Sökning: "Intangible assets"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden Intangible assets.
11. Understanding the Role of Intellectual Property in Digital Technology-based Startups: Decisions and Dynamics
Sammanfattning : Intellectual property (IP) has taken a central place as a source of competitive advantage in firms’ strategies. However, our knowledge on how IP is used by these firms in the digital age is still limited. LÄS MER
12. Essays on information asymmetry, disclosures and the financing of R&D. The case of the biotechnology industry
Sammanfattning : Investments in research and development (R&D) are an important driver of innovation, productivity and economic growth. Despite the importance of R&D investments to society, it is commonly known that R&D activities are difficult to finance in a competitive marketplace. LÄS MER
13. Using and Managing Resources in Industrialized House-Building : Characterization of a Swedish Industrialized House-Building Company from a Resource-Based View
Sammanfattning : Global reports stress the importance of developing the construction industry to address productivity related issues and challenges with urbanization. McKinsey conclude that the construction industry could be more efficient by how they manage and employ resources to address the low productivity. LÄS MER
14. Human Resource Disclosures
Sammanfattning : Although several corporations proclaim their employees as being thecorporation's most valuable resource, only a few corporations have utilised models and concepts of measuring human resources in their corporate annualreports. In the ongoing academic debate, human resource disclosures are often described and thought of as problematic due to the limited understanding of such information. LÄS MER
15. Does foreign ownership matter? : Multinational firms, productivity and spillovers
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four essays dealing with the role of foreign owned firms for the development of productivity and exports in Swedish manufacturing. The essays share a common theme, i.e. that multinational firms (MNF) possess some intangible assets that could be transferred to their affiliates. LÄS MER