Essays about: "knowledge alliances"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 38 essays containing the words knowledge alliances.

  1. 21. How to turn innovations into value in a large manufacturing company

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Kristian Alsén; Peter Egeland; [2014]
    Keywords : innovation; innovativeness; innovation protection; market efficiency; absorptive capacity; open innovation;

    Abstract : Large companies invest a vast amount of capital and time on R&D annually. With all this financial investment in R&D, it is important that the companies get value for their invested capital. By creating innovations, such as new products and services, involve high risk and will necessarily not lead to successful commercial ends. READ MORE

  3. 22. Representing Who? - An analysis and critical discussion of the Sex Workers' Rights Movement in a Danish context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sara Lykke Wondie Andersen; [2013]
    Keywords : Emancipation.; Marginalization; Stigma; Identity Politics; Sexuality; Feminism; Feminist Standpoint Theory; Spivak; Prostitution; Sex work; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Situated in a polarized debate on prostitution and sex work, this thesis sets out to explore the characteristics of the Sex Workers Rights Movement in a contemporary Danish context. The thesis builds on respectively a critical theoretical and a social constructivist epistemology. READ MORE

  4. 23. Tourism alliances:  The case of Hälsingland and Finnforest

    University essay from Avdelningen för ekonomi

    Author : Michele Salvati; Anna Skouri; [2013]
    Keywords : Tourism sector; strategic alliances; tourism alliances; tourism sector; experience; tourism managers;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Title: Manager’s perspectives within Tourism Alliances: the cases of Hälsingland and Finnforest Level: Final assignment for Master Degree in Business Administration Authors: Michele Salvati and Anna Skouri Supervisor: Maria Fregidou-Malama Date: 2013 - May Aim: This study investigates the most important advantages and disadvantages of being a member of tourism alliances. Furthermore, this project illuminates the importance of the experience within the alliance. READ MORE

  5. 24. Product Development Processes in the Nordic Paper Packaging Companies : an assessments of complex processes

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

    Author : Louise von Ehrenheim; [2013]
    Keywords : Product development processes; Paper packaging companies; Complexity; Flexible dynamic processes; Team management; Organizational structures; Networks and alliances; Correlation to strategy ; produktutvecklingsprocesser; pappersförpackningar; komplexitet; flexibla och dynamiska processer; projektledning; organisationsstrukturer; samarbeten; strategi;

    Abstract : It is important for firms to continually develop their offerings as the business landscape develops in order to sustain their competitiveness (e.g. Schumpeter, 1934; Ansoff, 1979; Porter, 1985; Trott, 2012). READ MORE

  6. 25. The Challenges of Knowledge Management -Managing the “Soft” Side- A case study of a joint venture between Volvo Car Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Babray Paktiani; Viktor Elowson; [2012-07-17]
    Keywords : International joint ventures IJVs ; Knowledge management KM ; Organizational Learning; Community of Practice; Power; Culture;

    Abstract : Increased competition and a more global world economy have resulted in increased inter-firm collaborations. Organizational learning and knowledge sharing are considered to be one of the main motives behind firms engaging in strategic alliances. The concept of knowledge has been studied from a broad spectrum of academic discourses. READ MORE