| 5461. |
- Fried, Andrea
(författare)
-
Performance measurement systems and their relation to strategic learning: A case study in a software-developing organization
- 2010
-
Ingår i: Critical Perspectives on Accounting. - : Elsevier BV. - 1045-2354. ; 21, s. 118-133
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Authors have often suggested that expert systems for measuring and assessing intangible andtangibleresourcesfulfillstrategiclearningpurposes. This role requires further theoretical discussion and empirical investigation since strategic learning does not automatically result from the implementation of performance measurement systems (PMS). PMS can be used for internal or external control purposes in addition their development and usage can lead to strategic learning processes. Depending on how PMS are conceptualized they can be related to different modes of learning. Thus, this article links different types of PMS enactment with specific modes of learning. Strategic learning is thereby defined as specific mode within the organizational learning approach by Bateson (1972) and Argyris and Schön (1978). Orlikowski’s work on technologies (2000) provides a framework for the different types of PMS enactment. A strategic learning process initiated by the development of PMS is illustrated through a case study in the software development industry.
|
|
| 5462. |
- Fried, Andrea, 1972-
(författare)
-
„Wachsen oder nicht, das ist die Frage …“ : Systemdifferenzierungen junger Unternehmen am Beispiel einer Kommunikationsagentur
- 2010
-
Ingår i: Schmalenbach Business Review. - : Springer. - 0341-2687. ; 62:3, s. 334-360
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Wenn etablierte unternehmensbezogene ansätze der Gründungsforschung Unternehmenswachstum untersuchen, dann zielen sie auf eine analyse der kausalen Beziehungen von Erfolgsfaktoren ab. Wachstum junger Unternehmen wird in diesem Beitrag alternativ als evolutionärer Prozess verstanden. Der Begriff Wachstum vereinigt hier die quantitative wie qualitative Veränderung junger Unternehmen im Zeitverlauf. Grundlage für die analyse von Wachstum sind die funktional-strukturellen Überlegungen innerhalb der Theorie sozialer Systeme nach Niklas Luhmann (1964). Im Beitrag wird eine problemorientierte analyse des Wachstumsdrucks junger Unternehmen anhand von fünf Merkmalen vorgeschlagen: Mitgliedschaft, arbeitsteilung, Formalisierung, Führung und Grenzstellen. Exemplarisch geschieht dies am Fall einer jungen Kommunikationsagentur. auf diese Weise wird das Potential organisationstheoretischer ansätze und qualitativer Forschungsmethoden für die Gründungsforschung erschlossen. Zudem wird deutlich, wie auch Gründungsforschung und -beratung voneinander profitieren können.
|
|
| 5463. |
- Fries, Liv
(författare)
-
Att organisera tjänstesektorns röst : en teori om hur organisationer formar aktörer
- 2011
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Hur går opinions- och lobbyingarbete till i tjänstesektorns största intresseorganisation? Avhandlingen är en inifrånskildring baserad på flera månaders observationer och handlar på ett empiriskt plan om en ny era för den svenska modellen. Här beskrivs hur en av de gamla arbetsgivarorganisationerna, Almega, får en ny uppgift: att bli en röst för den nya, framväxande tjänstesektorn, och därmed ta på sig nya uppgifter som opinionsbildare och förhandlare när Svenskt Näringsliv tagit ett kliv tillbaka. På ett mer generellt plan formulerar avhandlingen organisationsteoretiska bidrag till vår förståelse om strategisk kommunikation och lobbying. Avhandlingens analys visar hur organisationer med andra organisationer som medlemmar skapar en möjlighet för sina medlemmar att göra sig hörda och att bli aktörer med en passande identitet. Här utvecklas en teori om hur vi kan förstå sådana metaorganisationer: varför de ofta har så många organisationsnivåer och hur dessa både konkurrerar och samverkar med varandra för att göra det möjligt för både dem själva och medlemmarna att bli aktörer och skaffa sig inflytande.
