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- Blomgren, Henrik, et al.
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The strategic agenda of corporate Europe : sustainability or not?
- 2015
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Ingår i: The Sustainable Global Marketplace. - Cham : Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology/Springer Verlag. - 9783319108728 - 9783319108735 ; , s. 307-309
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Businesses are entering into a period of transformation, where winners and losers may be separated according to their ability to succeed in a carbon-constrained world. CEO’s vision is vital for accelerating the response to this transformation. We examined CEO letters in order to understand the strategic importance of this issue to CEOs.
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- Blomgren, Henrik, 1964-, et al.
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The strategic agenda of corporate Europe : sustainability or not?
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Ingår i: The Sustainable Global Marketplace. - : The Academy of Marketing Science. - 0939783363 ; , s. 307-309
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Businesses are entering into a period of transformation, where winners and losers may be separated according to their ability to succeed in a carbon-constrained world. CEO’s vision is vital for accelerating the response to this transformation. We examined CEO letters in order to understand the strategic importance of this issue to CEOs.
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- Blomgren, Henrik, et al.
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The Strategic Agenda of Corporate Europe: Sustainability or Not?
- 2011
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Ingår i: Proceedings of Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference. - Florida : The Academy of Marketing Science.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In whatever way we look at it-new regulations, sustainable development, social andeconomic stability, emerging strategic opportunities- climate change is affecting the way we dobusiness. Businesses are entering into a period of transformation, where winners and losers maybe separated according to their ability to survive and succeed in a carbon-constrained world.CEO’s vision and leadership is a vital component of accelerating the collective response to thistransformation. This vision on climate change, among other strategic issues, is expressed inannual CEO letters. In this study, using a content analysis approach, 1000 CEO letters of 129European companies were examined in order to understand whether CEOs claim climate changeissues to be of strategic importance compared to other possible strategic issues over time. Theresults show interesting patterns in terms of climate change issue relative to external and internaleconomic situations compared to the CEO letter as a whole.
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- Kordestani, Arash Abolghasemi, et al.
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Supply chain process maturity and financial performance study of Swedish steel SMEs
- 2010
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 17th Euroma conference.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The goal of this research is to demonstrate that the financial performance of the current year in Swedish steel SMEs is dependent on the amount of maturity of supply chain processes. This is examined by considering current supply chain process maturities of the firm together with financial performance of prior years. It was found that the delivery process of supply chain processes and prior cost of goods sold (COGS) have an effect on current COGS. Additionally, prior inventory and plan process of the supply chain have a positive and negative effect on inventory turnover respectively.
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- Kordestani, Arash, et al.
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Emerging trends in sustainability research: a look back as we begin to look forward
- 2015
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Ingår i: International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development (IJESD). - : InderScience Publishers. - 1474-6778 .- 1478-7466. ; 14:2, s. 154-169
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This research is a content analysis of 1502 peer-reviewed articles on sustainability. The aim is to investigate emerging themes and trends in this area of research and move towards recommendations for researchers to consider when developing their work in sustainability research. By exploring and tracking sustainability literature in the business and management disciplines over a 20-years period, patterns emerge that could provide a better understanding of the trends within authorship, research topic, and the themes and concepts being studied. One interesting contribution of this study is introducing the concept of the “4Ps of sustainability research,” which emerges by reviewing this area over time. The results suggest that the evolution of sustainability research can be summarized in organizations and firms moving from Principles and Policy towards Practice and Performance during over 20 years of sustainability efforts. This paper also discusses the creation of sustainability value and evolution of businesses to sustainability knowledge centers. It adds to the related literature, by proposing a new way of categorizing sustainability research over time, and introducing a framework for theory building in this area of research.
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- Kordestani, Arash, et al.
