Search for dissertations about: "manager business"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 62 swedish dissertations containing the words manager business.

2. 1. Manager and civil servant : exploring actors' taken-for-granted assumptions in public administration

   Author : Tom S. Karlsson; Karin Jonnergård; Gert Paulsson; Jonas Gerdin; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public Sector Reforms; Management; Civil Service; Taken-for-granted assumptions; Institutional Theory; Structuration Theory; Business administration; Företagsekonomi; Public Sector Reform; Management; Civil Service; Taken-for-granted Assumptions; Institutional Theory; Structuration Theory;

   Abstract : Manager and Civil Servant is an exploration of actors' taken-for-granted assumptions that govern perceptions concerning how public administration should be undertaken within contemporary welfare states. It is argued that more than 30 years of continuous reforms directed towards public administration have caused dilemmas to arise. READ MORE

4. 2. Predicting who stays or leaves after the acquisition: : Target’s top manager turnover

   Author : Keivan Aghasi; Terrence Brown; Massimo Colombo; Maureen McKelvey; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Acquisition; CEO turnover; TMT turnover; coordination; Founder-CEO; Similarity attraction; Diversity;

   Abstract : In acquisition of high-tech and knowledge intensive firms, scholars have paid special attention to top managers’ status after the deal. Literature suggests that these managers in particular CEOs if kept in post-acquisition provide coordination capacity for the acquirer to transfer the knowledge and technology from the target to the acquirer while minimizing the disruptive effect of post-acquisition integration process. READ MORE

5. 3. Financing Small Businesses - Developing our Understanding of Financial Bootstrapping Behavior

   Author : Joakim Winborg; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Commercial and industrial economics; Finansiering; Financial science; Small business manager; Small business; Social capital; Social contracting; Resource acquisition; Relationship-oriented financial bootstrapping; Finance; Financial bootstrapping; Industriell ekonomi; Social economics; Social ekonomi;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this composite thesis, consisting of five articles, is to develop concepts for furthering the understanding of small business managers´ handling of finance. The main contribution is the development of a conceptual understanding of so-called financial bootstrapping behavior in small businesses (referring to the use of methods for minimizing and/or eliminating the need for financial means for resource acquisition). READ MORE

6. 4. The cultural context of business : A study of firms in a northern Nigerian society

   Author : Yakubu Zakaria; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Culture; Values; Norms; Behaviour; Rationality; Cross-cultural; Islam; Modernization; Entrepreneur; Manager; Trust; Risk; Organization; Control; Strategy; Perception; Business; Profit; Success; Development; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : This study is about entrepreneurial adaptations to modem manufacturing activities in a semi-industrial society of Northern Nigeria. It embodies both general and micro-institutional perspectives of business behaviour and seeks to examine the multidimensional influences ofcultural values on business patterns. READ MORE

7. 5. Determinants of audit fees and the management of corporate disclosures

   Author : Linus Axén; Torbjörn Tagesson; Pernilla Broberg; Stefan Sundgren; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Audit fees; Audit fee pressure; Annual report; Business risk; Disclosures; Hybrid organizations; Internal auditing; Project manager; Revisionskostnader; Press av revisionskostnader; Årsredovisning; Affärsrisk; Upplysningar; Hybrida organisationer; Internrevision; Projektledare;

   Abstract : Ever since Simunic (1980), a great deal of research has examined the pricing of auditing services. The absence of proprietary audit cost data forces most researchers to use audit fee models linking theoretical concepts to observable data. READ MORE