Essays about: "Purchasing in small firms"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Purchasing in small firms.
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1. Green is the New Black: Identifying and exploring the drivers of eco-innovation and environmentally-sustainable product development in fashion companies in Sweden and Denmark
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Growing concerns and sentiment about the negative environmental effects of the fashion industry pressure fashion companies to adopt eco-innovation and pursue more environmentally-sustainable product development. This study explores and examines the drivers of eco-innovation and environmentally-sustainable product development in small- to medium-sized fashion firms in Sweden and Denmark, with the purpose of identifying and understanding the key factors that drive eco-innovation and sustainable product development in the fashion industry. READ MORE
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2. Assessing the value of advice : Evaluation approaches of small management consulting firms
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Whilst utilization of management consulting services has become an integral part of the contemporary economy and functioning of many organizations, intangibility leaves clients unable to predict or objectively assess the values created in consulting engagements. According to scholars, attempts to counteract the principal-agent related risks of opportunism and divergent incentives are expected to increase following higher competition, consumer awareness and anticipated increased demand for performance-based pricing. READ MORE
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3. Winning Customers in the Era of Cloud Business Intelligence: : Key Adoption Factors from a Small and Medium Enterprise perspective
University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)Abstract : Due to the fast development of new technologies, the Business Intelligence market is changing rapidly, forcing vendors to adapt their offerings to the customers’ needs. As the amount of data available to companies has been substantially increasing in the past years, the need of suitable software tools that perform the right analyses became essential, even in the small and medium sized business' environment. READ MORE
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4. The Perfect Contract - Does it Exist? : A case study of Health Choice Västerbotten and its reimbursement system, focusing on the effects on motivation and competition
University essay from FöretagsekonomiAbstract : This study investigates the required implementation of the System of Choice in the Swedish County Council of Västerbotten. The System of Choice is a national law with the objective to improve efficiency within primary care in Sweden. READ MORE
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5. The value adding role of green logistics in transport companies
University essay from IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain ManagementAbstract : The requirement to decrease the impact of business logistics activities on the environment is constantly increasing. A number of workshops organised by the University of Hull involving academics and practitioners in supply chain management to examine the challenges of the next generation supply chains, showed that environmental issues along with cost effectiveness is always the major and most imminent concern identified. READ MORE
