Essays about: "boundary spanners"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words boundary spanners.

  1. 1. Boundaries in times of policymaking: the enactment of boundary objects

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Arvid Blom; Ludvig Sundqvist; [2022-06-21]
    Keywords : Boundaries; Boundary objects; Boundary spanners; Performativity; Temporality; Temporal work; Regulation; Digital markets;

    Abstract : Technological advancements have been a driving force for changing the boundaries of work in organizations. The digital environments are becoming more regulated, putting pressure on traditional roles and ways of organizing to keep up with technological change. READ MORE

  3. 2. Challenges of Power Dominance in the GMRR: The Perspective of Pakistan’s Small Garment Manufacturers

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)

    Author : Rufus Yaw Gyamfi; Sharmin Jahan; Bernard Nguatem; Fungai Vhondo; [2022]
    Keywords : Garment Manufacturer and Retailer Relationship GMRR ; Power Dominance; Manufacturing; Manufacturer; Supplier; Retailer; Customer; Pakistan; Garments Industry; Garments Manufacturer; Garments Retailer; Garments Suppliers; SME; Interorganizational Relationship IOR ; Buyer-Supplier Relationship; Boundary Systems;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of the study is to identify the challenges that small garments manufacturers in Pakistan face in an IOR with large retailers regarding power dominance. The paper also seeks to examine how those garment manufacturers can use the Boundary Control Systems as a strategic response to power dominance. READ MORE

  4. 3. What happened to MNC’s Learning Mechanisms? : The Impact of Digitalization among Distantly Located Subsidiaries

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

    Author : Ritwika Pal; Mara Jakob; [2022]
    Keywords : Digitalization; learning mechanisms; MNC’s brokering capabilities; boundary spanners; springboard subsidiaries; aggregation and assimilation of routines; regional subsidiaries; distantly located subsidiaries; intraand extra-industry stakeholders; personal legitimacy; consequential legitimacy;

    Abstract : Digitalization may have opened up the scope of easy remote interaction among companies, but it has also brought the unwanted baggage of "distance", especially those who have a large number of subsidiaries spread all over the continents. Taking this into consideration, it has been seen that multinational companies (MNCs) who have their subsidiaries around the globe face challenges to share their learnings among them. READ MORE

  5. 4. Portfolio Company CEOs as Boundary Spanners in Private Equity: An Institutional Logics Perspective on Inter-Organizational Management Control

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Kevin Bomboma; David Berg; [2021]
    Keywords : Private Equity; Portfolio Company CEO; Inter-Organizational Management Control Mechanisms; Institutional Logics; Boundary Spanner;

    Abstract : This paper responds to the call for further research into management control mechanisms (MCMs) used in inter-organizational relationships between private equity (PE) firms and portfolio companies (PCs). Drawing on a cross-sectional field study consisting of 10 PC CEOs of a large Nordic PE firm, this paper investigates how PC CEOs use inter- organizational MCMs to achieve a functional alignment between the different parties' institutional logics. READ MORE

  6. 5. Shared understanding across organizational divisions - A qualitative study of store managers in a corporate cultural change process

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Hanna Johansson; Therese Erenius; [2019-07-03]
    Keywords : Cultural change; internal boundaries; boundary work; store managers;

    Abstract : This study investigates how an organization going through a corporate culture change is performing boundary work and through that reaches a shared understanding among organizational members. During any kind of organizational change, the understanding of boundaries may be altered, hence it needs to be managed in order to steer the organization towards change. READ MORE