Essays about: "Non-core"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the word Non-core.

  1. 16. Complexity of Air Freight Networks : A Regional focus on Jönköping

    University essay from IHH, Marketing and Logistics

    Author : Petrina Akor; Zlata Bulic; [2011]
    Keywords : Agility; Air Freight; ARA Model; Buyer Behaviour; Compatability; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Freight Forwarders; Integrators; Networks; Transportation;

    Abstract : Companies face competition that comes at them from different directions in the current environment of globalization, deregulation and the push for greater mass customization of products, which still can be differentiated from other products and services. A large number of companies have outsourced a large percentage of their non-core activities in order to concentrate on their core competencies with transportation of their goods being one of the aspects that they have outsourced. READ MORE

  3. 17. Motivating non-core employees : What affects motivation for employees working in a non-core unit?

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

    Author : Susanne Midbeck; Zebastian Nylund; [2011]
    Keywords : Motivation; Affecting motivation; Employee motivation; Non-core; Motivating non-core employees;

    Abstract : Background: The topical business subject, motivation, is claimed to have a positive correlation with performance, making the subject highly relevant and important for contemporary companies around the world. As capital goods industries are today changing strategies into integrated solution customer offerings, motivation at all units of the value chain is a matter of increasing importance. READ MORE

  4. 18. Impact of outsourcing dynamism on firm´s innovativeness

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Björn Louis; Gustaf Tångne; [2010]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of outsourcing dynamism on firm’s innovativeness. Design/methodology/approach: The cited case concerns a small family manufacturing firm located in Sweden, producing electrostatic precipitators, and operating globally. READ MORE

  5. 19. Content analysis of underlying outsourcing motives.

    University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Christoffer Mårtensson; [2010]
    Keywords : Content analysis outsourcing motives;

    Abstract : Outsourcing has over the years become more important when organizations increasingly focus to become best-in-class within their specific area. With this goal, outsourcing may be used to support core activities or dispose of activities judged as non-core for the organization. READ MORE

  6. 20. Do clusters contribute to a divergence among the European regions? A study of the spatial patterns of knowledge-flows of the Scania life science cluster

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Emelie Hane-Weijman Jansson; [2010]
    Keywords : clusters; knowledge flows; life science sector; Scania; convergence ; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research was inspired from two of the European Union’s development policies: the cluster-approach with the goal of economic growth as well as the cohesion policy aiming for a divergence among the European regions. The paper tries to deal with one of the key-concepts of this policy by looking at the spatial patterns of the knowledge flow from a case study of the Scania life science, to see if there is a spill-over effect from the clusters to the non-core regions. READ MORE