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Measuring macroeconomic exposures through commercial cash flows - A case study of selected firms in the communication equipment industry
(2006)
Firms, especially multinational firms, nowadays are facing various sources of
macroeconomic risks. We employ the cash flow approach to estimate the
macroeconomic risks for five leading multinational firms namely Nokia, ...
In Search of Linkages – Examining the Relationships between Employee Attitudes, Customer Satisfaction and Business Performance
(2006)
Among scholars and business practitioners, there is a continuous debate about whether or
not employee attitudes can be directly associated with customer satisfaction and business
performance. According to Heskett et al.’s ...
Aviation - a qualitative forecast of air passenger segments with focus on the West Coast region of Sweden
(2006)
The purpose of this thesis is to provide the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration with
information regarding the market development within the private- and business passenger
segments’ present and future needs, demands, ...
Audit of the Future - An Analyis of the Impact of XBRL on Audit and Assurance
(2006)
The eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) has been developed as a standard for business reporting on the Internet. As such it will impact the audit profession that provides assurance over financial information, an ...
Corporate Treasury Outsourcing – A Function Best Left to the Experts? An Analysis of Corporate Treasuries in Sweden
(2006)
As corporations attempt to streamline their operations to keep pace with a
competitive global market place, the range of activities that are seen to be
part of the core competencies is becoming narrower. Corporations ...
Cross-brand standardisation - A case study of Volvo 3P
(2006)
Volvo 3P’s aim is to create one single truck platform which shall be used for all brands
(Volvo, Renault and Mack). Having a common platform requires the support of common
standards, and these are produced by the Corporate ...
Shall we go to the spa? The spa trends in Gothenburg and its region
(2006)
The Spa industry is a new and growing phenomenon showing a clear increase during
the last decades. The customers are starting to realize how important the health and
wellness in today’s society. People of all ages are ...
The * of Internationalization - A literary review. * Death, Birth, Re-Birth, Dawn, Dusk, Rise, Fall…
(2006)
In the last decades internationalization research has produced many groundbreaking
theories. Concepts like the IP-model, the network perspective and the born global
perspective have until recently dominated the research ...
Corporate Social Responsibility or Corporate Social Responsiveness - Case study of CSR in top Swedish firms
(2006)
In recent years, the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have become more important than ever before, due to the non-proportional relation between the increase in power of companies and the level of their social ...
From Quality to Expenditures - A Case Study of Storsjöyran Music Festival, Sweden
(2006)
This study is based on previous research on Quality, Satisfaction, Willingness-to-Pay and
Spending behaviour, in tourism and particularly in the area of festival management. A web
and telephone survey on 326 festival ...