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- Schuller, Bernd-Joachim
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Globalization and competitiveness of nations : The Baltic States
- 2008
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Ingår i: Proceedings from the International Scientific Conference. - : Kaunas University of Technology, Faculty of Economics & Management. ; , s. 673-678
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- According to the Lisbon Agenda of the year 2000, the goal of the European Union is to become in 2010 the most competitive economy in the world, able to achieve high employment, rising economic growth and rising living standards. Furthermore, social and regional cohesion and a positive environmental development shall be attained, though according to the Barroso Commission the focus is now on employment and growth, while social and environmental aspects are seen as longer-term goals. The Lisbon Agenda aims to prepare the European Union for the challenges of globalization. Since the Lisbon Summit in 2000, the EU has been enlarged with 12 new members, among them the Baltic States Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The purpose of this paper is firstly to investigate how - economic - globalization can be defined and measured and secondly, how competitiveness can be expressed. While globalization is measured mostly in absolute figures, regarding competitiveness, a - relative - comparison of countries is shown. The focus is on the Baltic States, with Sweden as a comparison. Though competitiveness of nations is according to Krugman a discussable phenomenon, Porter and the World Economic Forum (WEF) are presenting indicators for this concept in the yearly published Gobal Competitiveness Report. According to the WEF, international competitiveness of nations can be expressed by high growth and living standard in the medium and long run and by high and rising employment. [From the publication]
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- Aisenberg Ferenhof, Helio, et al.
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The impact of social media on knowledge management
- 2016
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Ingår i: IFKAD 2016 - 11th International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics. - : Institute of Knowledge Asset Management (IKAM). - 9788896687093
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this paper is to review extant research on the impact of social media on knowledge management (KM) to establish the current body of knowledge and, on this basis, to suggest some promising avenues for future research.The study consists of a systematic literature review of eighteen refereed empirical articles on social media and knowledge management. In order to get access to the articles, we used different scientific databases such as Scopus and ProQuest. As keywords, we decided to use multiple keyword combinations. After having read the abstracts of the articles identified, we ended up with a final set of eighteen articles, which represented the basis for analysis. The systematic approach helped us to make sure that the majority of relevant papers would be covered. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no systematic literature review on social media and knowledge management has previously been published or presented.The topic seems to be a promising field for systematic and intensive research and offers a variety of future research avenues.
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- Boers, Börje, 1975-, et al.
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A founder’s heritage : the development of psychological ownership
- 2017
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- ObjectivesIs a founder “leaving” an organization by selling it, or are there aspects of the founder left even though, the founder does not have a formal occupation or ownership in the organization?Will there be a legacy of the founder and how will this affect the psychological ownership? What is the founder’s heritage from a psychological ownership perspective?The purpose is to understand the consequences of a business sale of the founder and from a psychological ownership perspective.Prior WorkDrawing on the work of psychological ownership and founder heritage, the work combines important literatures to shed light on an important empirical phenomenon, i.e. the exit of a founder/entrepreneur and its consequences for the organization.ApproachThis study follows a single case study approach and draws on rich empirical material from semi-structured interviews and extensive archival data.ResultsWe show how central activities are affected by a founder’s heritage over long time after the formal exit has taken place. We illustrate the development of a founder’s psychological ownership before and after he has formally sold the legal ownership.Implications and ValueThe paper aims at contributing to the entrepreneurial and founder exit-literature by adding a process perspective. Unlike it is sometimes assumed in the entrepreneurship literature is an exit not necessarily a clear-cut and once and for all decision. The paper contributes also psychological ownership literature by highlighting its continuity after the formal sale of the legal ownership and its consequences for the organization.
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- Svensson, Lotten, et al.
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Location as a Key Factor to Develop Strategic Resource : A Study of Space, Place and Identity
- 2016
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Taking into account the increasing urbanization in Europe, young people prefer bigger cities and eventually small towns face the challenge of aging and immigrant populations requiring evermore social services even as tax revenues decrease. It seems a necessity for the regional enterprises/authorities to revise their strategic vision in associated with the raising of awareness among the citizens and socio-economic stakeholders in the long-term strategies/priorities. Structuring a powerful approach toward the concept of attractiveness through a location-based assertiveness will not only be supported by the local public or community initiatives, but also through the resource-based theory to stablish new opportunities of public/private partnership in the locations. The concept community values, combining with the strategic vision of the local authority scenario would idealistically cause the raising of awareness among the citizens and socio-economic stakeholders in the scenario-based implementation of resilient of the long-term strategies/priorities; this path is capable also in a public mobilization for a sustainable collective action to sharing a purpose, a common fate in the sense of the evolution of socio-economic norms which eventually integrates the cultural, social, economic and environmental values with the “location”; this could be the platform for a model that shows location-based growth orientation aspects are in a profound interaction with what we call “place identity”. The main ambition of our paper is to look at location as a structured dynamism to support the diversification strategy of owner-managed local companies through literature-based approach to examine whether location, as a strategic resource, contributes to sustainable competitive advantage for companies. So our study contributes to the discussion of the importance of “location” as a factor for creating strategic resources that can create and/or contribute to the competitive advantage of enterprises mostly based on the regionalization strategies; this will promote the mobilization of local actors to develop the competitiveness and attractiveness of their territory, while stimulating a collaborative approach between the territories to expand their capacities. In the maturity phase the resource-based view developed to be a resource-based theory that must evolve in order to extend the maturity phase. As the resource-based view assumes that resources are heterogeneously distributed among companies, various factors [external and internal] explain how profitability can be created and maintained in the long term. We have applied an interdisciplinary grounded theory method by combining the literature-based data from studies of resource based strategies and urban discussion related to space/location; The evidence from some interviews with company leaders, owners, managers and influential representatives of various community activities and entities also helped us to run an inductive reasoning approach as a hypothetical clarification of the action(s) that recurrently determines the main apprehension of the accomplices in an applicable area.
