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1. 1. Don't Fall! A Case Study on Market-scoping For Early-stage Technologies and the Role of Sensemaking

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

   Author : Julia Klingestam Lundqvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Market-scoping; early-stage technologies; dynamic capabilities; sensemaking; high tech;

   Abstract : Effectively managing uncertainty requires flexibility and strategic trade-offs, even so for firms basing their product-offer on early-stage technologies. Managers' role in strategic decisions have previously been overlooked, focusing more on predetermined market spaces based on technology, firm, and industry characteristics. READ MORE

3. 2. Aligning the Innovation Process Routines With Organizational Agility : A Case Study of a Healthcare Firm

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

   Author : Constantin Catalin Ciorascu; Mohammad Alipanahi; [2023]
   Keywords : Organizational Agility; Innovation Process Routines; Types of Innovations; Healthcare; Medical Device;

   Abstract : Introduction: Traditional organizational routines for the innovation process, like the Stage-Gate Model, are often characterized by rigid and inflexible activities, limiting firms' ability to identify, develop, and commercialize software and digital/connected products and services. Examples of inflexible activities include predefined project milestones, linear progression through development stages, and a lack of iterative feedback loops. READ MORE

4. 3. Business Model Innovation as a Countermeasure to Changing External Environments - A Case Study of a Professional Service Firm in the Nuclear Power Industry

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Fredrik Necander; [2022-09-01]
   Keywords : Business Model Innovation; Professional Service Firm; Dynamic Environment; Transform the Core; Expansion; Failure; Learnings; First Attempt in Learning; Adaptor; Reinventor;

   Abstract : There is still considerable lack of theoretical foundation when it comes to the subject of business model innovation. However, what previous studies in the field have shown is that business model innovation is a favorable way to hedge against dynamic changes in a firm’s external environment. READ MORE

5. 4. Contextual variables influencing firm’s ability to sustain continuous improvement processes: A comparative case study of the European operations of a global mining company Graduate

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Kristina Mojzisova; [2022-08-18]
   Keywords : Continuous improvement; Kaizen; Critical failure factors; Context factors variables; Sustainability of continuous improvement; Mineral mining industry;

   Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the contextual variables that affect sustainability of continuous improvement in the mineral mining industry and explain how (and if) they affect the critical failure factors of continuous improvement activities within the industry. Methodology: Comparative case study Findings: The findings of this research include a list of factors influencing the sustainability of continuous improvement within the mineral mining industry. READ MORE

6. 5. Fit in or fit out? Exploring the pre-merger and acquisition phase through an acculturation lens

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Claudia Perera; Viktor Wejdelind; [2022]
   Keywords : Mergers and acquisitions; M A process; organizational culture; acculturation modes; congruence; acculturation stress; social identity theory; case study; pre-deal planning;

   Abstract : Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are not only becoming more common globally, but they are also increasing in size and value in Sweden. The pace of this trend has not even slowed down due to the eruption of the global pandemic, there is rather a tendency showing the opposite. READ MORE