Search for dissertations about: "impact of relationships on performance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 90 swedish dissertations containing the words impact of relationships on performance.

  1. 1. 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

  2. 2. Information System Providers and Business Relationships : A Study on the Impact of Connections

    Author : Cecilia Erixon; Péter Révay; Peter Thilenius; Peter Ekman; Louise Yngström; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information systems; Business relationships; Connections; Information System Providers; industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Organisations;

    Abstract : Information systems are integrated in the daily business of companies, to support the exchanges with its counterparts. To manage these information systems, companies often turn to third parties: information system providers (IS-providers). READ MORE

  3. 3. The Best of Both Worlds : The Effects of Knowledge and Network Relationships on Performance of Returnee Entrepreneurial Firms

    Author : Wensong Bai; Martin Johanson; Christine Holmström_Lind; Oscar Martin Martin; Olli Kuivalainen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In an increasingly globalized business world, international human mobility and its association with entrepreneurship presents attractive opportunities for business research. One increasingly important phenomenon in the field is returnee entrepreneurship, which is the reverse flow of migrants who acquired skills in developed countries back to their emerging-market home countries. READ MORE

  4. 4. Effects of management by objectives : studies of Swedish upper secondary schools and the Influence of role stress and self-efficacy on school leaders

    Author : Erik Lindberg; Kerstin Nilsson; Elisabet Ljunggren; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Management by objectives; Goal commitment; performance; role stress; self-efficacy; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

    Abstract : The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the impacts of Management by Objectives (MBO) on upper secondary school education in Sweden. In particular the goal is to increase our understanding of how the implementation of MBO affects the schools and the role of head teachers. READ MORE

  5. 5. Supplier Integration in Category Management : A case study of the situational impact on relationship performance and interdependence

    Author : Daniel Ellström; Jakob Rehme; Tomas Nord; Daniel Nordigården; Edward Sweeney; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Supplier integration; category management; interorganizational relationships; retail;

    Abstract : Supplier integration in category management means that a supplier takes part in the activities that are traditionally performed by retailers. These activities are the selection of which products to sell, decisions on how to price and market the products, and making sure that the products are delivered to the stores in a timely manner. READ MORE