Essays about: "Institutional forces"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 71 essays containing the words Institutional forces.

  1. 21. Managerial differences despite Isomorphic forces : A comparative study of Handelsbanken and Nordea

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sophia Björklund; Olivia Stern; [2020]
    Keywords : Management; Banking; Institutional Isomorphism; Organizational identity; Organizational culture; Management consulting;

    Abstract : In this comparative case study between Handelsbanken and Nordea, the homogeneous industry of banking is investigated together with the phenomena of management consulting. The two banks are scrutinized under the same laws and regulations, offering the same products and services and tend to recruit similar people. READ MORE

  3. 22. Managing cost accounting implementation through discourse: A single case study of PEC model implementation in Region Halland

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Justus Kokki; Like Ma; [2020]
    Keywords : Hospitals; Accounting and organizational change; Process analysis; Time-driven activity-based costing; Implementation of new system;

    Abstract : This paper examines accounting and organizational change process and its institutional background by conducting a case study of the implementation process of a simplified Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing system in a Swedish Healthcare Region. Using a framework adapted from Zbaracki (1998), separating reality and rhetoric along a process-view, the paper examines how institutional forces enter the implementation process and how the arising tensions are managed along the process. READ MORE

  4. 23. How We Define Corruption : A comparative study of NGOs and government agency’s definition and experience of corruption

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Turkan Omari; [2020]
    Keywords : corruption; NGO; INGO; SIDA; SCA; Afghanistan;

    Abstract : Objective Over the latest decades, NGOs have grown exponentially both in size and influence; they have come to play a significant role in development and support for civil society and the democratization process in developing countries. With an increased influence and budgets, NGOs have also come to be increasingly associated with corruption – as victims of corruption, as driving forces of corruption, and finally as anti-corruption activists and strategists. READ MORE

  5. 24. Beyond Legal Borders : Why SMEs in Sweden communicate on its Sustianbility performance, through a lens of stakeholder engagement

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Sanna Nalin; Mimmie Berglund; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainability; Sustainability Communication; Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise SME ; Stakeholder Engagement; Hållbarhet; Hållbarhetskommunikation; Småföretagare; intressentperspektiv;

    Abstract : Background: Existing literature implies research about Sustainability reporting and SMEs to be limited. SMEs are more vulnerable to economic pressure which may result in enhanced challenges in integrating sustainability practice. READ MORE

  6. 25. EU CSR: TALK THE TALK OR WALK THE WALK? A case study of the Inditex Group

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jon Fernández de la Iglesia; [2019-01-16]
    Keywords : European Union; Corporate Social Responsibility; European Commission; Inditex; impact; institutional pressures; translation;

    Abstract : This study examines the various institutional pressures -including the ones proceeding from the supranational level of the EU - and how they impact and shape the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) plan of an EU-based multinational company. By filling this gap, we also pursue to steer the empirical focus on the organizational translation of the current European Commission (EC) approach on CSR. READ MORE