Essays about: "Organizational Pressures"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 43 essays containing the words Organizational Pressures.

1. 16. Influence of External Pressures on the Digital Transformation of Institutions

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jiayin Yu; Fenfen Pan; [2020]
   Keywords : Digital transformation; organizational institutionalism; coercive pressure; mimetic pressure; normative pressure; organizational response;

   Abstract : More and more institutions have begun to implement digital transformation. Identifying the reasons behind institutions’ digital transformation can help them make the right strategies. READ MORE

3. 17. Agile product development for integrated suppliers : A qualitative case study on the challenges of developing internal product development practices for an integrated supplier

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Linus Lindgren; [2020]
   Keywords : Supplier Integration; Agile Development; Product Development; Automotive Industry; Hybrid Models; Scrum; Stage-Gate; Agile Leadership; Leverantörsintegration; Agil Utveckling; Produktutveckling; Fordonsindustrin; Hybridmodeller; Scrum; Stage-Gate; Agilt Ledarskap;

   Abstract : Product development has become essential in today’s technology driven marketplace. Currently, pointbased models such as the stage-gate model are applied in practice of several incumbent firms in the automotive industry. READ MORE

4. 18. Gender Quotas, Nepotism and Whiskey Clubs: A Qualitative Study of the Swedish Special Sports Federations' Shift Toward Gender Equal Boards

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

   Author : Hannah Stihl; Matilda Olsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Gender equality; Sports governance; Gender quota; Gender equal boards;

   Abstract : Despite having had explicit targets for over 25 years, only 37 of 71 Swedish Special Sports Federations had achieved gender equal representation within their boards in 2016. It was thus decided during the general assembly meeting of the Swedish Sports Confederation in 2017 to implement a gender quota which all Special Sports Federations must adhere to by 2021, or otherwise risk losing their entire financial support. READ MORE

5. 19. Agile Going Global – Can You Manage The Kowledge? Agile Methodologies Influence On MNCs’ Knowledge Management

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Alva Berntsson; Sara Nilsson; [2019-10-31]
   Keywords : Knowledge Management; MNC; Agile Methodologies;

   Abstract : Previous research has emphasized the role of multinational corporations’ (MNCs’) knowledge management as a way to trigger the dynamic capabilities. As a means to respond to change, agile methodologies allowing for flexibility have been widely adopted among software firms. READ MORE

6. 20. 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