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- Ahmadi, Zahra, 1966-
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Moderating effects on the market orientation and strategic performance relationship in public housing
- 2019
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Ingår i: Baltic Journal of Management. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1746-5265 .- 1746-5273. ; 14:4, s. 559-577
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine how external factors moderate public housing companies’ market orientation and strategic performance relationship.Design/methodology/approach – The quantitative method was applied to data from a survey sent to 289 public housing companies in Sweden. A hierarchical, multicollinearity diagnostics–moderated regression analysis is used to test the research hypotheses.Findings – The results reveal moderating factors. The companies take several initiatives to inform themselves about customers’ needs and distribute the information within the company, but economic conditions, as well as market and technological turbulence in the municipalities, moderate the relationship between market orientation and strategic performance. Economic conditions make it difficult for public housing companies to strategically act based on market needs when making decisions and planning construction strategies (strategic performance).Research limitations/implications – This study is limited by focusing on public housing companies, a sector that differs radically from the open market. The study highlights the effects of moderating factors that are important for companies’ strategic performance and long-term construction strategies. From this limited focus, researchers might use the results to compare both similar and different market situations.Practical implications – The results of the study are useful for companies facing a similar market situation of external moderating constraints. The result might be used in future research related to the area in focus.Originality –This research adds new knowledge to market research by including the impact of economic conditions, which provide insight into how to develop and use market knowledge in real estate and public housing markets.
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- Alpenberg, Jan, 1964-, et al.
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The use of environmental performance indicators in "the greenest city in Europe"
- 2019
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Ingår i: Baltic Journal of Management. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1746-5265 .- 1746-5273. ; 14:1, s. 122-140
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: the purpose of this study, based on the Swedish city Växjö, which is called “the greenest city in Europe”, is to examine how and why municipal managers and CEOs for municipally owned companies use environmental performance indicators. Design/methodology/approach: a case study approach as a research design was used. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted among managers for municipal departments, municipal company CEOs, politicians and employees at the environmental office.Findings: this study conclude that the environmental indicators, which are a part of the Environmental Program at the municipality, are used by department managers mainly for resource allocation, control and for teaching of the employees. The CEOs for the municipal companies are using the environmental indicators for communicating with external stakeholders and are seeing the indicators primarily as a marketing tool. Department manager´s internal use of environmental information could be explained by their inward orientation towards the municipality itself and not to the external stakeholders. The main motivation for the department managers to use the environmental information is to gain access to resources for projects within their departments. The company managers for the municipal companies express their motivation for using the environmental indicators when they do business with external stakeholders and they realize that this can help to create a competitive advantage. In summary, the explanation to why the Environmental Program is used in the municipality can be found in a strong demand from the local politicians to push the “green agenda”. Research implications/limitations: as in any case study, generalizations from the research should be made with care, but since this is only one municipality further research is needed to find additional evidences. Originality/value: the research adds to the literature by examining different patterns of using environmental performance indicators in an unique setting – in Växjö Municipality which is called “the greenest city in Europe”, which is one of the “pioneers” in environmental work and is extensively using performance indicators.
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- Arteaga, Rocio, et al.
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Managing family business tensions : the narrative of family history
- 2020
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Ingår i: Baltic Journal of Management. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1746-5265 .- 1746-5273. ; 15:5, s. 669-686
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: This study explores the family governance structures that family firms employ to manage family business tensions.Design/methodology/approach: Building on socioemotional wealth perspective and adopting a narrative methodological approach, the study analyses nine unique narratives of representatives of three Swedish family firms.Findings: The study illustrates how the hybrid arena created between formal and informal family meetings is used as a governance structure for mitigating tensions by reinforcing family relational ties.Research limitations/implications: Based on the findings, this study suggests how reliance on hybrid arena informs the field of family business management and governance and suggests future research directions.Practical implications: The findings of this study provide opportunities for family business practitioners, including owners, family members, family firm advisers and other stakeholders, to effectively manage family business tensions and foster socioemotional wealth.Originality/value: In family firms, tensions can arise due to a desire for the preservation of socioemotional wealth. The authors show that these tensions may be managed by using informal and formal family meetings that create a hybrid arena where family members separate family and business issues and emotional and rational reactions, thereby avoiding negative emotions and creating a culture of harmony within the family.
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- Borg, Erik A
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The Latvian Market Constructed : approaches towards independence, consumerism, symbolic leadership and market planning
- 2006
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Ingår i: Baltic Journal of Management. - : Emerald. - 1746-5265 .- 1746-5273. ; 1:1, s. 67-81
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – To identify essential building-blocks in the construction of the Latvian market after the Latvian transition to a market economy.Design/methodology/approach – The research uses a social constructivist approach to deconstruct the Latvian experience of economic change. The Latvian market is viewed as socially constructed, and essential events in the economic transition and national independence are viewed as essential to the interpretation of the Latvian experience of inclusion in the global economy.Research limitations/implications – The research is limited to Latvia, but is portrayed against the change taking place in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States in particular.Practical implications – The practical implications of this research are many, and could be taken into consideration not least by enterprises investing in the Latvian economy.Originality/value – The value of the paper lies in the interpretations of the broader context of the Latvian market and some of the conditions in which enterprises are managed. The Latvian experience of transition is a background for reaching a better understanding of Latvian society.
