Sökning: "linnéuniversitetet 2011"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 62 avhandlingar innehållade orden linnéuniversitetet 2011.

  1. 1. Managerial foresight and firm performance

    Författare :Martin Amsteus; Jon Aarum Andersen; Lars Bengtsson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business administration; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Purpose – To specify what defines managerial foresight and to assess the association between managerial foresight and firm performanceMethodology/Approach – First, previous research was reviewed and foresight was defined. Second, an instrument for measuring managerial foresight was developed. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Establishment of Insidership Positions in Institutionally Distant Business Networks

    Författare :Mikael Hilmersson; Hans Jansson; Bengt Johannisson; Sylvie Chetty; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; internationalisation process; entry process; network insidership; emerging markets; institutional distance; business networks; liability of outsidership; liability of foreignness; SME; export; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business administration; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Since the opening of formerly closed markets in Eastern Europe and China in the early 1990s, numerous firms have sought to capture the growth opportunities prevailing in the virgin but institutionally distant business networks in these countries. I claim that the entry process into an institutionally distant business network has been realised when the entering firm has reached an insidership position in the network. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Essays on statistical testing using Wavelet methodologies

    Författare :Yushu Li; Ghazi Shukur; Håkan Locking; Golam B. M. Kibria; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five essays on the application of wavelet methodology to different tests in time series analysis. Essay I proposes a nonlinear Dickey-Fuller F test for unit roots against the first order Logistic Smooth Transition Autoregressive LSTAR (1) model. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Essays on Self-employment : A Gender Perspective

    Författare :Andreas Mångs; Dominique Anxo; Pernilla Andersson-Joona; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Self-employment; Gender; Hours of work; Time allocation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  7. 5. Design for Places of Collaboration

    Författare :Alexandra Petrakou; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Collaboration; Computer-Supported Cooperative Work; Place; Space; Boundary Objects; Design; Design; Computer Science; Datavetenskap; Information Systems; Informatik;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis reports a research effort that comprises six papers and a cover paper. In essence, the thesis contributes to the understanding of collaborative settings by introducing the perspective of ‘places of collaboration’. LÄS MER