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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 194 avhandlingar innehållade orden purpose of the firm.
1. The emergence of innovation ecosystems: Exploring the role of the keystone firm
Sammanfattning : During periods of technological change, firms seek new collaborations and sometimes even reach out to competitors in order to obtain new resources and competences. Understanding the collaborations surrounding new technologies has implications for firms pursuing opportunities with new technologies. LÄS MER
2. Entrepreneurship and the Geography of Innovation : Essays on the Role of Related Variety
Sammanfattning : The traditional view that large industrial corporations are the primary engines of innovation and economic progress has gradually been replaced by the notion that place is the key organizing platform for innovative activity in the modern knowledge economy. The geography of innovation has shown that innovative activities tend to cluster in space, due to the advantages of certain cities and regions. LÄS MER
3. The auditor : Creating a concept of the auditor through auditors' own perceptions and understandings of their work in relation to boundary-setting forces
Sammanfattning : The overall purpose of this licentiate dissertation is to advance our understanding of the auditor by creating a concept of the auditor through focusing on auditors' own perceptions and understandings of their work in relation to boundary-setting forces. The audit profession, the audit firm, the client, society, regulations, and the market are all boundary-setting forces that influence the work of auditors and how auditors perceive and understand their work. LÄS MER
4. Suppliers in collaboration : the impact on the strategies of the individual firm
Sammanfattning : The general purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyse how collaboration in supplier network influence the individual supplier. The focus is the influence on the supplier's strategic development and how it influences the customer relationship. LÄS MER
5. In (re)search of corporate governance models between markets and hierarchies : The governance of franchising
Sammanfattning : The research project started with the purpose of understanding the importance of corporate governance in franchising. The dissertation includes four articles all of which describe the governance of franchising.The first article is a review study using a strategy of systematic search to produce a systematic review. LÄS MER