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Financial Reporting and Corporate Governance: Essays on the contracting role of accounting and the effects of monitoring mechanisms
(2015-02-05)The governance and transparency in firms constitute the major concerns in today’s business. Contracts are fundamental aspects of corporations and in order to be efficient they should be designed and monitored using high ... -
Företag med Framgång - hur resurser kan skapa varaktiga konkurrensfördelar
(2012-02-21)This study describes how three medium-sized companies from a small town in West Sweden have achieved what the resource-based view regards as sustained competitive advantage (SCA). Research within the resource-based view ... -
Företagsledares arbete och tillväxt
(2018-03-27)The overall aim of this study is to contribute to knowledge about the relationship between what entrepreneurs do and firm growth. This aim have been translated into three research questions: (1) What characterizes the work ... -
Fragmentation and power in managerial work in health care
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Geographies of Management Ideas
(2023-11-07)This dissertation concerns management ideas – ideas on optimal utilisation of organisational resources – that are antecedents to organisational change. In the context of a globalised economy, the dissemination of management ... -
Hållbarhetsredovisningens innehåll. Vad har en inverkan på hur hållbarhetsredovisningens innehåll upprättas?
(2016-09-20)Hållbarhetsredovisningens innehåll Vad har en inverkan på hur hållbarhetsredovisningens innehåll upprättas? Sustainability accounting has the potential to help companies drive their sustainability work forward. To reach ... -
Human Resource Disclosures
(2003)ABSTRACT 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 ... -
Identitet i arbete(t) – Chefers reflektioner om arbetets dimensioner
(2016-08-18)Managers’ reflections about dimensions at work The purpose of this thesis is to identify, describe and develop the understanding of what aspects at work are important for individuals' identity construction. In this ... -
Inclusive place branding – What it is and how to progress towards it
(2016-11-24)In recent years, scholars have called for a reconceptualisation of place branding. Due to the complex nature of places, the involvement of multiple stakeholders, not least residents, is critical. There is a need for several ... -
Introduktionen av ett försök att förnya sjukhusvården - ringar skrivna på vattnet
(2013-09-06)Introducing an effort to reform hospital care – ripples on water This study deals with organizational change in the health care sector. Can a hospital change itself? Previous studies have pointed to difficulties. The ... -
Investor Relations on the Web – interpretations across borders
(2013-11-29)Motivation/Purpose: Communication is crucial for society, especially in today´s globalized world. Internet has profoundly influenced how listed companies and investors communicate to each other. This study gives insights ... -
It’s Not What You Sell – It’s Whom You Sell it To: How the Customer’s Character Shapes Brands and What Companies Do About it”
(2015-12-18)In this dissertation I investigate the effects of user and usage imagery on brands and how businesses employ user imagery to build brands. Over four articles I present results that suggest that user imagery affects brand ... -
Licensing Games
(2018-12-14)Patents are legal instruments that protect ideas, and the rise of a knowledge-based society was inevitably accompanied with their increased economic importance. As a result of this growth, patented technology became an ... -
Lönsamhet och finansiell flexibilitet. Rederinäringen i Sverige 1997 - 2006
(2012-12-12)This study investigates if financial flexibility can explain firm performance in terms of profitability using financial data from all Swedish shipping companies during the period 1997-2006. Financial flexibility is the ... -
Management accounting fashion setting - Studies on supply-side actors in Sweden
(2015-08-20)The successful introduction of a number of new management accounting concepts or management accounting innovations (MAIs) over recent decades, such as activi-ty-based costing and the balanced scorecard, has had a significant ... -
“Människor, skjortor och siffror – reducera komplexitet och en order blir till”
(2012-03-08)More than 35 years ago, calls were made for research on the constitutive role of accounting. Since then, many statements have been made to specify what accounting is or is not. This study describes what accounting does, ... -
Members in Tourism Settings – their motivations, behaviours and roles
(2012-08-14)Membership programs are widely-used marketing tools. Many customers belong to a number of different membership programs across a variety of organizations and contexts. Memberships are based on the idea of mutual benefits ... -
Mitt hem och min ekonomi - en studie av hur bostadsrättsköpare kalkylerar
(2017-12-20)My home and my economy - A study of how purchasers of a cooperative apartment calculate To purchase a dwelling is one of the biggest investments in a person’s life and probably the financial decision that affects the ...