Search for dissertations about: "Business Networks"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 329 swedish dissertations containing the words Business Networks.

2. 1. On Business Exchange Activity : Activity Systems and Business Networks

   Author : Frans Prenkert; Håkan Håkansson; Lars Halén; Lars-Gunnar Mattsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Starting from an empirical study of a business firm’s problems with implementing an information system in its business activity, this thesis identifies a need to theoretically model and conceptually develop the general business activity of a firm. This puts the context in focus, as a well-functioning information system needs to be anchored and developed to support and enhance the activities for which it is used, that is, contextualized. READ MORE

4. 2. Modelling the Structural Dynamics of Business Networks : Two Agent-based Models of Supply Networks

   Author : Sara Shahin Moghadam; Frans Prenkert; Franziska Klügl; Magnus Hansson; Davide Secchi; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business networks; dynamics; Agent-based modelling; structural change; responses; interactions; complex adaptive systems;

   Abstract : This thesis aims at describing and analysing the structural changes of business networks that emerge as a result of change triggers. Despite previous studies, our understanding of the evolution of the network structure and its influencing factors is still limited. READ MORE

5. 3. Establishment of Insidership Positions in Institutionally Distant Business Networks

   Author : Mikael Hilmersson; Hans Jansson; Bengt Johannisson; Sylvie Chetty; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; internationalisation process; entry process; network insidership; emerging markets; institutional distance; business networks; liability of outsidership; liability of foreignness; SME; export; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business administration; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Since the opening of formerly closed markets in Eastern Europe and China in the early 1990s, numerous firms have sought to capture the growth opportunities prevailing in the virgin but institutionally distant business networks in these countries. I claim that the entry process into an institutionally distant business network has been realised when the entering firm has reached an insidership position in the network. READ MORE

6. 4. Rekindled Business Relationships : A study of the re-activation process of buyer-supplier relationships in the defence and security industry in Sweden

   Author : León Poblete; Virpi Havila; Anna Bengtson; Tähtinen Jaana; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Buyer-supplier relationships; supplier switching; switching back; re-activation; de-activation; business networks; supply chain; purchasing; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Most research on buyer-supplier relationships has mainly focused on initiating, developing and ending the relationship with suppliers. However, the firm’s possibilities of doing business again with former suppliers have been largely overlooked. READ MORE

7. 5. Networks and Demand. The Use of Electricity in an Industrial Process

   Author : Torkel Wedin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Networks; Industrial networks; resources; strategy; electricity; pulp and paper industry; actors; Knowledge; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The formation of demand for an individual resource is examined in a network setting. Demand is seen as an interactive process, where several firms make use of a resource directly and indirectly and, in so doing, shape the primary demand for it. This thesis is also concerned with how an individual firm can influence its demand. READ MORE