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“How Can Small and Medium Size Enterprises Benefit from Social and Business Networks to Improve Their Performance?” A Single Case Study of Medi Know-How
(2022-07-05)
Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) are one of the most important contributors to global economic development and job creation (World Bank, 2021). Meanwhile, the success of SMEs depends on many different aspects such ...
To innovate or not - that is the question A study investigating how the number of patents applications has been affected by the EU ETS
(2021-08-23)
This thesis examines how patent applications (as a proxy measure for innovation) in regulated sectors were affected by the implementation of the European Emission Trading System (the EU ETS) in 2005. The studied EU ...
Green 3PL Warehousing - A case study of how Kuehne Nagel Sweden’s warehousing operations can become green.
(2021-06-18)
The thesis aims to analyze how the 3PL industry can become more sustainable in its warehousing operations. The thesis presents several factors that affect a 3PL warehouse’s environmental impact through a qualitative case ...
Wealth effects associated with spin-offs: Empirical evidence from the Nordics
(2021-06-30)
This study focuses on the abnormal returns associated with spin-offs in the Nordics. The sample consists of 84 completed spin-offs between 2000 and 2020. Similar to the vast majority of previous studies, a significant ...
Warranty Provisions …more like Earnings Management Provision?
(2022-06-30)
This thesis explores the realm of accounting disclosure concerning warranties provisions and its relation to earnings management. Provisions for warranties require estimates and judgment for future claims, resulting in an ...
Family-owned SMEs: Role models of crisis management A case study of how the practice of crisis management has been performed by nine Swedish family-owned SMEs during the Covid-19 pandemic
(2022-06-23)
Despite SMEs accounting for 99,9% of all registered firms in Sweden and that non-listed family-owned firms outperform their counterparts during crises, previous studies have neglected the field, resulting in an undiscovered ...
“I can’t hear you, you’re muted” – Socialization in virtual communities of practices- A case study of how newcomers’ transition into a new organization is affected by a virtual onboarding process
(2021-06-29)
Previous literature on onboarding processes has had its point of departure in physical
settings. To contribute to further research on the subject of onboarding, this paper
investigates onboarding in a virtual setting. ...
- How Limited Partners define and evaluate risk in Private Equity
(2021-06-30)
Limited Partners (LPs) have a limited liability in the Limited Partnership Agreement (LPA) when investing into Private Equity (PE). However, due to their limited liability, LPs face different risks and have to manage and ...
Knowledge transfer in consulting companies: the consequences of remote training. A multiple case study on the Italian consulting industry facing the training challenges of Covid-19 pandemic
(2022-08-04)
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact, bringing changes that can be considered definitive. The purpose of this research is to analyse the way knowledge is transmitted during the training process in Italian ...
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 ...