Essays about: "Cultural and Physical Distance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Cultural and Physical Distance.

  1. 1. Digitalization as a tool in advanced business services’ SMEs’ internationalization

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Elena Valerieva Pramatarova Grujić; [2022-07-05]
    Keywords : Advanced Business Services ABS ; Cultural and Physical Distance; digital maturity; digitalization; Internationalization Theories and Foreign Market Entry; Small-and-Medium-Sized Enterprises SMEs ;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the manner digital technologies integrated in ABS SMEs enable internationalization and further, their influence on the choice of a cross-border entry mode of the firm. Aiming better understanding of the subject, a research question related to the ABS SMEs’ usage of digital technologies and triggers to internationalization, cross-border entry modes and factors related was formulated. READ MORE

  3. 2. Managers : Perceived Fully Remote Work Elements in INGOs in Response to COVID-19

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Sebastian Bravo Schaefer; Hala Abu Nar; [2022]
    Keywords : Remote leadership; INGOs leadership; distance leadership; leading virtual teams; virtual; distance or remote teams; remote work; elements of remote work; inhibitors and enablers of remote work; opportunities and challenges of remote work; INGOs management; leadership in INGOs and remote leaders; digitalization in INGOs;

    Abstract : Background Following the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing (a purposeful physical gap between individuals) was adopted as a sound preventative approach, necessitating remote working. Information Computer Technologies enables, to a large extent, employees to operate practically anywhere and at any time. READ MORE

  4. 3. Organizational Subculture And Circular Economy : A Case Study Of Circular Purchasing In The Municipality Of Malmö

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Nikolina Strahinic; Hagbom Hanna; [2021]
    Keywords : Circular Economy; public agency; municipality; organizational culture; organizational subculture; Malmö; circular purchasing;

    Abstract : To this day, literature has mainly been focused on the implementation of Circular Economy in the business sector, but as more and more nations adopt the approach of Circular Economy there is a need to further research the role of public agencies in this transition. The City of Malmö is seen as a progressive actor in the field of climate issues and has integrated sustainability objectives widely across the entire organizational culture. READ MORE

  5. 4. Co-located and Distributed Teams in Software Development Projects : An evaluation of differences in terms of soft factors, performance and cost efficiency in co-located and distributed teams

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Sejla Manjusak; [2019]
    Keywords : Co-located teams; distributed teams; offshoring;

    Abstract : Background It is evident that due to the globalization, offshoring and cross-national collaboration has become a natural evolution for many companies which have created the virtual world. The virtual world has many advantages, but when this is put into practice it turns out that there are also some disadvantages that affect the teams that are working with different sites. READ MORE

  6. 5. An exploratory study of Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age site locations in Kenya’s Central Rift Valley using landscape analysis : a GIS approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Angela Kabiru; [2017]
    Keywords : geography; geographical information systems; archaeology; Kenya; Central Rift Valley; landscape analysis; Middle Stone Age; Later Stone Age; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Kenyan central rift has witnessed dramatic climatic changes over relatively short periods of time in response to global climatic changes, with the water levels of the lakes within the rift rising and falling with these changing conditions. There is considerable evidence showing extreme wet and dry phases throughout their existence. READ MORE