Search for dissertations about: "intermediary roles"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words intermediary roles.
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1. In the middle : on sourcing from China and the role of the intermediary
Abstract : In the past three decades China’s rapid transition from a closed economy to become the factory of the world has astonished economists all over the world. Surveys among sourcing practitioners show that China is the most interesting market for sourcing and research points to lower costs as the main reason. READ MORE
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2. Role Changes in Distribution Networks: A Study of Middlemen
Abstract : This licentiate thesis deals with re-orientation of the role of firms identified as ‘middlemen in distribution channels’. Evolving conditions in the business context of these firms have challenged their traditional role. READ MORE
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3. Multinational Enterprises, Sociopolitical Constraints and Intermediaries : A Sociopolitically Informed Network Approach
Abstract : International Marketing research conceptualizes modern advanced markets into three rather separate systems; the political, the business, and the intermediary, based on the dichotomous notion of the distinct political, business, and intermediary systems constituting modern society. However international marketing literature seems to have adopted this conceptualization rather unproblematically for other types of markets. READ MORE
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4. Pro- and anti-inflammatory regulation of β2 integrin signalling in human neutrophils
Abstract : The body is under constant attack from pathogens trying to slip by our immune defence. If the barrier is breached, invading pathogens enter the tissues and cause inflammation. During this process neutrophils, constituting the first line of defence, leave the bloodstream and seek out and kill the invading pathogens. READ MORE
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5. Playing the Matching Game : An Institutional Analysis of Executive Recruitment and Selection in Software Start-ups: Silicon Valley and Stockholm
Abstract : Software start-ups make media headlines daily, suggesting that it may take only a garage and two engineering students to begin such companies, and that these same people will constitute the core of the executive team until these organizations become multinational giants. Despite these spontaneous starts, newly formed entrepreneurial ventures have many obstacles to overcome in their resource and cultural environments when establishing their practices. READ MORE