Essays about: "empirical review of corporate strategy"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 40 essays containing the words empirical review of corporate strategy.

  1. 16. Portfolio Management - The key to successful business - A longitudinal case study of a construction company

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Ekonomihögskolan

    Author : Britta Ek Thomas; Filip Eliasson; Elin Skoghagen; [2015]
    Keywords : Portfolio Management; Strategy Process; R D; Strategic Management; Corporate Culture; Path Dependency; Decentralization; Construction Industry; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Title Portfolio Management - The key to successful business A case study of a construction company Authors Britta Ek Thomas - Master of Science in Technology Management Filip Eliasson - Master of Science in Biotechnology Engineering with Technology Management Elin Skoghagen - Master of Science in Technology Management Advisors Charlotta Johnsson, Associate Professor Department of Automatic Control, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University Thomas Kalling, Professor Institute of Economic Research, Lund School of Economics and Management, Lund University Supervisor A, Product Manager The Mother Company Supervisor B, Director of Product Development The Mother Company Issue of Study Managing product portfolios in today’s business environment is highly complex; there are a number of orthogonal dimensions to consider in order to be successful. Theories within the area of portfolio management are often single tracked and lack the comprehensive picture of what vital aspects to consider to achieve portfolio management excellence. READ MORE

  2. 17. Sustainability in Project Management : Eight principles in practice

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Sudha Rani Agarwal; Timea Kalmár; [2015]
    Keywords : Sustainability; sustainable development; project; project management; CSR; Corporate Social Responsibility;

    Abstract : This research studies the eight principles of sustainability applied in Project Management. To be more precise the research fulfils four objectives which are: firstly, to review and identify key principles of sustainability in project management from existing literature; secondly, to adopt a multiple case study method to assess the applicability of the principles in project management; thirdly, to determine the barriers that impede certain principles to be applied in projects and the resulting trade-offs; and lastly, to refine the concept of sustainability in project management. READ MORE

  3. 18. Big Data: A Toll for all Strategic Decisions : A Study of Three Large Food and Beverage Processing Organizations

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Informatik

    Author : Jasenko Arsenovic; [2015]
    Keywords : Strategy; Internal Strategy; External Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Big Data; Knowledge Based View; KBV ; Resource based view RBV ; External Environment; Internal Environment; Content Analysis; Empirical;

    Abstract : I will look at what impact big data have had on the managerial strategic decisions in the food and beverage industry. This in order to understand the complexity and theory of organizational strategic management, an effort to define the contemporary strategic theory into a holistic conceptual model is done through a literature review on organizational strategy. READ MORE

  4. 19. Matching Companies' CSR Efforts with Consumers' Perceptions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Ekonomihögskolan

    Author : Elisabeth Lam; Souzan Meana; [2014]
    Keywords : Corporate Social Responsibility; sustainability; consumer perceptions; strategy; marketing communications; value chain; stakeholders; Business and Economics; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Issue of the study: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is becoming a normal part of every corporate’s business. Companies are putting a lot of effort on sustainability and social responsibility due to an increase in regulations and demands from different stakeholders. READ MORE

  5. 20. How to achieve a strategic sustainable supply chain management (SSCM)? : A case study of Swedish Global enterprise in wire and cable industry-Habia Cable

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Yingli Li; Heshan Ye; [2014]
    Keywords : sustainability; SCM; corporate social responsibility CSR ; sustainable SCM SSCM ;

    Abstract : The concept of sustainability has become a buzzword in today’s business marketplace. Particularly, the incorporation of sustainability into Supply Chain Management (SCM) has received a great deal of attention from companies of all sizes and even involved a wide range of industries in recent years. READ MORE