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- Werr, Andreas, et al.
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Gaining External Knowledge : boundaries in managers' knowledge relations
- 2009
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Ingår i: Journal of Knowledge Management. - : Emerald Group. - 1367-3270 .- 1758-7484. ; 13:6, s. 448-463
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate interorganizational knowledge exchange from the perspective of the individual manager/professional. The paper aims to study the kinds of relationships managers/professionals in SMEs are involved in and the way in which they construct boundaries within and around these interorganizational relationships enabling and hindering knowledge acquisition.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on 31 interviews with managers and professionals in seven SMEs. Interviews focused on the interorganizational relationships they viewed as important sources of knowledge for themselves and their organizations.Findings – The study shows that managers/professionals gain vital knowledge from far more interorganizational relationships than those formally designed for knowledge acquisition. The most important sources of knowledge were relationships with suppliers and customers. The study also identifies five boundary dimensions – interests, interpretive frameworks, trust, private/organizational and priority – which respondents use in constructing boundaries within and around the relationships. These boundary dimensions represent important conditions for knowledge acquisition through the relationship.Research limitations/implications – The five boundary dimensions are generated based on a sample of SMEs in Sweden. They must thus be regarded as provisional and need to be validated in further research including larger organizations in different cultural contexts. Future studies should also focus on the dynamics of the boundaries and their interrelations as relationships evolve.Originality/value – This paper adds to research on interorganizational knowledge acquisition by taking an individual level perspective and identifying boundary dimensions through which the relationships and their knowledge flows are shaped.
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- Hellgren, Bo, et al.
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How issues become (Re)constructed in media : Discursive practices in the AstraZeneca merger
- 2002
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Ingår i: Brittish Journal of Management. - : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. - 1467-8551 .- 1045-3172. ; 13:2, s. 123-140
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article, we put forward a novel way of exploring difference and contradiction in merging organizations. We examine how the media (re)constructs meanings in a major cross-border merger. Based on an analysis of press coverage, we attempt to specify and illustrate how particular issues are (re)constructed in media texts through interpretations of ‘winning’ and ‘losing’. We also show how specific discourses are drawn on in this (re)construction. In the merger studied, discourse based on economic and financial rationale dominated the media coverage. Discourse promoting nationalistic sentiments, however, provided an alternative discursive frame to the dominant rationalistic discourse. We argue that the two basic discourses are enacted in three analytically distinct discursive practices in the media: factualizing, rationalizing and emotionalizing. We suggest that the ability of different actors such as top managers to make use of different discursive strategies and resources in promoting their ‘versions of reality’ in the media (or public discussion) is a crucial avenue for research in this area.
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- Hellgren, Bo, 1951-, et al.
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The Reproduction of Efficiecy Theory : The Construction of the AstraZeneca Merger in the Public Discourse
- 2011
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Ingår i: International Journal of Business and Management. - : Canadian Center of Science and Education. - 1833-3850 .- 1833-8119. ; 6:5, s. 16-27
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mergers have become a generally accepted solution to a broad set of managerial problems in practice. However, research on mergers and acquisitions provides a rather sceptical view as to the success of mergers in solving business problems. The current paper aims at investigating the public discourse on mergers and acquisitions and its relation to the scientific discourse. The public discourse is studied by an analysis of Swedish media reports on the Astra Zeneca merger. More specifically we study the actors given voice in the discourse, the temporal evolution of the discourse and the arguments voiced. We conclude that the discourse is dominated by journalists, managers and financial analysts who all generate arguments based on a rather narrow “efficiency theoretical” basis. This is in conflict with current insights in research on mergers and acquisitions that has proposed more valid and complex models for understanding mergers. The reasons and consequences of this discrepancy between the public and the scientific discourses are discussed.
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- Furusten, Staffan, 1964-, et al.
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CSR och konsultsektorn : Vad erbjuds och av vilka?
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Ingår i: Företagsansvar - CSR som managementidé. - Lund : Studentlitteratur. - 9789144068794 ; , s. 85-102
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Furusten, Staffan, 1964-, et al.
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Expertsamhällets organisering : okunskapens triumf?
- 2012
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Ingår i: Expertsamhällets organisering. - Lund : Studentlitteratur AB. - 9789144087085 ; , s. 271-289
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Vi står mitt i framväxten av ett nytt expertsamhälle. Ett samhälle där organisationer blir allt mer beroende av externa experter för utvärdering, certifiering, rådgivning, kommunikation, rekrytering, investering, marknadsföring, inköp, utbildning, hållbar utveckling m.m. De nya experterna har dock otydliga kunskapsbaser, utbildning, erfarenheter och etiska riktlinjer. Det saknas även tydliga regler för auktorisation och strukturer för systematisk granskning.Hur kan vi som köpare, medarbetare, chefer och medborgare lita på de nya experterna? I boken diskuteras hur expertis organiseras på samhällsnivå och på marknader, hur den leds i organisationer och hur individer bygger trovärdighet som experter. Två olika principer för att säkerställa expertis identifieras: (1) utvecklandet av generella och mätbara utvärderingssystem där endast de som uppfyller formella krav accepteras i expertrollen samt (2) utvecklandet av informella lokala system som bygger på förtroende. En tendens är att det informella och svårmätbara hamnar i skymundan till förmån för det synliga och mätbara. Vi diskuterar vilka konsekvenser detta får för expertkunskapen. Riskerar vi att gå miste om den vardagliga och erfarenhetsbaserade kunskapen, och därmed främja ”okunskap” i vår jakt på tydlig och objektiv expertis?Med denna bok vill vi bidra till debatten om hur experter och expertis kan ledas och organiseras. Boken är intressant för medarbetare och ledare i kunskapsintensiva organisationer, samt för forskare, lärare och studenter på universitet och högskola.
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