Search for dissertations about: "business administration 2010"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 70 swedish dissertations containing the words business administration 2010.

2. 1. Language as a Leading Light to Business Cultural Insight : A Study on Expatriates' Intercultural Communication in Central and Eastern Europe

   Author : Kjell Ljungbo; Björn Bjerke; Susanne Tietze; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Language; multilingualism; culture; intercultural communication; business; expatriate; Central and Eastern Europe; cultural significance structure; business flower; hermeneutics; ideal type; export; foreign language skills; language competence; Sweden; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Abstract : Language competence is decisively important in international business and could increase efficacy, efficiency, sales and profits. Language is an underresearched area in business studies though language constitutes management and the managers building structures, processes, cultures and personalities being the most vital working tool to get things done and make them understandable. READ MORE

4. 2. The Rise of Luxury Brands Online : A study of how a sense of luxury brand is created in an online environment

   Author : Anita Radón; Per Olof Berg; Miriam Salzer-Mörling; Micael Dahlén; Lars Strannegård; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Luxury; Luxury Brands; Brand Image; Brand Identity; Internet; Online Environment; Communities; Counterfeits.; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Abstract : Luxury brands have only recently tapped into the online market in an attempt to increase revenues and expand their businesses. This leap onto the online world has resulted in several new challenges, including the luxury brand paradox. READ MORE

5. 3. Corporate Social Responsibility for Sustainable Service Dominant Logic

   Author : Samuel Petros Sebhatu; Bo Enquist; Hilde Ibsen; Mikael Johnson; Evert Gummesson; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; Service-Dominant Logic S-D logic ; Service Quality SQ ; Business Case; Non-Governmental Organizations NGOs ; Sustainable Service-Dominant Logic SSDL ; Business Administration; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The process of globalization over the past five decades has given impetus to drivensustainability and related thinking in business. It is also observed that there areunprecedented trends in corporate strategy towards sustainable thinking - the emergenceof sustainability as corporate strategy and the concern of business for ecology and society. READ MORE

6. 4. Success as Science but Burden for Business? : On the difficult relationship between scientific advancement and innovation

   Author : Malena Ingemansson; Alexandra Waluszewski; Nina Wormbs; Luis Araujo; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; scientific research; commercialisation; innovation; use; biotechnology; economic logic; resource interaction; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Today, a general policy and investment recipe for economic growth and innovation, on both a national and an international level, is to base commercial ventures on novel scientific solutions. From this perspective, scientific research is seen as an untapped source of innovation, and the ambition is to make new scientific knowledge more easily transferable to business settings, where it is supposed to generate direct economic benefits. READ MORE

7. 5. Financial reporting in entrepreneurial SMEs : in search of significant areas of financial reporting information

   Author : Annika Yström; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This study sets out from the contemporary discussion on the need of separate financial reporting standards for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and focuses on financial reporting information needs in the context of entrepreneurial and growth-oriented SMEs. The main purpose of the study is to sort out areas of financial reporting information that are likely to be of significance tomanagers of entrepreneurial SMEs in their provision of information to users. READ MORE