Browsing Master theses by Title
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Intellectual capital - - A determinant of market value volatility
(2001)The issue of intellectual capital has very much been in the spotlight as of late. Intellectual capital can be defined as the soft assets that cannot be found on a balance sheet but certainly has an impact on future success ... -
Intellectual property and R&D contracts:A closer relation between patent portfolio and contracts to guide and enhance strategic innovation decisions.
(2012-02-22)This thesis explores the hypothesis that Multinational Companies (MNC) sometimes lack historic information about contractual obligations attached to the patent portfolio due to poor management routines or processes and ... -
Inter-organizational collaboration projects between public organizations: a site of coexisting simultaneously performed boundary work
(2020-06-22)This study investigates how public organizations engage in inter-organizational collaboration projects, what is done in practice within such collaborations and how this affects boundaries and boundary work performed between ... -
Interaction amongst independent and corporate venture capital and their influence on exit events
(2019-07-02)We are studying interaction amongst independent venture capital (IVC) and corporate venture capital (CVC), and how exit events are influenced by IVC and CVC investments, in U.S biotechnology companies between 1977-2018. ... -
Interaction in Distributed Teams Technology’s possibilities, difficulties and consequences from a sociomaterial Perspective
(2016-09-20)Distributed teams has received greater attention during last decades due to the high development of technology. Previous studies of distributed teams have paid little attention to the technology’s impacts in organisational ... -
Intermodal Freight Transport - Evaluating the Suitability of Future Potential Implementations - A Case Study of Volvo Car Corporation
(2022-08-02)Environmental awareness has become increasingly more important for governmental and non-governmental organizations throughout the years, pushing organizations to better their operations with the aim to reduce environmental ... -
Intermodal High-Capacity Transport for Pre- and Post-Haulage - A multiple-case study of the potential for high-capacity rail-road transport in the Swedish freight transport market
(2021-06-28)The concept of intermodal freight transport has been acknowledged as a policy tool to achieve an improved utilization of the transport system. Particularly intermodal rail-road transport (IRT) has recently gained in ... -
Intermodal road-rail transport business models in Sweden and Germany – A comparison of an intermodal transport company in the two markets
(2014-12-11)The thesis investigated how the intermodal rail-road transport business model is influenced by external factors in two countries. For the analysis TX Logistik was chosen as an illustrative case and its business models in ... -
Internal accounting communication - How do managers frame financial information towards employees?
(2017-08-09)Background and problem: Communicating and using financial information internally is something which all companies do. To be able use financial data employees have to understand it, and it is the corporate managers whose ... -
Internal and External Habits Formation: Policy Analysis Implications and Bayesian Estimation
(2018-07-02)The Euler equation relies on strictly and rigid assumptions and it has been proved that consumers do not follow this equation in real data. One way to improve this consumption expression is introducing the hypothesis of ... -
Internal brand management - The ginatricot case
(2000)This thesis describes and explains different aspects that together contribute to the development of internal brand loyalty: namely brand management, organizational culture and relationship marketing. We have integrated ... -
Internal Carbon Pricing AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTERNAL CARBON PRICE IN A MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE
(2022-06-29)Climate change is often considered a market failure in the field of economics as the risks and costs are not reflected in the market price. Many scientists and actors in the field therefore argue that the cost must be ... -
Internal Change in Internationalizing SMEs The Challenges of Going Local to Global: A Human Resource Perspective
(2013-07-02)The internal internationalization of SMEs is a growing research area, but there is a lack of research regarding how SMEs develop internal resources when internationalizing and how this change facilitates firms’ ... -
Internal Communication in an MNC
(2002)Internal communication is a major constituent in any organization, and it can actually be seen as the lifeblood of the organization. In the multinational corporation, MNC, the importance of well-functioning internal ... -
Internal Corporate Events - A tool for corporations to communicate to and motivate their employees
(2006)The meeting industry forms a major element of the tourism industry. Furthermore, rapid developments point to the industry being more significant today than ever before. Conventions, exhibitions, fairs, congresses, ... -
Internal Internationalization -a peek into the black box
(2011-07-06)In the ongoing struggle to maintain and leverage competitive advantage, SMEs are in a constant state of change. A highly visible and researched change is concerning the process by which firms shift business activities ... -
International Capital- and Liquidity Regulation. A challenge for Chinese banks?
(2016-10-07)The Chinese Banking Regulatory Commission started the implementation of global capital- and liquidity standards for commercial banks in China by issuing the first regulatory elements of the Basel III accords in June 2012. ... -
International consulting firms in Russia- A study on how to undertake efective consulting services in the Russian business environment
(2001)After the fall of Communism in Russia, the country's business environment has indeed changed and is today characterised by high volatility and unpredictability. The international consulting firms, which we are focusing on ... -
International Joint Ventures in Asian Emerging Markets. An event study about how the local partner´s shareholder gains are affected by the selection of foreign partner
(2015-07-13)International Joint Ventures (IJVs) play an important role in the strong com- petitive trend towards globalization of world markets. This trend leads to greater access to the world's Asian emerging markets, which creates ... -
INTERNATIONAL SOURCING IN EMERGING MARKETS - A CASE STUDY OF ICA NON-FOOD IN CHINA AND LATVIA
(2004)Global sourcing is becoming increasingly important, and is currently a top priority by many firms. The increased globalisation and the dynamic environment, like the EU Enlargement and Chinas’ membership in the WTO, makes ...