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- Ciabuschi, Francesco, et al.
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Knowledge ambiguity, innovation and subsidiary performance
- 2012
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Ingår i: Baltic Journal of Management. - : Emerald. - 1746-5265 .- 1746-5273. ; 7:2, s. 143-166
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to focus on the effect that knowledge-ambiguous innovations have on the subsidiary performance of multinational corporations (MNCs). Specifically, the paper sheds light on the relationship between knowledge ambiguity in the innovation context, in terms of tacitness, complexity and specificity, and innovation-related subsidiary performance. Design/methodology/approach - The authors build a model integrating these three main components of ambiguous knowledge and test a set of hypotheses on a sample of 85 innovation projects developed by subsidiaries of MNCs. Data were collected through personal interviews and a partial least squares (PLS) technique was used to analyze the data. Findings - Knowledge ambiguity affects performance in different ways. None of the three components of knowledge ambiguity influences all areas of subsidiary activities (i.e. market, coordination, efficiency, and R&D). Moreover, it was found that innovations characterized by knowledge tacitness are detrimental to market performance. Research limitations/implications - The limitations to this research are its cross-sectional nature and the use of perceptual indicators to measure the constructs. The major research implication is the importance of distinguishing between different dimensions of knowledge ambiguity in the innovation context. Practical implications - During innovation development, it is important to understand the implications and control aspects of knowledge ambiguity. This ambiguity not only impacts subsidiary performance but also indirectly influences the decisions and strategies of knowledge transfer. Originality/value - The paper contributes to the strategy and innovation management literature by suggesting that ambiguous knowledge does not always enhance performance. The paper fills a gap in the literature by addressing the impact on the subsidiary performance of MNCs by the three key components of knowledge ambiguity in innovations.
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- Collin, Sven-Olof, et al.
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Mechanisms of corporate governance going international : testing its performance effects in the Swedish economy, 2004
- 2013
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Ingår i: Baltic Journal of Management. - 1746-5265 .- 1746-5273. ; 8:1, s. 79-101
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how internationalisation of corporate governance mechanisms influences firm performance.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the data collected from annual reports of the year 2004, from all 239 Swedish corporations listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, on which a quantitative analysis was performed.Findings – The findings suggest that internationalisation of corporate governance does not have a straightforward influence on firm performance, which can be due to: the fact that mechanisms with governance functions have several functions, of which governance is but one; and the fact that governance mechanisms cannot be analyzed in isolation, since they are included in a coherent corporate governance strategy.Originality/value – The paper is the first to investigate the corporate governance mechanisms' internationalisation issue.
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- Collin, Sven-Olof Yrjö, 1957-, et al.
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Mechanisms of corporate governance going international : Testing its performance effects in the Swedish economy, 2004
- 2013
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Ingår i: Baltic Journal of Management. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1746-5265 .- 1746-5273. ; 8:1, s. 79-101
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how internationalisation of corporate governance mechanisms influences firm performance.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the data collected from annual reports of the year 2004, from all 239 Swedish corporations listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, on which a quantitative analysis was performed.Findings – The findings suggest that internationalisation of corporate governance does not have a straightforward influence on firm performance, which can be due to: the fact that mechanisms with governance functions have several functions, of which governance is but one; and the fact that governance mechanisms cannot be analyzed in isolation, since they are included in a coherent corporate governance strategy.Originality/value – The paper is the first to investigate the corporate governance mechanisms' internationalisation issue.
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- Cöster, Mathias, 1969-, et al.
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Conceptualising innovative price models : the RITE framework
- 2019
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Ingår i: Baltic Journal of Management. - : EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD. - 1746-5265 .- 1746-5273. ; 14:4, s. 540-558
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to lay a current, research-based foundation for investigation of the concept of innovative price models and its connection to business models.Design/methodology/approachThe design is composed of a structured literature review of articles on price models published in 22 journals during 42 years. This then serves as a base for a subsequent conceptual discussion about the foundation of innovative price models.FindingsThe literature review yields only very few results that are loosely scattered across various areas and mostly without any kind of deeper exploration of the concept of price models. The paper therefore goes on to conceptually explore some fundamental conditions that might influence or even determine price models. The final outcome of this exploration is the relation, intention, technology and environment (RITE) framework that is a meta-model for conceptualising innovative price models.Research limitations/implicationsThe literature review could include additional journals and areas, and empirical testing of the RITE framework as yet has been limited.Practical implicationsThe RITE framework can be used by practitioners as a tool for investigating the potential and usefulness of developing the capability to handle innovative price models.Originality/valueThe RITE framework provides fundamental conditions, which influence, or even determine, how innovative price models are developed and applied.
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