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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 233 avhandlingar innehållade orden Theory of the firm.

1. 6. On Logistics in the Strategy of the Firm

   Författare :Tobias Kihlén; Mats Abrahamsson; Andreas Norrman; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business and economics; logistics; strategy; resource-based view; positioning theory; Ekonomi; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyse the role of logistics in the strategy of the firm. Leading to this purpose are empirical observations of firms that manage to grow under sustained profitability, by the means of logistics.The clothing retailers H&M and Inditex manage to pursue strategies of growth under sustained profitability. LÄS MER

3. 7. Målstyrning och mellanchefers arbete - hierarki, delaktighet och tillfälligheternas spel : en fallstudie av ett privat företag och en offentlig förvaltning

   Författare :Margaretha Milsta; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; goal steering; middle manager; managerial work; privat firm; public administration; organizational theory.;

   Sammanfattning : This study deals with how goal steering is perceived and experienced at intermediate levels in two organizations, a private firm and a public administration. More specifically, the following three questions are posed: Firstly, how do middle managers perceive and experience goal steering in relation to: (a) what the goals are and what functions they perform; (b) involvement in the formulation and detailed specification of goals in the organization; (c) control of the activity; (d) evaluation of the achievement of goals in terms of the results obtained. LÄS MER

4. 8. A Tale of Two Concepts : Exploring the Relationship between Firm Performance and Multinationality

   Författare :Alice Schmuck; Katarina Lagerström; James Sallis; Mikael Hilmersson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; multinationality; firm performance; paradigmatic bias; performance-multinationality relationship; resource-based view; prospect theory; internationalization process model; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Despite being a pivotal topic over the past 50 years, the benefits and costs of internationalization are not well understood. A substantial body of research in international business, strategy, and general management is devoted to understanding firm internationalization and its connection to a firm’s financial performance; however, results are inconclusive. LÄS MER

5. 9. Relational Networks and Family Firm Capital Structure in Thailand : Theory and Practice

   Författare :Suranai Chuairuang; Barbara Cornelius; Håkan Boter; Anura De Zoysa; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Networks; relationships; capital structure decisions; family firm; small firm; information asymmetry; pecking order hypothesis; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

   Sammanfattning : Firms must access capital to remain in business.  Small firms have greater difficulty accessing financial resources than have large firms because of their limited access to capital markets.  These difficulties are exacerbated by information asymmetries between a small firm’ s management and capital providers. LÄS MER

7. 10. The Best of Both Worlds : The Effects of Knowledge and Network Relationships on Performance of Returnee Entrepreneurial Firms

   Författare :Wensong Bai; Martin Johanson; Christine Holmström_Lind; Oscar Martin Martin; Olli Kuivalainen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : In an increasingly globalized business world, international human mobility and its association with entrepreneurship presents attractive opportunities for business research. One increasingly important phenomenon in the field is returnee entrepreneurship, which is the reverse flow of migrants who acquired skills in developed countries back to their emerging-market home countries. LÄS MER