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Exclude me not : the untold story of immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden
- 2017
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Ingår i: Sustainability. - Basel : MDPI. - 2071-1050. ; 9:9, s. 1-22
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article examines the perspectives of immigrant entrepreneurs on the barriers they face regarding their inclusion in public procurement in Sweden through the so-called supplier diversity programs. Drawing upon modern stakeholder theory and transaction cost economics, this study aims to identify potential barriers such entrepreneurs face in succeeding as suppliers to the public sector. Data were collected through interviews with immigrant entrepreneurs who had experience with the public procurement tender process in Sweden. The results reveal that immigrant entrepreneurs doing business with public procurement face several barriers, ranging from economic to social ones such as information, advertising, human resources, and undercapitalization. The interviewees believe that such barriers weaken their performance and hinder their success in public procurement tenders. When it comes to supplier diversity programs, the entrepreneurs under study were either unaware of such programs in public procurement in Sweden or did not believe in their effectiveness.
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- Oghazi, Pejvak, et al.
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What makes people want to become self-employed? : applying the Theory of Planned Behavior
- 2009
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Ingår i: Advances in Management. - 0974-2611 .- 2278-4551. ; 2:11, s. 9-18
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- he world economy currently seems to be failing and the effects are being felt around the globe. There are many upcoming news about rising unemploy- ment, major corporations cutting jobs and workers who can’t seem to find work. The current economic climate makes many people wary of spending money, which can be bad news for those who make a living through the buying of others. Many things, however, are not simply going to go away because the economy is rough. Some buyers and employers may feel reticent when it comes to hiring and this could create trouble for those who survive by self employment. But in every economic crisis, some markets remain successful - and those who live through self employment are generally pretty good about applying their skills where needed. Increasing self-employment is an objective frequently seen on government agenda as small businesses are often seen as a remedy for unemployment and pivotal for economies to grow8. This paper contributes by specifying and testing the impact of internal factors that determine an individual’s decision on whether to become self employed. Understanding the internal drivers of individuals’ intentions will help to further trace the impact of external initiatives on individual behavior. Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) has been applied on the most well established models explaining social behavior, to test the impact of attitude, social pressures and perceived control among Swedish men and women. Data are collected from over 400 Swedish university students with various backgrounds. The results provide that the strongest determinant of individuals’ intention to become self-employed is their attitude towards being self employed. Along with the attitude, men are mainly influenced by their perceptions of control, whereas women are affected by their perceived pressures in their social surrounding.
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- Oghazi, Pejvak, et al.
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What makes people want to become self-employed? : Applying the theory of planned behavior
- 2009
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Ingår i: Advances in Management. - 0974-2611 .- 2278-4551. ; 2:11, s. 9-18
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The world economy currently seems to be failing, and the effects are being felt around the globe. There are many upcoming news about rising unemployment, major corporations cutting jobs and workers who can't seem to find work. The current economic climate makes many people wary of spending money, which can be bad news for those who make a living through the buying of others. Many things, however, are not simply going to go away because the economy is rough. Some buyers and employers may feel reticent when it comes to hiring, and this could create trouble for those who survive by self employment. But in every economic crisis, some markets remain successful - and those who live through self employment are generally pretty good about applying their skills where needed. Increasing self-employment is an objective frequently seen on government agenda, as small businesses are often seen as a remedy for unemployment and pivotal for economies to grow8. Despite the distinct value of self-employment to the economy as a whole as well as to the individual starting her own, in the Nordic countries, self-employment rates are far lower than one would expect. This has led to extensive research efforts on the impact of economic and other external factors on self-employment rates, in order to crystallize out key drivers to self-employment in an economy, related to which specific government programs and initiatives can be launched. This paper contributes by specifying and testing the impact of internal factors that determine an individual's decision on whether to become self employed. Understanding the internal drivers of individuals' intentions will help to further trace the impact of external initiatives on individual behavior. This paper applies the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), on the most well established models explaining social behavior, to test the impact of attitude, social pressures and perceived control among Swedish men and women. Data is collected from over 400 Swedish university students with various backgrounds. As is suggested in TPB, the results provide that the strongest determinant of individuals' intention to become self-employed is their attitude towards being self employed, which stems from behavioral beliefs about having one's own business. The paper further finds that, along with the attitude, men are mainly influenced by their perceptions of control, whereas women are affected by their perceived pressures in their social surrounding. The paper provides several implications for governments and some avenues for future research.
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