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Managing Foresight for Innovation in Large Firms.
(2014-12-15)More and more companies are searching for strategic orientation and feel the need to support more future insights to win the innovation race. Corporate foresight is expected to do exactly that. On a social level we apply ... -
Managing global teams in a knowledge-intensive organization: Middle management’s perspective
(2023-06-29)Managing global teams in today's world has become the norm for many organizations, placing middle managers in an even more important position, especially in a knowledge-intensive context. Although middle management is ... -
Managing innovation from a leadership perspective in an IT-consultancy firm - A case study of Cybercom Group
(2020-07-23)The IT-consultancy industry faces a paradigm shift. Successfully transform from resource-based consulting to asset-based consulting can be the difference between prosperity and being disrupted away. Instead of fulfilling ... -
Managing Innovation in Knowledge-Intensive SMEs: A Multiple Case Study of Balancing Exploration and Exploitation
(2023-07-20)Managing the innovation processes and strategies is a common challenge for companies due to the complexity and difficulties of creating processes that favor exploitation and exploration, and not limiting the capabilities ... -
Managing innovation with a holistic approach - a single case study on how a holistic view of innovation management can support a company
(2022-08-05)The importance of innovation has been widely recognized and it is argued that company’s survival depends on innovation. In recent research within the field of innovation management there has been a paradigm shift towards ... -
Managing International Sourcing and Manufacturing in an Allegedly Stalled Globalization - A multiple case study exploring SMEs’ international sourcing and manufacturing and the trend of the world economy
(2023-07-18)There have been significant events in recent years that have raised concerns about the trend of the world economy. Scholars believe these events have disrupted businesses, causing them to reconsider their GVCs, including ... -
Managing Knowledge during Internationalization: The Case of Ntex
(2018-07-05)The view of knowledge as a strategically important asset for organizations is nowadays widespread and and the choice about how to manage this asset internally has gained increasing attention. Existing literature indicates ... -
Managing Knowledge in MNCs: The case of the knowledge management initiative in the Volvo Group
(2009-08-24)It is imperative to never forget that knowledge is power, as it is the one and only true sustainable source of competitive advantage. Financial crisis or not, smart organizations are those which continuously utilize ... -
Managing mergers - A micro-perspective on the role of emotions
(2020-06-16)This article examines the role of actors’ emotions on the shaping of an institution within a merger process. Based on an empirical study of a case where four public organizations were merged into one, actors’ emotional ... -
Managing Paradoxes in Coordinating Innovation A qualitative study on how coordination reinforces innovation in a Swedish Automotive Company
(2022-06-23)Innovation has become a widespread practice in the automotive industry for companies to stay relevant in the future. This paper aims to discuss how a large enterprise works with innovation in practice from the lenses of ... -
Managing Resources in Highly Uncertain Environments -exploring a company’s resource management process
(2011-07-06)One of the most debated triggers for change in a business is technology, and the continuous new development of technologies plays a critical role for the management of a company‟s resources. Companies increasingly experience ... -
Managing Service Innovation in an Increasingly Digitalized World - “It's more than just picking the low hanging fruits”
(2017-09-14)The ability to manage service innovation has become more important than ever for organizations in order to stay competitive. One of the prominent drivers for this increased focus on service innovation, is the digitalization ... -
Managing Shared Value in Multinational Corporations - A multiple case study on three major food companies and their CSV management in the context of global food loss and waste
(2020-06-30)Around one third of all the food produced at a global level is lost or wasted, creating severe negative economic, environmental and social implications. Creating Shared Value (CSV) can help to increase joint incitements ... -
Managing Supplier Innovation: A Case Study of the Wind-Turbine Industry
(2014-12-12)Having reliable supplier relationship is one of the main sources for companies’ open innovation strategy, exploring and raising the level of innovativeness. Consequently, managing open innovation is a crucial challenge for ... -
Managing Talents for Global Leadership Positions in Multinational Corporations
(2011-07-06)The identification and development of internal high-potential employees is referred to as „talent management‟ within the human resources function. Previous research argues that national culture influences organizational ... -
Managing the Cultural Issue of Merger and Acquisition
(2000)Renault-Nissan, Daimler-Chrysler, Ford-Volvo, Daewoo-General Motors...The phenomenon of merger and acquisition within the automotive industry is booming. Just before, it was the take over of Rover by BMW, and the acquisition ... -
Managing the dynamics of e-commerce -The importance of competitive intelligence
(2001)In the form of a multiple case study with one main case study on Volvo CE, this thesis evaluates the importance of using competitive intelligence for the development of an e-strategy. The thesis was written after a benchmark ... -
Managing the Risks and Uncertainties of Brexit: A multiple-case study on Swedish SMEs with exposure towards the UK
(2018-07-03)In June 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. The negotiations over Brexit is currently ongoing and can result in different outcomes affecting international trade. This has created ... -
“Manufacturing sourcing decisions: Single versus Multiple Sourcing”
(2017-06-29)This thesis addresses sourcing issues in the manufacturing industry. With the guidance of a truck manufacturer, the researcher looks into how manufacturers make their sourcing decisions, with the ultimate goal to find out ...