Essays about: "relationship between management theory and practice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 essays containing the words relationship between management theory and practice.

1. 1. Sustainability performance and market risk. A study of the banking sector

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Arvid Särkiniemi; Oskar Lindman; [2023]
   Keywords : risk; market risk; sustainability performance; corporate management; bank management; CSR; panel data; parametric VaR; non-parametric VaR; CVaR; VaR; Historical simulation; bank sector; the financial sector; ESG; financial performance.;

   Abstract : The financial crisis of 2007-2008 highlighted the societal impacts of bank risk-taking. A strong focus on maximizing profits for shareholders combined with a disregard for, and  underestimation of risks led to the downfall of large banks such as Lehman Brothers and multiple other banks getting bailed out by several governments and other banks. READ MORE

3. 2. Determinants of SMEs' Sustainable Practise : A case study of a Swedish financial firm

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Sebastian Orrmell; Jonathan Markl; Fahmid Anam Chowdhury; [2023]
   Keywords : SMEs; Sustainability; Social Performance; Resource-Based View; Stakeholder Theory; Upper Echelon Theory; Small and Medium Sized Enterprises;

   Abstract : Purpose – To find out what factors hinder and promote SMEs to practice sustainable business. Methodology – Qualitative case study based on interviews and archival data. Findings – This research resulted in five different propositions. 1. READ MORE

4. 3. Nu ska vi äntligen få prata med Skånetrafiken : en kritisk utvärdering av samverkansprocessen för trafikförsörjningsprogrammet

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Johanna Turfors; [2023]
   Keywords : trafikförsörjningsprogrammet; samverkan; kollektivtrafik; region Skåne; regional kollektivtrafikmyndighet;

   Abstract : Svensk kollektivtrafik är en av de offentliga sektorer som de senaste decennierna präglats av idén om decentralisering och effektivisering genom upphandling. Detta har resulterat i att kollektivtrafiken idag styrs av flera aktörer som är beroende av att samverka med varandra. READ MORE

5. 4. Balancing the books and the planet: A single-case study investigating the relation between sustainability involvement and the occupational identity of management accountants

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

   Author : Hedda Jonasson Blank; Jakob Söderblom; [2023]
   Keywords : Occupational identity; Sustainability reporting; Management accountant practices; Aspirational identities; Role enlargement;

   Abstract : Through practice of a single-case study, this paper aims to shed new light on the interdisciplinary area of management accountants' approach to, and involvement in, sustainability-related activities. Through the application of identity theory, with particular influence from Hughes' (1951) findings of a moral division of labour and Thornborrow and Brown's (2009) concept of aspirational identities, we show the existence of an interdependent relationship between the occupational identity of management accountants, and their engagement towards sustainability reporting and adjacent activities. READ MORE

6. 5. Realising advanced Enterprise system Affordances: A single-case study of a CRM-system implementation at a technology consultancy company

   University essay from

   Author : Oscar Antonsson; Sebastian Olsson; [2022-06-22T09:13:07Z 2022-06-22T09:13:07Z 2022 2020]
   Keywords : Affordance theory; affordance actualisation; Customer relationship management; ; CRM-system; Enterprise system implementation; Technology adoption;

   Abstract : Enterprise systems offer organisations great action potentials (Affordances), however, getting employees to use the systems to their full potential is a lengthy process which is challenging for organisations. While previous studies have focused on strategic success factors from implementers point of view, less emphasis has been put on the perspective of users and how the envisioned affordances of the enterprise systems are actualised in practice. READ MORE