföretag i samband med internationalisering
InternationaliseringLönsamhetKaraktärsdragInternationaliseringsstrategierFinansiella posterModebranschen
International expansion has long been associated with a positive trend that many companies, regardless of industry, choosing to realize mainly to expand its market share and hence its profitability. Various theories describe differentiated strategies to promote corporate expansion. Either they shall be financed by internal funds, or balancing equity with debt, or only increase leverage in order to achieve the desired results. This study focuses on the Swedish fashion market and its degree of internationalization. The purpose is to attempt to discern whether there exists a correlation between the degree of internationalization and its financial performance.The study was based on a quantitative approach where secondary data was collected so that we then would be able to perform regression calculations. The hundred largest fashion companies (that is those with the highest turnover) with Swedish seat was selected as examination items. Key figures and differentiated characteristics of the various firms were collected to thus be able to perform further calculations with a focus on capital structure.The survey has through the analysis been able to identify different approaches within the main problem. There is no correlation between the degree of internationalization and its profitability, but it is possible with the help of an analysis of corporate capital structure to discern a higher profitability of the fastest growing companies. However, there was no significant association between the degree of internationalization of fashion companies and their investigated capital structure containing key figures.