Search for dissertations about: "multinational company"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words multinational company.

2. 1. The Multinational Company and Society : A Study of Business Network Relationships in Latin America

   Author : Anna Ljung; Amjad Hadjikhani; Cecilia Pahlberg; Anna Bengtson; Pervez Ghauri; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; society; multinational company; business network; relationship; non-business actor; interdependence; NGO; CSR; emerging economies;

   Abstract : The role of society for the development of multinational companies’ (MNC) business has so far not attracted much scholarly attention in international marketing. Responding to recent calls for further research relating MNCs with society, the aim of this thesis is to enhance the understanding of the MNC relationship with society. READ MORE

4. 2. Multinational Companies and Host Partnership in Rural Development : A Network Perspective on the Lamco Case

   Author : Mohammad Latifi; Mats Åkerblom; Amjad Hadjikhani; Mo Yamin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Multinational Companies; Rural Development; Less Developed Countries; Network Theory; Lamco; Intermediary Organizations; Private Voluntary Organizations; Community Development; Liberia; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Multinational companies (MNCs) in less developed countries (LDCs) are regularly contracted to undertake rural development around their sites. Likewise, they regularly fail. READ MORE

5. 3. An Arranged Marriage under Institutional Duality – The Local Integration Process between Two Globally Merging MNCs' Subsidiaries

   Author : Roger Schweizer; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; merger and acquisition; integration process; multinational company; subsidiary; institutional theory; institutional duality; relational context; arranged marriage;

   Abstract : "The thesis studies the local integration process between two globally merging multinational companies’ (MNCs) subsidiaries - a process, which is part of a concurrently ongoing global consolidation process and that has to be implemented in the two subsidiaries’ host country environment. The main question asked is how this specific setting influences the characteristics of the local integration process - such as the approach used, management styles applied, integration mechanisms employed, the physical and procedural solutions chosen, and not least the occurring human-related integration issues - as well as the outcome of the process. READ MORE

6. 4. Standing up to a Multinational Giant : The Saint-Gobain World Council and the American Window Glass Workers' Strike in the American Saint Gobain Corporation in 1969

   Author : Fredrik Håkansson; Lars Olsson; Marcel van der Linden; Lars Berggren; Geert Van Goethem; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; World Councils; Compagnie de Saint-Gobain; the American Saint Gobain Corporation; flat glass; sheet glass; window glass; trade union internationalism; Charles Levinson; the International Federation of Chemical and General Workers’ Unions; the United Glass and Ceramic Workers of North America; glassworkers; Historia; History;

   Abstract : In the 1960s, a large number of World Councils were founded in a number of industrial branches. One of the most recognized World Councils was established in the multinational glass manufacturer Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in 1969, in connection to an international trade union action against the company. READ MORE

7. 5. External collaborations in multinational pharmaceutical companies

   Author : Francesca Bignami; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : R D collaborations;

   Abstract : Traditionally, the internal research and development (R&D) departments of multinational companies (MNCs) have served as a main driver of MNCs innovative capacity. Today’s high pace of change and competitive landscape have forced MNCs however to look beyond their organizational boundaries and to involve external organizations in their R&D for technological advancement and innovation. READ MORE