Essays about: "STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 45 essays containing the words STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS.

  1. 21. Chasing the Tail : Why does it exist when it should not?

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : ANDREAS KALLIN; Filip Gustavsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Maverick Buying; Purchasing; Strategic Purchasing; Procurement; Supply Base Management; Category Sourcing; Sourcing;

    Abstract : Purchasing has gone from an administrative task to a strategic activity. As such, firms adopt purchasing as a corporate function to set up rules and processes in order to standardize how purchasing is to be carried out by business units. READ MORE

  3. 22. No shared vision for the sharing economy? : exploring the transformative potential of the non-profit sharing economy in Southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Annabel Schickner; Sanne Raggers; [2017]
    Keywords : sharing economy; collaborative consumption; non-profit sharing; transformative social innovation; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Consumerism contributes to sustainability problems of social fragmentation and environmental degradation. In response to this the sharing economy is a relatively new and rapidly growing phenomenon. READ MORE

  4. 23. “CSR is not important to us because...” : A moral disengagement theory approach to CSR improvement in Swedish companies

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Hanna Vallström; Towe Lindholm; Ala AbuBakr; [2017]
    Keywords : Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; CSR 2.0; Progressive CSR; Moral Disengagement; Justification; Middle Management; Middle Manager; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis is a moral disengagement theory approach to CSR improvements in Swedish companies. The purpose is to investigate what and how justifications are a barrier for middle managers’ contributions to a firm's CSR improvements in Swedish companies. READ MORE

  5. 24. The business strategy from employee perspective : A qualitative study of using the business strategy as a control tool at a parallel import company of pharmaceuticals

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Louise Hardne; [2017]
    Keywords : Management control; horizontal operative control; knowledge work; strategic communication;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyse how the business strategy is communicated by the senior management and interpreted by the employees at a parallel distribution company of pharmaceuticals. These knowledge intense organizations are characterized by complex and ambiguous work tasks. READ MORE

  6. 25. Post-Acquisition Integration: The Effect of Vision Communication on the Development of an Integration Capability and Alleviation of Task Uncertainties

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Rebekka Mossal; Maria Daniela Martinez; [2017]
    Keywords : External corporate venturing; mergers and acquisitions; integration of acquisitions; integration capability; dynamic capability; communication; vision communication; task uncertainty; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Methodology: The method used is a single case study in a high tech company in Sweden, leader in network camera market. This work is a qualitative research, in which an inductive method and deductive analysis has been applied. READ MORE