Search for dissertations about: "manufacturing capabilities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 152 swedish dissertations containing the words manufacturing capabilities.

2. 1. Manufacturing capabilities : expendable commodities or catalysts for effective supply chain management

   Author : Robin von Haartman; Lars Bengtsson; Matti Kaulio; Björge Timenes Laugen; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Many large companies have for a long time been very successful in their industries by combining leading edge R&D and marketing with strong internal manufacturing capabilities. An alternative model is now getting increased attention, where R&D and marketing is conducted internally and manufacturing performed by outsourcing partners. READ MORE

4. 2. Manufacturing Strategy, Capabilities and Performance

   Author : Mattias Hallgren; Jan Olhager; Terence Hill; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Manufacturing Strategy; Manufacturing Capabilities; Operational Performance; Empirical Research; Contingency Factors; Manufacturing engineering and work sciences; Produktion och arbetsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation addresses the topic of manufacturing strategy, especially the manufacturing capabilities and operational performance of manufacturing plants. Manufacturing strategy research aims at providing a structured decision making approach to improve the economics of manufacturing and to make companies more competitive. READ MORE

5. 3. Organizational Capabilities : A Study of Electrical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturers, 1878-1990

   Author : Fredrik Tell; Lars Lindkvist; Christian Knudsen; Keith Pavitt; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational Capabilities; Electrical Manufacturers; Power Transmission; Business History; Technological Change; Knowledge-based Theory of the Firm; ABB; AEG; Alsthom; ASEA; Brown Boveri; CGE; GEC; General Electric; Siemens; Westinghouse; Business Studies;

   Abstract : Organizational capabilities of large industrial firms constitute a pillar in Alfred Chandler's theory of the emergence of managerial capitalism. Science based firms represent one important sector within such an economic context. READ MORE

6. 4. Critical Operations Capabilities for Competitive Manufacturing : A High-Cost Environment Perspective

   Author : Cinzia Sansone; Kerstin Johansen; Carin Rösiö; Dmitrij Slepniov; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; capabilities; priorities; high-cost environment; operations strategy;

   Abstract : Manufacturing companies operating in a high-cost environment are facing many challenges attempting to achieve a competitive advantage. These challenges have encouraged manufacturing companies to relocate their manufacturing operations from a high-cost to low-cost environment, creating issues for the western social welfare. READ MORE

7. 5. Competing on Manufacturing How combinations of resources can be a source of competitive advantage

   Author : Gunilla Nordström; Institutet för Ekonomisk forskning; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; manufacturing; competitive advantage; manufacturing capabilities; strategic management; the Resource-Based View RBV combinations of resources; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper;

   Abstract : The most central question in the strategic management literature is why some firms are more successful than others, often expressed as an aim to understand sources of competitive advantage. In this thesis, an empirical observation is made that a number of manufacturing plants belonging to the same firm show sustainable differences in financial success, and the question is why. READ MORE