Search for dissertations about: "business interest organizations"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 59 swedish dissertations containing the words business interest organizations.

  2. 6. Accumulation, Boundaries, Capabilities and Dynamics - Explaining Firm Growth

    Author : Johan Brink; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Firm Growth; Bioscience; Knowledge Accumulation; Innovation;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to further develop the theoretical understanding of the growth of knowledge intensive business organizations. The overall aim is to understand the growth challenges of emerging firms in the knowledge-based economy. In particular this thesis addresses several aspects of the growth of small bioscience based firms. READ MORE

  4. 7. Socialists at the gate: Swedish Business and the Defense of Free Enterprise, 1940-1985

    Author : Rikard Westerberg; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This PhD-project studies the efforts of organized business in Sweden to influence public opinion in favor of free enterprise ideas between 1940 and 1985. The data mainly consists of a unique and previously unresearched archival material belonging to organizations that were set up to defend a privately owned business sector primarily during confrontations with the labor movement over a more planned economy in the 1940s and wage earner funds in the 1970s. READ MORE

  5. 8. Drawing Lines in the Sand : Organizational Responses to Evaluations in a Swedish University

    Author : Niklas Bomark; Stefan Arora-Jonsson; Fredrik Nilsson; Anna-Karin Stockenstrand; Roy Suddaby; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational Responses; Evaluation; Rating; Research Evaluation; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : As organizations are increasingly evaluated, evaluative practices are becoming central to organization theory. While highlighting how organizations may respond to evaluations, earlier work on organizations and evaluation has been limited to inter-organizational evaluations, such as third-party rankings or ratings. READ MORE

  6. 9. Modern Missionaries : An Ethnography of Social Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Legitimation in the Humanitarian Field

    Author : Wenderson De Lima; Birgitta Schwartz; Bengt Karlsson; Minna Halme; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Entrepreneurship; Modern Missionaries; Humanitarian Field; Legitimacy; Gift; Charity; Technical Assistance; Humanitarian Habitus; Unexpected Entrepreneurship; Third Sector; NGOs; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : In nearly six decades of international interventions, the question of how to promote societal progress in African societies is still the subject of lively debates. The persistence of wars, famine, political instability and economic underdevelopment on the continent continues to fuel spirited discussions about how to organize aid most efficiently and whether old forms of international assistance still work. READ MORE

  7. 10. Members in Tourism Settings : their motivations, behaviours and roles

    Author : Anna Karin Olsson; Högskolan Väst; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; relationship marketing; membership; nonprofit; tourism; co-creation; Business administration; Företagsekonomi; relationship marketing; membership; nonprofit; tourism; co-creation;

    Abstract : Membership programs are widely-used marketing tools. Many customers belong to a number of different membership programs across a variety of organizations and contexts. Memberships are based on the idea of mutual benefits of a relationship. READ MORE