Search for dissertations about: "multinational cooperation"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words multinational cooperation.

2. 1. To Levy Taxes on Multinational Corporations : Allocating Rights and Making Them Enforceable

   Author : Carolina Janson; Eva Erman; Magnus Reitberger; Rutger Claassen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; tax avoidance; tax competition; reciprocity; cooperation; risk-pooling; practice dependency; international tax structures; multinational corporations; interdependence; globalisation; public resources; statsvetenskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : Who, if anyone, should have the right to levy taxes on a multinational corporation’s (MNC’s) profits? Using a practice-dependent nonideal theoretical methodology this dissertation seeks to explore how the currently intended distribution of the rights to levy taxes on MNCs’ profits can be defended. That is, why we might value it and, what the goals of it is. READ MORE

4. 2. Transnational Projects within Multinational Corporations

   Author : Katarina Lagerström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Transnational projects; projects; multinational; MNCs; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The complexity of organizing and managing the operations within multinational corporations (MNCs) has increased over the recent decades. This has led MNCs to utilize other organizational forms and mechanisms than the ones previously used for increasing collaboration and integration, but also for making use of knowledge developed at units within different countries accessible on a global basis within the corporation. READ MORE

5. 3. Towards the mitigation of cultural barriers to communication and cooperation

   Author : Ida Lindgren; Kip Smith; Ann Enander; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; multinational cooperation; cultural differences; cross-cultural psychology; emergency management; teamwork; microworlds; group faultlines; Work sciences and ergonomics; Arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis combines theories from cross-cultural psychology with literature on group faultlines to understand cultural barriers to communication and cooperation experienced in multinational emergency management teams. The aim is to investigate whether the faultline concept is a viable theoretical vocabulary for addressing cultural differences in communication and cooperation (in the domain of emergency management). READ MORE

6. 4. Business Relationships Between Local Firms and MNCs in a less Developing Country : The Case of Libyan Firms

   Author : Alsedieg Alshaibi; Peter Thilenius; Amjad Hadjikhani; Mo Yamin; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International business relationships; multinational companies; less developing countries; technology adaptation; technology cooperation; information exchange; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Industrial Economics and Organization; industriell ekonomi och organisation;

   Abstract : International business relationships have been widely researched over the last three decades. Themajor attention of these studies, no matter what their theoretical perspective, concerns the MNCs inthe less developing countries (LDCs). Studies that illustrate how firms in LDCs behave regardinginteraction with MNCs are slim. READ MORE

7. 5. Innovation Systems for Sustainability : An empirical analysis of the role of domestic and Swedish MNCs inBrazil's innovation system

   Author : Rita Santos Senise; Folke Snickars; Walter Leal; Linda Kamp; KTH; []
   Keywords : Innovation Systems; Technological Change; Environmental Sustainability; Järnvägsgruppen - Infrastruktur; Järnvägsgruppen - Infrastruktur;

   Abstract : The intellectual roots of the innovation system (IS) approach lie in attempts tounderstand the complexities of interactive relations in the innovation process. Thisthesis departs from the systemic view that ISs rest on a co-evolutionary process, inwhich on the one hand technical and economic spheres interact with policies andinstitutions, and, on the other, those spheres affect the natural environment. READ MORE