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- Laitila, Thomas, 1960-, et al.
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Commuting and the Economic Milieu : An Investigation of the Choice to Commute Related to Labor Demand, Worker Competition and Wage
- 2015
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Ingår i: Regional Development in an International Context. - Trollhättan : University West. - 9789187531170 ; , s. 369-380
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We calculate aggregate economic-milieu variables and use them as explanatory variables to study the Swedish commuting pattern. The variables are of accessibility type (i.e. spatially discounted) and are logarithmic ratios. We start from the assumption of utility maximizing individuals. The probability to commute using a link increases with expected utility. We apply two models: the quantity model and the wage model. The explanatory power is high and the results are as expected. Labor demand is positively related to utility. Worker competition is negatively related to utility. Wage is positively related to utility. A municipality, which isnot a regional center, can strive to increase the number of jobs within the municipality. The second best, for such a municipality, is that jobs are available in the municipality that is the regional center. Otherwise, the municipality and region will economically decline.
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- Ljungkvist, Torbjörn, 1967-, et al.
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Managerial Dynamic Capabilities of Micro and Small Family Firm Managers in the Retail Industry : Strategic Actions to Manage Economic Downturn
- 2023
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – this study explores how retail family firm managers’ cognitive capabilities are used to enabling firm strategy to encounter economic decline. Design/methodology/approach – the paper is based on an inductive case study and consists of 30 interviews with retail family firm managers. Findings – the results suggest how managerial cognitive enabling mechanisms shape the manifestation of retail family firm dynamic capabilities (DC) configurations. Originality – three retail managerial cognitive strategic enabling mechanisms and microfoundations are identified, which in turn explain how the following retail family firm DC configurations are shaped: (1) retail family firm customization-based sensing, (2) retail family firm lateral seizing and (3) retail family firm trust-based reconfiguring. The manifestation of these DC configurations illuminate how retail family firm manager enabling firm strategy to encounter economic decline.
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- Kazemi, Ali
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There is more to fairness in taxation than fair taxes : Introducing a multi-faceted fairness framework of taxation
- 2008
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Ingår i: Dynamics Within and Outside the Lab. - Lund : POST network, Lund University. - 9789173936316 ; , s. 147-158
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Taxation has attracted considerable research attention. In this article some preliminary steps are taken towards advancing a multi-faceted fairness framework of taxation according to which taxation fairness is not only related to the tax expenditure programme (distributive justice), but also to how tax decisions are made (procedural justice), how citizens are treated by the tax authorities/employees (interpersonal justice), and how tax decisions and the legislation are explained and justified to the citizens (informational justice). This framework further posits that taxpayers experience uncertainty in the context of taxation, and that fairness reduces uncertainty. It is also posited that fairness is a prerequisite for legitimacy of the tax system. The framework draws upon the literature on the social psychology of justice and applies it to the taxation context. Altogether, this theoretical framework provides an alternative account of tax attitudes and behavior in that it downplays the role of surveillance and sanctions and instead emphasizes the role of perceived fairness for citizens' willingness to pay taxes and for tax system legitimacy.
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- Eriksson, Nomie, 1955-
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Organizing for Development Work in Healthcare Organizations : A study of Quality Methods for Reliable Care
- 2015
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Ingår i: 23rd Nordic Academy of Management Conference. ; , s. 138-138
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Healthcare professionals are involved in development work that is always present in healthcare organisations. They are required to participate when quality methods such as Lean and Six Sigma are introduced in hospitals’ clinical practises. The purpose of this paper is to explore how development work in terms of providing reliable care are perceived by nurses and physicians when quality methods are implemented in clinical practises. The data consist from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with seventeen nurses and ten physicians at two hospitals in western Sweden. A qualitative research method was used. The interviews were analysed in the search for underlying themes that reflect their perception and evaluation of the quality methods and their possibility to increase the reliability in healthcare. The confidence between nurses and physicians was essential for creating and maintaining supportive relationships and reliable systems. Reliable care seemed to be more of the result of the dedication and professionalism than the result of the applied quality methods. Reliability in healthcare seemed to flow from work attitudes, commitment and continuous development work as much as from quality methods. In general, the professionals more emphasized the importance of teamwork and cooperation as ways to develop healthcare.
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