Search for dissertations about: "Philip Kappen"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Philip Kappen.

2. 1. Technological Evolution in Foreign Subsidiaries : Among Average Joes, Superstars and the New Kids on the Block

   Author : Philip Kappen; Uppsala universitet; []
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   Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the ultimate limits for technological evolution among advanced foreign subsidiaries within the boundaries of the multinational corporation. It explores the theoretical drivers behind the evolution of foreign subsidiaries’ technological capabilities and empirically examines the long-run, evolutionary developments by investigating the patterns and pace of entering new technologies. READ MORE

4. 2. Solving for ‘X’ : Understanding New Venture Units

   Author : Eve-Michelle Basu; Gundula Lücke; Ivo Zander; Philip Kappen; Julian Birkinshaw; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Entrepreneurship; New Venture Units; Multimodal Analysis; Materiality Visuality; Organizational Space; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Innovation ‘labs’, ‘garages’ and ‘X’ units are proliferating in corporations across geographic and industry boundaries. However, semi-autonomous units poised to organize entrepreneurship within established corporations are not a novel phenomenon: such new venture units (NVUs) first appeared in the 1970s. READ MORE

5. 3. Fat Cats? : A Case for the Swedish Managers' Making Sense of the Developing Markets

   Author : Michal Budryk; Katarina Blomkvist; Ivo Zander; Philip Kappen; Rajneesh Narula; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sensemaking; immanent sensemaking; developing markets; emerging markets; globalisation; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I report a set of four studies designed to enhance the understanding of how managers of multinational enterprises (MNEs) perceive and make sense of their business environment under the conditions of gradual, long term environmental change. The focus lies on immanent sensemaking, a process occurring under the conditions of such an environmental change, which fails to give rise to a cosmology episode and consequently energise sensemaking as it has been traditionally understood. READ MORE

6. 4. Intrapreneurship as an Engine of Corporate Renewal : Exploring the Intrapreneur and How Corporate Conditions Influence Intrapreneurial Behavior

   Author : Jeanette Engzell; Philip Kappen; Katarina Blomkvist; Christoph Grimpe; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate entrepreneurship; Intrapreneurship; Intrapreneurial behavior; Intentions; Corporate conditions; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore the characteristics of the intrapreneur and subsequently probe the question of how various internal corporate conditions influence intrapreneurial behavior. Using an evolutionary framework as the overarching theoretical point of departure to understand the core phenomena, the questions are tested on a comprehensive dataset of employees in the private sector in Sweden. READ MORE