Essays about: "Performing paradoxes"

Found 4 essays containing the words Performing paradoxes.

  1. 1. Navigating the Growth Paradox in an Incumbent Business Context : Managerial Implications from a Degrowth Perspective

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Sabrina Dietrichs; Gitte Thorsén; [2023]
    Keywords : Degrowth; Degrowth Frameworks; Growth Paradigm; Growth Paradox; Organizational Paradox Theory; Managerial Paradox Response; Post-Growth Economy;

    Abstract : Our study investigates how the organizational growth paradox is perceived and managed by incumbent firms from a degrowth perspective. There is a growing critique against the growth paradigm, an increasing support for its abandonment. Scholars are calling for a paradigm shift towards a post-growth economy. READ MORE

  3. 2. To Dance at Two Weddings - How Do Individuals Experience the Tensions of Balancing Exploration and Exploitation?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : David Kobs; Isabel Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Individual Ambidexterity; Exploration; Exploitation; Organizational Ambidexterity; Roles; Identity; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how individuals handle the tensions of balancing explorative and exploitative work tasks. Methodology: Using an abductive approach and following the interpretive research traditions, this qualitative case study is based on 12 semi-structured interviews in one single organization. READ MORE

  4. 3. Do the right thing- A paradox theory approach to corporate sustainability strategies

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Maximilian Anstrén; Viktor Espeling; [2021-06-24]
    Keywords : Corporate Sustainability; Organisational tensions; Paradox theory; Sustainability strategy; Performing paradoxes; Organising paradoxes; Case study;

    Abstract : Through a never-before-seen momentum, the concept of corporate sustainability has become a considerable part of the corporate world. In the past couple of years, more and more multinational corporations have tried to develop and integrate a sustainability strategy encompassing environmental-, social and economic aspects within their organisations, often with a mainstream, for-profit strategy. READ MORE

  5. 4. Business Support Organizations and For-profit Social Ventures

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Raimundo Ladron de Guevara; Victor Hodgson; [2018]
    Keywords : Business Support Organization; Social Entrepreneurship; For-profit Social Venture; Hybrid Organizing; Paradoxes; Tensions; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The rise in entrepreneurial activity over the last 15 years has created space for a nascent industry among the public and private sectors: Business Support Organization (BSO). In the last years, some BSOs have broadened their offer to include for-profit social ventures. READ MORE