Search for dissertations about: "business process change"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 311 swedish dissertations containing the words business process change.

2. 1. Transforming the City of Kiruna : Stabilizing Change and Changing Stability

   Author : Chelsey Jo Huisman; Anna Bengtson; Susanne Åberg; Wendy Smith; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Change; Changing; Dialectical Process; Duality; Interaction; Interdependent Contradiction; Interorganizational Projects; Interorganizational Relationships; Process Perspective; Stability; Stabilizing; Transformation; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : With so much focus on change and transformation in the organizing of projects, stability is commonly separated from change and relegated to be a static characteristic. This gives the impression that stability is not even a part of the process of organizing a project. READ MORE

4. 2. The Creation of International Business Relationships : Experience and Performance in the Internationalization Process of SMEs

   Author : Jukka Hohenthal; Harry Barkema; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Business Relationships; Internationalization; SME; Knowledge; Learning; Experience; Performance; Process; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The present study examines the causal effect of experience on the performance of inter-national business relationships for small and medium-sized business firms. A case study of ten market entry processes in ten Swedish SMEs shows that both experienced and inexperienced firms can succeed in creating a new international business relationship. READ MORE

5. 3. Wood We Change? : Business Model Innovation Towards Sustainability Transitions: Studying the Wood Construction Industry

   Author : Andrey Abadzhiev; Mikael Johnson; Alexandre Sukhov; Martin Löfgren; Per Carlborg; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business model; Innovation types; Sustainability transitions; Sustainable technology; Construction industry; Business Administration; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Innovations based on sustainable technologies have been widely considered as a remedy for addressing societal and environmental problems in many industries. However, the large-scale adoption of such innovations goes beyond technology and requires organizing the business in a way that drive industrial transformations across actors and system layers, such as market structures, institutional frames, consumer behavior, and business values. READ MORE

6. 4. Consistent Inconsistency : The Role of Tension in Explaining Change in Interorganizational Relationships

   Author : Siavash Alimadadi; Anna Bengtson; Amjad Hadjikhani; Cecilia Pahlberg; Tuija Mainela; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Process of change; interorganizational relationship dynamics; business networks; dialectics; contradictions; tensions; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis commences with the notion that interorganizational exchange relationships are dynamic to an unprecedented degree. It is argued that, global production networks have integrated firms into interdependent structures that blur traditional geographical and organizational boundaries. READ MORE

7. 5. Sharecom internationalisation : Exploring business models, business ecosystems, and pathways to international expansion

   Author : Heidi Coral Thornton; Richard A. Owusu; Emilia Rovira Nordman; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sharing economy; sharecom; digital platform; business model; business ecosystem; entry strategy; internationalisation pathway; internationalisation; Business administration; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : An ever-changing business landscape, rapid developments in digital technologies, and shifts in societal attitudes have paved the way for the sharing economy phenomenon. Over the past decade, sharing economy companies (sharecoms) have emerged in droves, shaking up industry structures globally with their innovative business models and novel valuecreating processes, which rely on the externalised resources. READ MORE