Search for dissertations about: "institutional change"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 328 swedish dissertations containing the words institutional change.

2. 11. Disentangling digital transformation : mechanisms of change in institutional logics

   Author : Hugo Hedlund; Katrin Jonsson; Johan Sandberg; Tina Blegind Jensen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Digital transformation; Digital innovation; Institutional logics; Critical realism; Mechanisms; Public sector;

   Abstract : Digital transformation (DT) is en vogue, but vague: while consultants, policymakers and researchers stress that it is a major challenge to organizations of all kinds and sizes, how DT unfolds, or even what it entails, remains elusive. Previous research on DT frames it as a problem of strategic technology adoption or information technology (IT)-related change associated with business models and processes. READ MORE

4. 12. Institutional Change and Foreign Market Entry Behaviour of the Firm : A Longitudinal Study of Three Swedish Firms in China

   Author : Pao-Tsung Kao; Martin Johanson; Desirée Holm; Poul Houman Andersen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internationalisation; regulative institutions; institutional change; market opportunity; market commitment; emerging market; China; case study; longitudinal study; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : China’s status as the world’s top destination for foreign direct investment and the largest trading nation is likely to attract more international firms seeking market entrance, and increase the speed of expansion by those already present in the market. Its progress in reaching this point has been accompanied by significant changes in laws and regulations. READ MORE

5. 13. Dagligvarudistributionens strukturomvandling : Drivkrafter och konsekvenser för städers utformning och miljö

   Author : Tomas Svensson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; wholesaling; retailing; town planning; structural change; food; groceries; out-of-town supermarkets; cartrips; urban environment; technological change; Linköping; Sweden; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to describe and analyse the dramatic structural changes in the wholesaling and retailing of food and groceries in towns and cities in Sweden, with emphasis on the period after the Second World War. Besides a general analysis based on national data, the town of Linköping is used to illustrate the spatial dimension in the development of food distribution at the micro level. READ MORE

6. 14. Amnesty in Translation : Ideas, Interests and Organizational Change

   Author : Klara Tomson; Bengt Jacobsson; Miriam Salzer-Mörling; Kjell-Arne Røvik; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; organizational change; translation; institutional entrepreneurs; identity; assimilation; colonization; creolization; loose coupling; Amnesty International; human rights; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Swedish Amnesty was founded in 1964 for the purpose of working for the release of prisoners of conscience. Forty years later the organization has expanded its realm of activity to include ideas such as women’s rights, homosexuals’ rights and corporate responsibility for human rights. READ MORE

7. 15. Essays on performance management systems, regulation and change in Swedish banks

   Author : Viktor Elliot; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Banks; Saving Banks; Performance Management Systems; Regulation; Change; Institutional Theory; Funds Transfer Pricing;

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