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1. Sourcing strategising in the new product development process : Insights from the strategy-as-practice lens and engineer-to-order context
Abstract : In many cases, manufacturers have changed from sourcing only a few, simple, and separate components from local suppliers to sourcing a high variety of modules from globally dispersed suppliers. This has resulted in the implementation of a wide variety of sourcing strategies, including, for example, multiple sourcing and supplier integration. READ MORE
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2. Exploring the concept of strategy using a practice lens: The case of a large construction company
Abstract : Ever since its origins back in the 1960´s, strategy researchers have been engaged in an ongoing discussion about what strategy actually means. Over the historical development of the strategic-management field strategy has gone from something that top managers formulated; it has gone from including a rather limited analytical process, to being a pattern in streams of actions and to encompass a myriad of strategic micro processes. READ MORE
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3. The Practice of Strategy Formation – Opening the Green Box
Abstract : This thesis reports the results from an in-depth longitudinal study of how a new strategy actually forms in practice. The focus is on a Swedish multinational firm called the “MECH Group” and its efforts to combine environmental and business concerns in the new strategy called “Positive Impact. READ MORE
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4. Digital Capability : Investigating Coevolution of IT and Business Strategies
Abstract : This dissertation investigates the role of information technology (IT) in organizational strategy. Specifically, it examines how organizations can persist in turbulent competitive landscapes characterized by IT innovations. READ MORE
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5. Mind the Mind : Strategic Communication in the Swedish Green Party
Abstract : An increasingly complex environment and pressure from external publics on organizations to speak consistently challenge contemporary organizations. Strategic communication has been portrayed as offering a method for organizations to handle these complexities and is characterized not only as a rational way to handle problems organization face by centralizing, planning, and controlling, but as inevitable. READ MORE