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- Urciuoli, Luca, et al.
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Drivers and barriers affecting usage of e-Customs - A global survey with customs administrations using multivariate analysis techniques
- 2013
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Ingår i: Government Information Quarterly. - : Elsevier. - 0740-624X .- 1872-9517. ; 30:4, s. 473-485
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The adoption of e-Customs platforms to simultaneously ensure regulatory compliance and to facilitate trade is a major strategic issue for governments and customs administrations worldwide. It ensures a more cost-efficient usage of resources while preserving a smooth flow of goods across international borders. Hence, customs administrations are challenged to favor the introduction of IT systems that may enhance the ability to improve information sharing with the business sector, as well as with other governmental agencies. This is often not a straightforward process. As many experts point out, e-Government development projects fail commonly due to the lack of thorough understanding of administration requirements as well as barriers for implementation. Hence, the purpose of this study is to understand what factors enable or hinder the exploitation of e-Customs platforms. By means of a Systematic Literature Review (SLR), a theoretical framework is developed to identify drivers and barriers for usage of e-Government/e-Customs platforms. Thereby, a survey instrument was developed and data was collected in occasion of a World Customs Organization (WCO) Annual Council meeting, which was joined by around 400 customs delegates and officers from 178 WCO member administrations. A total of 94 questionnaires have been collected and analyzed, which gives an approximate response rate of 23% (46% considering only the 178 member administrations). The analysis of data has been performed by a combination of multivariate techniques and ANOVA. Results show that factors like cost-savings and ease of use significantly influence the usage of e-Customs platforms. On the contrary, cost-efficiency and usefulness of e-Customs platforms have no significant impacts. From the perspective of barriers preventing adoption, this paper identifies two main factors: 1) technical constraints and costs and 2) quality and trust. Both these factors significantly influence adoption of information sharing, in the context of business-customs communication.
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- Granmo, Tobias, 1972, et al.
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Seminarieserien "De fyra elementen-Eld "
- 2023
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Ingår i: Jonsereds Herrgård den 23 november 2023.
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Konstnärligt arbete (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- En värld bestämd av ett fåtal urämnen – jord, vatten, eld och luft? Med idén om de fyra elementen förklarade antikens människa ett kosmos styrt av gudarnas nyckfullhet. En kosmologisk väv som senare separerades i sinnligt och andligt, fysiskt och metafysiskt. Hur påverkar eld och människors föreställningar om eld verkligheten idag? Från rening, passion och kärlekens låga till förstörelse, offerriter och transformation. Människors föreställningar om eld är många. I mytologin brinner Fågel Fenix upp och återföds ur egen aska, och Prometheus stjäl gudarnas eld och ger till människorna som i sin tur får kunskap och makt. Människor värmer sig och bränner sig genom historien, från att laga mat över elden till att smälta metaller till vapen, från egna eldstäder till svårsläckta bränder i klimatförändringarnas tid. Följ med på en eldexkursion från idéernas historia till vetenskapens och konstens samtid.Duo Granmo/Berg utforskar begreppet eld utifrån det musikaliska perspektivet samt diskuterar och samtalar med en inbjuden skara specialister från olika områden.
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- Song, Zisheng, et al.
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Constructing segmented rental housing indices : evidence from Beijing, China
- 2022
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Ingår i: Property Management. - : Emerald. - 0263-7472 .- 1758-731X. ; 40:3, s. 409-436
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – This paper aims to construct rental housing indices and identify market segmentation for moreeffective property-management strategies.Design/methodology/approach – The hedonic model was employed to construct the rental indices. Usingthe k-meansþþ and REDCAP (Regionalisation with Dynamically Constrained Agglomerative Clustering andPartitioning) approaches, the authors conducted clustering analysis and identified different marketsegmentation. The empirical study relied on the database of 80,212 actual rental transactions in Beijing,China, spanning 2016–2018.Findings – Rental housing market segmentation may distribute across administrative boundaries. Properlysegmented indices could provide a better account for the heterogeneity and spatial continuity of rental housingand as well be crucial for effective property management.Research limitations/implications – Residential rent might not only vary over space but also interplayswith housing price. It would be worth studying how the rental market functions together with the owneroccupied sector in the future.Practical implications – Residential rental indices are of great importance for policymakers to be able toevaluate housing policies and for property managers to implement competitive strategies in the rental market. Their constructions largely depend on the analysis of market segmentation, a trade-off between housing spatialheterogeneity and continuity.Originality/value – This paper fills the gap in knowledge concerning segmented rental indices construction,particularly in China. The spatial constrained clustering approach (REDCAP) was also initially introduced toidentify regionalised market segmentation due to its superior performance.
