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  1. 1. The Advantage Paradox : Managing Innovation Processes in the Multinational Corporation

    Författare :Olivia H. Kang; Mats Forsgren; Desirée Holm; Kristiina Mäkelä; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Multinational corporation; Subsidiary; ‘Advantage paradox of the MNC’; Innovation development; Innovation transfer; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Two important ways that a subsidiary can contribute to the multinational corporation’s (MNC) competitive advantage are innovation development and transfer activities. However ‘the advantage paradox of the MNC’ calls into question a subsidiary’s ability to effectively and efficiently carry out both innovation development and transfer activities. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Stökiga studenter : Social kontroll och identifikation vid universiteten i Uppsala, Dorpat och Åbo under 1600-talet

    Författare :Lars Geschwind; Dag Lindström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; universities; students; social integration; social control; identity; academic jurisdiction; patriarcalism; corporation; honour; seventeenth century; Early Modern; fraternalism; Historia; History subjects; Historieämnen; historia; History; Teknikvetenskapens lärande och kommunikation;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis focuses upon three universities in Sweden during its ‘Age of Greatness’, Uppsala, Dorpat and Åbo, with a special emphasis upon the universities academic jurisdiction. On the whole the universities saw State intervention as a useful tool in local conflicts with the surrounding town community but opposed that very same form of intervention when it tried to interfere in internal university matters. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Subsidiaries as Sources and Recipients of Innovations in the Multinational Corporation

    Författare :Christina Hallin; Ulf Holm; Mats Forsgren; Desirée Holm; Bent Petersen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Business studies; Multinational corporation; innovation; subsidiary; innovation development; innovation transfer; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Technological advancement and innovation lie at the core of the competitiveness of firms. For the multinational corporation (MNC), the ability to leverage innovations and value-added resources within the MNC is an important element of competitive advantage. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Influences on Transfer Effectiveness : An Exploratory Study of Headquarters Transfer of Capabilities to Subunits in the Multinational Corporation

    Författare :Olof Lindahl; Ulf Holm; Jens Gammelgaard; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Capability Transfer; Transfer Effectiveness; Multinational Corporation; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates factors that influence the effectiveness of headquarters’ transfers of capabilities to subunits in multinational corporations.Received literature has emphasized that headquarters has a unique organizational position as the sender in such transfers. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Subsidiary network embeddedness : Integration, control and influence in the multinational corporation

    Författare :Ulf Andersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with subsidiaries in multinational corporations and especially how thespecific operational environment of the subsidiaries affects integration, control andinfluence in the multinational corporation. This study demonstrates that subsidiaries'embeddedness in their business networks does not only influence them, but also thebehaviour and development of the multinational corporation of which they form a part. LÄS MER