|
|
| 5464. |
|
|
| 5465. |
- Fuentes, Maria
(författare)
-
Att göra hem – En studie av unga mäns boende och konsumtion på 2000-talet
- 2011
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- “Home” has become a commercialised place in contemporary Sweden. As both cause and ef- fect of this development, the Swedish market for furniture and interior decoration has grown significantly during the last twenty years. Retailers, television shows and magazines have con- tributed to a steadily progressing market, where consumers shop for the latest in furniture as well as the latest ideas and ideals of home. How do people make home today and what charac- terises these homes? This study offers one answer to these questions providing a description of how seven young men made their lodgings into homes through consumption of furniture and interior decorations during the first ten years of the 21st century. The results of the study permit a reassessment of the image of home prevalent in marke- ting and consumption research. In this research tradition, home was often described as private place connected to family, and is conceptualised as closed and non-commercial. This puts forward an alternative image. From a “relational place” perspective, home can be seen as a place shaped by events and actions, consisting of arranging people, things and symbols in a manner that makes people belong to that place. The seven young men under study described their ho- mes as open and movable places, interwoven with the market. Their descriptions showed how commercial ideas and products had been put to individual use, and how homes were made into interfaces, connecting rather than separating the men from the world. Homes were places that facilitated and sustained relationships, places that merged commercial ideas and products with individual aspirations, and places that were opened to, rather than closed from, the world. The interconnectedness of the home and the market suggested by this study document the importance of a proper understanding of home for any investigations aiming at establishing how commercial products and marketing practice are put to use and made part of people’s everyday life.
|
|
| 5466. |
|
|
| 5467. |
|
|
| 5468. |
- Gabrielsson, Jonas, 1975-, et al.
(författare)
-
Entrepreneurial learning and innovation : Building entrepreneurial knowledge from career experience for the creation of new ventures
- 2011. - 1
-
Ingår i: Technological, Managerial and Organizational Core Competencies. - Hershey, PA : IGI Global. - 9781613501658 - 9781613501665 - 9781613501672 - 161350165X ; , s. 245-263
-
Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The relation between entrepreneurial learning and innovation is poorly understood – especially with respect to how entrepreneurs build up their capability to create new ventures. In this chapter we employ arguments from theories of experiential learning to examine the extent to which entrepreneurs’ prior career experience is associated with entrepreneurial knowledge that can be productively used in the new venture creation process. We relate entrepreneurial knowledge to two distinct learning outcomes: the ability to (1) recognize new venture opportunities, and (2) cope with liabilities of newness. Based on analysis of data from 291 Swedish entrepreneurs, we provide novel insights into how and why entrepreneurs differ in their experientially acquired abilities in different phases of the new venture creation process. © 2012, IGI Global.
|
|
| 5469. |
|
|
| 5470. |
- Garonne, Christophe, et al.
(författare)
-
Business planning, idea change, flexibility and performance : the best of both worlds?
- 2011
-
Ingår i: Proceedings of the thirty-first annual entrepreneurship research conference. - 0910897344
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The relationships between business planning and performance have divided the entrepreneurship research community for decades (Brinckmann et al, 2010). One side of this debate is the assumption that business plans may lock the firm in a specific direction early on, impede the firm to adapt to the changing market conditions (Dencker et al., 2009) and eventually, cause escalation of commitments by introducing rigidity (Vesper, 1993). Conversely, feedback received from the production and presentation of business plans may also lead the firm to take corrective actions. However, the mechanisms underlying the relationships between changes in business ideas, business plans and the performance of nascent firms are still largely unknown. While too many business idea changes may confuse stakeholders, exhaust the firm’s resources and hinder the undergoing legitimization process, some flexibility during the early stages of the venture may be beneficial to cope with the uncertainties surrounding new venture creation (Knight, 1921; March, 1982; Stinchcombe, 1965; Weick, 1979). Previous research has emphasized adaptability and flexibility as key success factors through effectual logic and interaction with the market (Sarasvathy, 2001; 2007) or improvisation and trial-and-error (Miner et al, 2001). However, those studies did not specifically investigate the role of business planning. Our objective is to reconcile those seemingly opposing views (flexibility versus rigidity) by undertaking a more fine-grained analysis at the relationships between business planning and changes in business ideas on a large longitudinal sample of nascent firms.
|
|
