Essays about: "the IKEA model"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 90 essays containing the words the IKEA model.

  1. 11. Internationalization Challenges for Retail Firms in Emerging Asian Markets : A case study of IKEA

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

    Author : Asif Khan; Ahmed Ali Shafiq; [2021]
    Keywords : Internationalization process; Internationalization theories; Uppsala model; Transaction cost theory; Network model; Eclectic model; Retail firms; emerging Asian markets; China; India; Challenges; Culture; Competition; Infrastructure; Technology; Psychic distance; Network relationship; IKEA.;

    Abstract : There has been prior research on the internationalization process of retail firms. However, most of the research has investigated the developed countries' markets. There has been little research on the internationalization process of retail firms, especially in the emerging Asian markets. READ MORE

  3. 12. IKEA Land Use Footprint : Quantification of Carbon Emissions and Removals from Forest Lands, Plants and Wood Products

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Celia Cacho Salvador; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Accounting for carbon removals and reducing the carbon emissions related to the LULUCF sector has become a relevant target to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5ºC, in alignment with the Paris Agreement. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Customer Experience in the Product After-Use Phase : A case study of the IKEA second-hand store

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

    Author : Viviana Garcia; [2021]
    Keywords : Circular Economy; Circular Business Model; Customer Experience; After-Use Activities; Reverse logistics;

    Abstract : As customers become more and more aware of the threats and limits of the current economic system, joined with the pressure of environmental policies, companies are pressured to rethink their offerings, processes, and business models in order to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. This transition requires significant changes in habits and behaviors, but simultaneously it offers opportunities for innovation. READ MORE

  5. 14. Improving comfort simulations of sleeping mattresses for IKEA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovation

    Author : Joel Elinder; [2020]
    Keywords : LS-Dyna; explicit finite element simulations; compressive testing; human soft tissue material models; mass scaling; hyperelastic material model validation; material validation; explicit timestep; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : It is beneficial for a furniture company like IKEA to objectively and accurately evaluate what makes a mattress comfortable. But what defines comfort? IKEA currently investigates mattress comfort through extensive real-life user testing. Through which, six parameters of comfort have been identified. READ MORE

  6. 15. Optimization of Production Scheduling at IKEA Industry Hultsfred

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Kommunikations- och transportsystem; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska högskolan

    Author : Mattias Anemyr; [2020]
    Keywords : Capacitated Lot Sizing Problem with Sequence Dependent Setup Times SLSP-SDST ; Production Scheduling; Weighted Sum Method;

    Abstract : IKEA Industry has factories in several locations where one location is in Hultsfred, Småland. IKEA Industry Hultsfred produces IKEA:s wardrobe collection PAX. In 2018, 2.8 million wardrobes were manufactured in Hultsfred. READ MORE