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- Fregidou-Malama, Maria, 1944-, et al.
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Social enterprises in Sweden : Unitis a successful social cooperative?
- 2011
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This research explores Social Cooperatives focusing on what factors characterize a successful social cooperative. We apply a case for data collection. Semi-structured interviews and direct observation were used to collect qualitative data. A case on Unitis, a Swedish Social Cooperative, developed in 1998 with the main aim to create employment and to empower disable people by setting up a handicraft cooperative owning it together, has been conducted in its real life context. The results indicate that five factors are important for the success of the cooperative. Social well being and members empowerment, networking to identify and exploit business opportunities, financial independence by adapting innovative business ideas, independence from volunteers and trusting on sustainable own human resources and generation of economic wealth using it for the well being of the members. The research contributes to the literature and theoretical development on social enterprises by analysing a Swedish case based on successful factors to sustain social cooperatives. We suggest that networking with stakeholders can contribute to make social cooperatives visible and sustainable. Key Words: Social Enterprises, Unitis, Social Economy, Cooperatives, Sweden.
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- Timlon, Joachim
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Building legitimacy within a Scandinavian MNC : An analysis of the factors that influence sustainable strategic sourcing decisions
- 2011
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Ingår i: Strategic Direction. - : Emerald. - 0258-0543 .- 1758-8588. ; 27:8, s. 22-24
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.Findings – Emerging country markets, such as those of Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRIC countries), have become increasingly important sourcing destinations for multinational corporations (MNCs). Furthermore, there is an increasing focus among sourcing clients on corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues. This seems to be a consequence of being “globally connected,” which gives rise to political and global risks due to, for instance, child labor, indigenous peoples' rights, forestry, intellectual property, conservation of biodiversity, etc.Practical implications – Provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations.Social implications – Provides strategic insights and practical thinking that can have a broader social impact.Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy‐to‐digest format.
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- Deraz, Hossam, 1971-, et al.
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Assessing the Value of Social Network Sites’ Advertisements
- 2015
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on E-Technologies and Business on the Web, Paris, France 2015. - Paris : Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC). - 9781941968086 ; , s. 89-101
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Marketers use social network sites (SNSs) to merchandise their products and services more efficiently. However, the scope of the published studies about assessing social network sites advertisements’ value (SNSAV) is limited. The present study consequently aims to include credibility and interactivity in addition to informativeness and entertainment and irritation values as variables for the assessment of SNSAV, as perceived by SNS users.The data analysis supports the central concepts of this study that informativeness, credibility, interactivity and entertainment values are the main variables of assessing SNSAV, while irritation value has no significant effect on the assessment of SNSAV. Moreover, according to the beta coefficient, informativeness and entertainment values, in conjunction with credibility and interactivity values, have different effects on consumers’ assessment of SNSAV compared to the results of the previous studies.This study is successful in terms of introducing advertisements’ credibility and interactivity as crucial variables in the assessment of SNSAV. It is also successful with regard to offering a new construct model for assessing SNSAV based on four main dimensions: informativeness, entertainment and credibility and interactivity values. According to the data analysis, interactivity value has the highest significant effect with regard to the assessment of SNSAs.
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- Holmgren Caicedo, Mikael, 1971-
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At the heart of accounting
- 2014
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Ingår i: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. - 1368-0668 .- 1758-4205. ; 27:8, s. 1342-1343
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- Holmgren Caicedo, Mikael, 1971-
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Transparency III
- 2015
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Ingår i: Critical Perspectives on Accounting. - : Elsevier BV. - 1045-2354 .- 1095-9955. ; 31, s. 91-91
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