Search for dissertations about: "business objects"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 66 swedish dissertations containing the words business objects.

2. 11. The Corporate Code of Ethics at Home, Far Away and in Between : Sociomaterial Translations of a Traveling Code

   Author : Maira Babri; Ulrica Nylén; Tommy Jensen; Niklas Egels-Zandén; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Code of Ethics; Translation; Actor-Network Theory; Sociomateriality; Fluid; Vaporous;

   Abstract : Corporate codes of ethics (CCEs) have become increasingly prevalent as overarching ethical guidelines for multinational corporations doing business around the globe. As formal documents, governing corporations’ work, policies, and ways of doing business, CCEs are meant to guide all business activities and apply to all of the corporation’s employees, suppliers, and business partners. READ MORE

4. 12. Investor behaviour : an empirical study of how large Swedish institutional investors make equity investment decisions

   Author : Niclas Hellman; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : By describing investors' decision-making processes and actions, this thesis provides a background to the share prices that millions of people follow closely everyday. It focuses on the reasons for institutional investors' investment actions on the stock market, and in particular the role of financial information about the quoted companies. READ MORE

5. 13. Changing practices for public facilities management

   Author : Ingrid Svensson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public facilities management; sociomateriality.; institutional logics; institutional work; changing practices;

   Abstract : Public facilities management organizations are currently facing several challenges both external and internal. New regulations regarding sustainability (including energy efficiency targets), a transition to a business-like approach/form of governance and changing demographical conditions are examples of outer challenges. READ MORE

6. 14. Corporate Environmental Management - Managing (in) a New Practice Area

   Author : Ralph Meima; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Commercial and industrial economics; greening; Green Squeeze; ISO 14001; EMS; ethnography; sensemaking; social construction; identity; organization theory; environmental management; Ericsson; Industriell ekonomi; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management;

   Abstract : Adopting a phenomenological, sensemaking-based approach, this dissertation reviews and critiques a variety of theories proposed as explanations of corporate “greening” and the evolution of corporate environmental management (CEM), and then presents and analyzes an organization study to explore in greater depth how sensemaking can be used for research in this context. As its object, the ethnographically inspired organization study focuses upon CEM as an area of managerial and organizational practice. READ MORE

7. 15. Institutional work across multiple levels: The case of strategic public facilities management in the making

   Author : Ingrid Svensson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociomateriality.; qualitative research; public facilities management; institutional work; institutional logics; changing practices; institutional change;

   Abstract : The research in this thesis deals with the implementation of strategic planning measures in public facilities management organizations (PFMOs) and the development of strategic public facilities management (SPFM). The aim is to increase the understanding of how individual and organizational actors work with strategic public facilities management and how this influences both public facilities management organizations and the institution of public facilities management. READ MORE