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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 15 avhandlingar innehållade orden resource-based theory of the firm.

1. 1. 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. 2. A Resource-based View on Collaboration between Firms and Local Partners in a Non-urban Swedish Context

   Författare :Lotten Svensson; Celeste Wilderom; Jim Andersén; The Netherlands University of Twente; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; resource-based view; resource based theory; relational RBT; public-private collaboration; action research; intervention; Humaniora-samhällsvetenskap; Humanities and Social sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Is it feasible to stimulate informal collaboration among non-urban firms and local public- and other private-sector actors, whereby they jointly strengthen the competitiveness of these firms? To answer this question, firms’ collaboration with local partner’s actors were examined. Most of the studied firms in this thesis are embedded in a regional “ecosystem” of a country (Sweden), with the usual set of public- and third-sector (not-for-profit) actors. LÄS MER

4. 3. 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. 4. Innovation outside: When spin-off firms and developer communities change the boundaries of the firm

   Författare :Martin Wallin; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; free and open source software; external venturing; organization of innovation; spin-off; Sweden; developer communities; resource-based theory of the firm; innovation outside; open innovation;

   Sammanfattning : Few observers dispute that innovation is at the very heart of economic development and prosperity and a key determinant for the competitiveness of firms. Yet the literature has found it challenging to incorporate the boundary-spanning characteristic of innovation into the theory of the firm. LÄS MER

7. 5. A Tale of Two Clusters: Sharing Resources to Compete

   Författare :Magnus Nilsson; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Proximity; Competitiveness; Firm-external resources; Cluster theory; Resource-based view;

   Sammanfattning : “The death of distance” has become the battle cry of a modern generation of managers, policy makers and scientists who embrace the new globalized economy and its promise of frictionless exchange across the world. While highly influential, this view does not, however, stand unchallenged. LÄS MER