Essays about: "Nina Gyllström"

Found 2 essays containing the words Nina Gyllström.

1. 1. Leadership in Tech Startups - An Explorative Multi-Case Study on the Enactment, Distribution, and Evolution of Leadership in Five Swedish Companies

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Nina Gyllström; Nipasi Siddique; [2014]
   Keywords : Tech Startups; Leadership; Distribution; Leadership Crisis; Stockholm;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the research question: How is leadership evolved, enacted and distributed in tech startups? Tech startups, defined as newly established companies developing and commercializing online solutions and aiming at international markets, is an important and growing phenomenon globally as well as in Sweden. The failure rate among these companies is however high and one factor reported to lead to failure is fallacies of leadership. READ MORE

3. 2. Women on Boards: A Study of the Experiences and Perspectives of Female Swedish Corporate Board Members

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Nina Gyllström; Alexander Florén; [2010]
   Keywords : Gender; Board of directors; Rosabeth Moss Kanter; Women; Sweden;

   Abstract : In this report we examine how Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s theory on the mechanisms and consequences of relative distribution of gender in management, from 1977, corresponds with the perspective of female corporate board members of, particularly, large companies in Sweden in the year of 2010. We test the applicability of the theory by conducting semi structured interviews with ten female board professionals. READ MORE