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Networks
The main reasons for engaging in networks are to co-operate against common rivals and to reduce costs.
According to Ebers, 2002 the motives for engaging in inter-organisational network relationship can be quite varied. To co-operate against common rivals and to reduce costs are mentioned as two of the most common reasons.
A company's development is dependent on networks in its internationalisation process.
This hypothesis was developed solely on our curiosity to study if networks, in fact, have such a great importance as stressed in our studied literature and if the companies considered networks important in their internationalisation process.