Search for dissertations about: "strategic orientation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words strategic orientation.

2. 11. Highly-filled biocomposites: modelling, processing, and characterization

   Author : Sajjad Pashazadehgaznagh; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; modelling; fiber orientation; rheology.; Wood plastic composites WPCs ; extrusion; surface instability;

   Abstract : The use of polymer with natural fiber reinforcements is expected to increase significantly. This can be noted in several industrial sectors of strategic importance for Sweden, such as automotive, packaging, construction, and furniture industries. READ MORE

4. 12. 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

5. 13. Measurement systems and process orientation with focus on the order process

   Author : Anders Ljungberg; Teknisk logistik; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; process measurement; measurement systems; process management; measurement; Technological sciences; Teknik;

   Abstract : The inability of organisations to develop successfully and their lack of a holistic view and of relevant quantitative facts are factors that played a major role in my choice of a research area for this and my licentiate thesis (Ljungberg, 1994). These two theses together represent the work conducted for the PhD degree. READ MORE

6. 14. Learning from members : tools for strategic positioning and service innovation in trade unions

   Author : Hans Björkman; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The formal governance structure is more complex in trade unions than in many other organizations. Trade union researchers have drawn attention to the tensions between union administrative and representative systems and the fact that control in unions is bi-directional from leaders to members (through formal control systems), and from members to leaders (through democratic structures). READ MORE

7. 15. Eco-marketing & Eco-management. Exploring the eco-orientation - performance link in food retailing

   Author : Heléne Tjärnemo; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic systems; economic theory; Economics; econometrics; Sweden; Ecological Organic food products; grocery stores; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Market study; Marknadsanalys;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to develop a conceptual framework of food retailers’ ecological orientation that considers the interaction between ecological marketing and ecological management. In this context, the relationship was examined between ecological orientation and sales of ecological food products and the overall store performance of Swedish food retailers. READ MORE