Search for dissertations about: "corporations"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 150 swedish dissertations containing the word corporations.

  2. 11. Why Firms Grow : The Roles of Institutions, Trade, and Technology during Swedish Industrialization

    Author : Vinzent Ostermeyer; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industrialization; Firms; 19th Century; Institutions; Trade; Technology; Growth; Development; Factory; Corporations; Steam Power; Tariffs; Employment Multiplier; Services; Causal Inference; Sweden; USA; Great Britain;

    Abstract : Industrialization and the emergence of a manufacturing sector are generally perceived as key drivers for countries to see economic growth and increases in living standards. Only 200 years ago, most countries were relatively poor and had similarly low living standards. READ MORE

  4. 12. Political risks in international business : investment behavior of multinational corporations

    Author : Lars H. Thunell; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Multinationella företag; Investering;

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  5. 13. Headquarter-subsidiary relationships in multinational corporations

    Author : Laurent Leksell; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to describe and analyze how headquarter-subsidiary relationships are managed in multinational corporations. More specifically, based on an intensive investigation of six MNCs, this study addresses the following questions: - What systems or instruments does the MNC use to coordinate and control the activities of the foreign subsidiaries? How are these systems designed and managed? - How do the environment and strategy of the MNC, i. READ MORE

  6. 14. The Challenge of Political Risk : Exploring the political risk management of Swedsih multinational corporations

    Author : Magdalena Kettis; Rune Premfors; Jan Hallenberg; Gunnar Sjöstedt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political risk; Swedish mutinational corporations; foreign direct investment; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : In an overarching aim to bridge the gap between political science and international business studies, this study explores how, against the backgrond of globalization, multinational coprorations understand and deal with the influence of many differet and sometimes very dynamic political environments, by focusing on the political risk management of a number of Swedish multinational corporations invoved in foreign investing. Based on interviewswith coproate executives in these corporations, this qualitative study found that Swedish invetsors use a "pragmatic" approach toeards political risk and the political envrionments in which they operate. READ MORE

  7. 15. Conceptual Product Development in Small Corporations

    Author : Per Nilsson; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : Product Development; MFD; MIM; QFD; DFX; PMM; SME;

    Abstract : The main objective of the thesis “Conceptual Product Development in Small Corporations” is by the use of a case study test the MFD™-method (Erixon G. , 1998) combined with PMM in a product development project. (Henceforth called MFD™/PMM-method). READ MORE