Essays about: "Knowledge-Intensive firm"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 50 essays containing the words Knowledge-Intensive firm.

  1. 16. Backsourcing intellectual capital : Is the damage already done, or can it be prevented?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Daniel Andersson; Pontus Eriksson; [2017]
    Keywords : Backsourcing; intellectual capital; outsourcing; knowledge-intensive firm;

    Abstract : In a globalized world where competition has risen, it has become more and more popular for companies to outsource non-core activities. The main reasons for doing so are due to cost reductions, improving organizational focus, better flexibility and improve product quality, delivery and service. READ MORE

  3. 17. Ready for take-off : A study of international market selection of Swedish SMEs in the knowledge-intensive service sector

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Rosalita Collazos Nieves; Alexander Pers; [2017]
    Keywords : Internationalisation; IMS; SME; service sector; KIS; KIBS; psychic distance;

    Abstract : Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the service sector have gained highly important roles in the strive for growth and economic welfare. World economy changes creates both international business opportunities and pressure for small and medium enterprises to internationalise. READ MORE

  4. 18. Careers in Practice – A Processual Approach. How consultants make sense of their career in a Knowledge Intensive Firm

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Adisa Hodzic; Johanna Westling; [2017]
    Keywords : Career Development; Career planning; Careers in practice; Processual Career Approach; Knowledge Intensive Firms; Knowledge worker; Business and Economics;

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  5. 19. KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN LONG TERM PROJECTS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ugur Atalay; Noora Andell; [2017]
    Keywords : KNOWLEDGE SHARING; KNOWLEDGE INTENSIVE FIRM; COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; SOFTWARE CONSULTING; PROJECT LENGTH; Business and Economics;

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  6. 20. Transcending autonomy and control through management accounting: A neoliberal perspective on MCS in the knowledge-intensive firm

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

    Author : Victoria Scheer; Carl Lekvall; [2017]
    Keywords : Management Control Systems; Knowledge-intensive firms; Foucault; Neo-liberalism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine how Management Control Systems (MCSs) can balance the tension between autonomy and control in knowledge-intensive firms (KIFs). The study was carried out by conducting an in-depth single-case study at the Swedish branch of an international management consulting firm. READ MORE