Canada, a child's play

Science4you, a Portuguese developer, producer and seller of scientific and educational toys, leveraged the worldwide growth of this category to successfully expand its operations abroad. Following a recent entry into the United States market, the purpose of this report is to help the company define...

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Autor principal: Igreja, Miguel Lopes da Costa Prista (author)
Formato: masterThesis
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2019
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/17225
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/17225
Descrição
Resumo:Science4you, a Portuguese developer, producer and seller of scientific and educational toys, leveraged the worldwide growth of this category to successfully expand its operations abroad. Following a recent entry into the United States market, the purpose of this report is to help the company define the next step in its international expansion. A customized scoring model, based on a set of relevant macro and micro-criteria was developed for Anglo-Saxon and Asian countries, yielding Canada as the market with the highest potential. The recommended entry mode is direct exporting via an independent distributor, being complemented with a financial and risk analysis.