Search for dissertations about: "Balanced Scorecard"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words Balanced Scorecard.

  2. 6. Cost Effective Maintenance for Competitve Advantages

    Author : Imad Alsyouf; Basim Al-Najjar; Uday Kumar; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : Maintenance approaches; Maintenance Costs; Savings and Profit; Operations; Quality; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Competitiveness; Productivity; Value Advantages; Profitability; Performance; Balanced Scorecard BSC; Maintenance Selection Method; Fuzzy MCDM; TTT-plot; Cost Effective Maintenance; Mechanistic Model; Vibration Level Prediction; Condition-Based Maintenance; survey; case study; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP; Maskinteknik; Mechanical Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis describes the role of cost effective maintenance in achieving competitive advantages. It explores by means of a survey which maintenance practices are used, and how maintenance policies are selected in Swedish industries. READ MORE

  4. 7. Strategic Business and IT Alignment : Addressing Assessment and Governance

    Author : Enrique Javier Silva Molina; Torsten Cegrell; Marten Schönherr; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Enterprise Architecture; Strategic Business and IT Alignment; IT Governance; Business Governance; Business Process Simulation; Balanced Scorecards; IT Services; ITIL; COBIT; Information technology; Informationsteknik;

    Abstract : Strategic business and IT alignment assessment is growing in importance. Different assessment methods have been used to try to pursue the complexity of this dynamic and evolutionary alignment. READ MORE

  5. 8. Navigating in the knowledge era : metaphors and stories in the construction of Skandia's navigator

    Author : Sofie Roy; Peter Dobers; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; knowledge; knowledge management; situated practice; balanced scorecards; linguistic tools; metaphors; stories; storymaking; storyspreading.; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Within the dominant knowledge management literature, knowledge is often treated as a given, codifiable, and sharable strategic resource. Various tools have been developed to manage knowledge, and the focus of this thesis is on one such tool; the balanced scorecard. READ MORE

  6. 9. Management Accounting Fashion Setting - Studies on Supply-Side Actors in Sweden

    Author : Elin Larsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; beyond budgeting; lean; lifecycle pattern; management accounting innovation; management fashion; management fashion-setting process; supply side;

    Abstract : The successful introduction of a number of new management accounting concepts or management accounting innovations (MAIs) over recent decades, such as activi-ty-based costing and the balanced scorecard, has had a significant impact on man-agement accounting practice. This thesis adopts a management fashion perspective on new management accounting concepts, which views the activities of supply-side actors such as management consultants, the business press, and conference organizers, as crucial to the success of management accounting concepts in a mar-ketplace of potential users. READ MORE

  7. 10. Closing the loop : The use of post occupancy evaluations in real-estate management

    Author : Peter Palm; Hans Lind; Anna Kadefors; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business and economics; Ekonomi; Real estate management;

    Abstract : The real-estate sector has traditionally been thinking in terms of “bricks and mortar” focusing more on the buildings than on the tenants. A change of approach has, however, been detected since the mid 1990s. The tenant is now more in focus. READ MORE