Search for dissertations about: "strategy dissertation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 395 swedish dissertations containing the words strategy dissertation.

2. 1. Organisational Self-understanding and the Strategy Process : Strategy Dynamics in Scania and Handelsbanken

   Author : Olof Brunninge; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; strategy; organizational identity; history; change management; organizational self-understanding; continuity; scania; handelsbanken;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the role of organisational self-understanding in strategy processes. The concept of organisational self-understanding denotes members’ understanding of their organisation’s identity. The study illustrates that strategy processes in companies are processes of self-understanding. READ MORE

4. 2. Managing offshoring of complex products : Strategy and capabilities

   Author : Petra Edoff; Christer Norström; Jayakanth Srinivasan; Stefan Cedergren; Peter Ørberg Jensen; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : Strategy; organizational capabilities; offshoring; product development; India; China; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

   Abstract : Offshoring is a hot topic in the industrial and academic community over the last few years, evolving from a focus on manufacturing to product development and R&D. Offshoring refers to the process of sourcing and coordinating tasks across national borders and can include both in-house and outsourced activities performed by a supplier. READ MORE

5. 3. Market-Shaping as Meta-Strategy : A Strategy of Strategies

   Author : Alexander Flaig; Mikael Ottosson; Aku Valtakoski; Besma Glaa; Suvi Nenonen; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Market-shaping; Market-shaping strategies; Integrated strategies; Markets; Systemic trategies; Meta-strategies; Marknadsformning; Marknadsformande strategier; Integrerade strategier; Marknader; Systemiska strategier; Metastrategier;

   Abstract : Markets are increasingly perceived as malleable systems constituted by actors that endogenously generate and shape the market. This view extends the traditional market view beyond the buyer-seller dyad and encompasses both directly market-related actors such as companies, suppliers, and buyers but also nonmarket actors such as regulators, lobbyists, journalists, activists, and the wider public. READ MORE

6. 4. Adapting manufacturing strategy to industrial after-sales service operations

   Author : Pontus Johansson; Jan Olhager; Sergio Cavalieri; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Manufacturing strategy; Operations strategy; Service operations; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

   Abstract : This dissertation is initiated from an increased awareness within industry of the importance of services in general and of after-sales services in particular. The scope of this research is to analyse how the specific characteristics of after-sales services affect a company’s manufacturing strategy, which in effect should become an operations strategy not only considering the manufacturing of goods. READ MORE

7. 5. Logistics-based Competition : A Business Model Approach

   Author : Tobias Kihlén; Mats Abrahamsson; Daniel Kindström; Andreas Norrman; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; logistics-based competition; business model; logistics strategy; strategy; logistics; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

   Abstract : Logistics is increasingly becoming recognised as a source of competitive advantage, both in practice and in academia. The possible strategic impact of logistics makes it important to gain deeper insight into the role of logistics in the strategy of the firm. READ MORE