Sökning: "Institutional Theory"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 501 avhandlingar innehållade orden Institutional Theory.

  1. 16. Planering på gränsen och gränsen för planering - En studie av gränsöverskridande samhällsplanering

    Författare :Heiti Ernits; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; boundaries; boundary work; boundary arrangements; boundary-spanners; strategic spatial planning; collaborative planning; public organization; institutional theory; sociocultural viability theory; translation theory; boundaries;

    Sammanfattning : This exploratory thesis aims to describe and analyze how boundaries emerge, affect planning practices, and how boundaries are managed over time in order to achieve integrated planning processes. This thesis is particularly interested in how the interplay between boundary-spanning and boundary-crossing activities in relation to the organization of strategic spatial planning can be understood from an institutional perspective. LÄS MER

  2. 17. An Arranged Marriage under Institutional Duality – The Local Integration Process between Two Globally Merging MNCs' Subsidiaries

    Författare :Roger Schweizer; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; merger and acquisition; integration process; multinational company; subsidiary; institutional theory; institutional duality; relational context; arranged marriage;

    Sammanfattning : "The thesis studies the local integration process between two globally merging multinational companies’ (MNCs) subsidiaries - a process, which is part of a concurrently ongoing global consolidation process and that has to be implemented in the two subsidiaries’ host country environment. The main question asked is how this specific setting influences the characteristics of the local integration process - such as the approach used, management styles applied, integration mechanisms employed, the physical and procedural solutions chosen, and not least the occurring human-related integration issues - as well as the outcome of the process. LÄS MER

  3. 18. Adaptability or Efficiency : Towards a theory of institutional development in organizations

    Författare :Mikael Klingvall; Göran Ahrne; Fredrik Liljeros; Felix Reed-Tsochas; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; organizational development; social influence; organizational culture; institutional development; adaptability; agent-based model; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : Organizations, once established, tend not to change, typically going obsolete as society continues to evolve. This makes adaptability an important issue. Organizational members must make sense to each other, or coordination suffers. LÄS MER

  4. 19. Institutionella samspel : Om möten mellan en kommersiell och en ideell logik

    Författare :Emilia Kvarnstrom; Lars Strannegård; Linda Wedlin; Josef Pallas; Rolf Solli; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; institutional logics; institutional theory; partnerships; cross-sectoral partnerships; hybrid organization; actor; narrative.; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Institutional logics create order and stability. They organize interaction and prescribe how we should behave towards each other. Such logics have generally been regarded as exclusive, in the sense that an organizational field is always guided by a single institutional logic. LÄS MER

  5. 20. An audit is an audit

    Författare :Elina Malmström; Gunilla Eklöv Alander; Mikael Holmgren Caicedo; Torbjörn Tagesson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; auditing; ISA; IAASB; SASE; audit of less complex entities; institutional theory; institutional entrepreneurship; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Sammanfattning : Previous studies within auditing have indicated that actors located in the center of the organizational field are more likely to have the resources needed in order to instigate change. Although it is acknowledged that actors located in the periphery might have incentives to change the organizational field, they are often viewed as unlikely change agents, as they are presumed to lack enough leverage. LÄS MER