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Influencing factors on the implementation and integration of strategic improvement systems in multinational corporations: A case study of Volvo Production System in geographically dispersed subsidiaries within Volvo Group Trucks Powertrain
(2018-07-03)In today's competitive environment companies face the challenges of continuously working towards making their operations more efficient and effective in pursuance to remain a competitive advantage. In order to cultivate ... -
Influential factors of experiential outdoor consumption - A qualitative study investigating the experiences and perceptions of experiential outdoor consumers
(2022-09-13)Researchers agree on the harm materialistic values and consumption have on consumers’ well-being in society today (Black, 2010; Goldsmith & Clark, 2012; Isenhour & Black, 2010; Muñiz-Velázquez et al., 2017; Pieters, 2013; ... -
Informal Payments for Health Care and their Implications on Patient Welfare
(2012-07-24)Corruption in the healthcare sector is a widespread problem in many countries. Empirical research has shown that petty corruption is especially endemic in healthcare, perhaps due to the importance of health to human ... -
Informality meets Formality: When Management’s and Employees’ Practices of Knowledge Sharing Diverge
(2016-09-20)Knowledge sharing, as a significant part of knowledge management, is a difficult but important objective for organisations to achieve. Previous research in this field calls for more attention to knowledge sharing in an ... -
Information Asymmetry and Discretionary Accounting in European Banks
(2016-09-15)Recent theoretical research suggests that information risk is a non-diversifiable risk factor and should therefore affect the cost of capital of the individual firm. This study investigates this notion for listed European ... -
Information Dissemination and Active Citizenship: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
(2018-10-08)Information constraints are seen as serious impediments to the ability of citizens to hold politicians accountable. In this thesis, I study an intervention in Uganda where scorecards describing the performance of local ... -
Information Systems Are Only as Good as the People Behind Them Information systems and their impact on logistics performance in a multinational manufacturing company
(2016-07-04)Over the past years, information and information systems (IS) have become increasingly important for manufacturing companies’ overall logistics performance. Information and value-added data runs throughout the company and ... -
Informativeness of Key Audit Matter (KAM) Disclosures: An exploratory study of ISA 701 in Sweden
(2018-07-02)In this study, we examine whether Key Audit Matter (KAM) disclosures are informative in the Swedish setting. Financial stakeholders have long criticized the audit report for being too standardized and neither conveying ... -
Inland Waterways and Short Sea Shipping - a feasible alternative for truck transportation in Sweden? - A Case Study of Container Shipping Between Uddevalla and Gothenburg -
(2023-07-03)Within the European Union, Inland Waterway Transportation accounts for the lowest share of goods transport, with only 5.8%. In Sweden, the share is even lower where Inland Waterway Transportation accounts for less than 1% ... -
Innovate and Tell? Managing secrets in a complex world
(2017-09-13)Innovation disclosure is the topic of this study, which in spite of the importance acknowledged to innovation has remained relatively unexplored. Adopting a qualitative research strategy and a multiple case study method, ... -
Innovating Inside the Box - An Exploratory Comparative Case Study of Regulations’ Impact on Innovation in the Insurance Industry
(2020-07-22)Innovation in general is an important driver for economic growth and consumer welfare. However, with the purpose of consumer protection and ensuring stability of the financial system, the insurance sector is bound to ... -
Innovating Out of the Fishmeal Trap - A case study on how niche conditions in the Norwegian aquafeed sector led to the development of a sustainable technology with global potential
(2013-07-03)As trends in population growth, resource scarcity, and global warming converge, global food security is becoming a pressing issue. To address this challenge, agricultural systems will have to transition towards more efficient ... -
Innovation Activity and Stock Price Effects in the Retail Industry. a case study of the relationships created through the product development process
(2015-07-13)Issue of study. Several attempts have been made to connect innovation activities to firm performance measurements with the hope of providing a “one size fits all” for how to do innovation. Enormous amounts of money are ... -
Innovation Adoption for Eco Materials in the Construction Industry in Sweden: How Three Players Can Actively Foster the Adoption Process - A Case Study on the Material Hempcrete with the Company House of Hemp
(2021-07-06)The construction industry is currently experiencing environmental problems associated with greenhouse gas emissions, in particular due to the extensive use of unsustainable materials. In this regard, the industry is in ... -
Innovation and M&A: a study examining innovative capabilities post-acquisition
(2023-07-19)This study examines the impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on the innovative capabilities of firms. Given how trillions of dollars are invested in acquisitions every year, yet the failure rate of M&As remain at 70-90 ... -
Innovation and Performance of Companies with a Legacy of Risk Capital Funding: A Swedish Perspective
(2018-08-01)The purpose of this paper is to investigate how R&D investments affect public companies that was backed by risk capital in their early stage. In our research, we investigate whether firms with prior risk capital involvement ... -
Innovation as a Dynamic Process: An actor-network theory study of product development in the forest industry
(2016-09-20)The importance of innovation and new product development in the globalized contemporary world is substantial. Previous research within the discourse have tended to focus on the differences between organizations and their ... -
INNOVATION DIFFUSION AT SMART EYE - How can Smart Eye influence the rate of diffusion of their product SAIDMS?
(2020-07-23)Road accidents cause millions of deaths and cost around 3% of annual GDP for most countries every year, 80-90% of which are due to human error. European and Chinese authorities have put regulations in place, calling for ... -
Innovation Diffusion from the Service-Dominant Logic: The case of the Metaverse
(2022-08-02)This paper aims to examine the diffusion of innovation as a collective endeavour of actors, more specifically, market disruptors. Drawing on service-dominant (S-D) logic and service ecosystems perspective, innovation is ...