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- Cerne, Annette, et al.
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When Institutional Logics Collide: How International Firms Navigate Sustainability Values in Global Markets
- 2023
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Ingår i: Creating a Sustainable Competitive Position: Ethical Challenges for International Firms. - 9781804552520 - 9781804552490 ; 37, s. 153-175
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This book chapter takes an institutional perspective on competing logics in global markets concerned with sustainability values and how market actors in the form of buyers and sellers attempt to solve these conflicting situations. We do this by identifying competing institutional logics in global market contexts aiming for sustainability values, together with techniques for navigating these competing institutional logics in the organizational field studied. As an empirical illustration, we use a case study of buyers and sellers in two different markets where sustainability has come into focus for their market relationships. This viewpoint allows us to better understand how global market actors deal with the competing institutional logics in their market context. We make three contributions with this research: firstly, we identify the institutional logics in global markets towards sustainability; secondly, we demonstrate how global market actors prioritize among the competing logics and their market relationships and thirdly, we outline what this means for the relationship between buyers and sellers in global markets towards sustainability.
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- Elg, Ulf, et al.
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Towards a Global Sustainability Approach: Challenges and Opportunities for Multinationals.
- 2023
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Ingår i: Creating a Sustainable Competitive Position: Ethical Challenges for International Firms. - 9781804552520 - 9781804552490 ; 37, s. 11-31
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We discuss how multinational enterprises (MNEs) can play a leading role and take more responsibility towards reducing inequalities by developing a global sustainability regime. We especially focus on how this may contribute towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Our purpose is to identify and discuss the components and activities that are needed to develop such a strategy and implement it in markets with different structural and institutional conditions. We will especially discuss interactions between the head office and the local subsidiaries/organizations as well as interactions with different salient groups of stakeholders. We focus on three highly significant groups: business, social and political actors. We identify four key components of a global sustainability approach – namely, (i) make it relevant within the organization, (ii) establish a legitimate sustainable network position, (iii) present incentives and gains that stimulate action and (iv) establish long-term salient structures. These components and the associated activities have not been discussed in a coherent manner although some aspects have been put forward in earlier studies. We present a comprehensive framework that suggests what role MNEs can play and what challenges they face while doing so. The chapter is based on more than 10 years’ experience of studying MNEs’ activities in developing as well as developed markets, including how they work with sustainability. The study is based on data from four Swedish MNEs and three major research projects.
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- Ghauri, Pervez N, et al.
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Creating a Sustainable Competitive Position Through Ethical Behaviour
- 2023
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Ingår i: Creating a Sustainable Competitive Position: Ethical Challenges for International Firms. - Leeds : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1876-066X. - 9781804552520 - 9781804552490 ; 37, s. 1-8
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this chapter, we discuss the main themes of the book and give examples of how the rest of the chapters are related to these themes. We have identified two main aspects that are partly overlapping and are equally relevant for international firms’ work with ethical questions related to their business. One concerns how ethical behaviour related to sustainability can be applied as a main part of firms’ corporate strategy and how this may strengthen the international competitive position. This is particularly relevant when considering that it cannot be taken for granted that there is always a positive relationship and that actors may sometimes question an emphasis on ethical behaviour that goes beyond the accepted norms and regulations. The other main theme is related to international firms’ crucial role in supporting sustainability on an international level and contributing towards achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). Solving many of the challenges related to climate change, migration, poverty and inequality is likely to require the involvement of international firms. The book identifies several routes forward to achieve this.
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- Elg, Ulf, et al.
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Decision Making in Inter-firm Networks as a Political Process.
- 1997
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Ingår i: Organization Studies. - : SAGE Publications. - 1741-3044 .- 0170-8406. ; 18, s. 361-384
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A political-process-oriented approach to decision making is applied to an asymmetric network of firms, based on the notion of resource interdependen cies as the prime motivator of inter-firm exchange, and on a multi-dimensional view of power. Empirically, the paper draws upon a case study of the introduc tion of a computer-based decision aid (DPP) in the Swedish food industry. A theoretical model is developed, demonstrating how motives, structural condi tions and moves made by powerful as well as more dependent firms interact in shaping the decision process. A central theme is that structural change as well as the adoption of innovations within inter-firm networks is influenced by political activities during the decision process. The relevance of subtle moves aimed at influencing the perceptions and beliefs of other actors is espe cially stressed. The paper also suggests that more dependent firms do not necessarily give priority to balancing dependencies since they may actually jeopardize privileges not attainable within a less asymmetric structure.
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- Elg, Ulf, et al.
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Networking When National Boundaries Dissolve: The Swedish Food Sector.
- 1996
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Ingår i: European Journal of Marketing. - : Emerald. - 0309-0566. ; 30:2, s. 61-74
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Managing a set of relationships to other firms is a complex task, since each relationship is likely to have consequences on the other ones. Highlights the co‐ordination of interorganizational ties during a process of internationalization, and the consequences that different types of relationships have on a firm’s overall relational marketing opportunities. Systematizes the relational issues that face a firm when the boundaries surrounding its home market network dissolve. Presents a framework which stresses four types of relationships and the interplay between them. Based on the notion that a firm must co‐ordinate the management of horizontal and vertical dependencies, and pursue new marketing opportunities while simultaneously safeguarding its original relations. Illustrates the significance of the framework and the interplay between the four relational issues, by the alliances presently developed by two Swedish food companies to organizations in other EU countries.
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- Hultman, Jens, et al.
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Konsumenternas syn på hållbarhetskommunikation i butik
- 2018
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Ingår i: Framtidens fysiska butik : Digitalisering, upplevelser och hållbarhet - Digitalisering, upplevelser och hållbarhet. - 9789186508555 ; , s. 125-130
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- Olsson, Annika, et al.
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Innovation i handeln
- 2019. - 4
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Andersson, Fredrik N G, et al.
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The EU’s Sustainable Finance Platform: A new game plan in the quest for competitive advantage
- 2023
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Ingår i: Creating a Sustainable Competitive Position. Ethical Challenges for International Firms. - 9781804552520 - 9781804552490 ; 37, s. 237-249
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The game plan firms must navigate in the quest of competitive advantage which is changing quickly. More and more firms acknowledge that future prosperity depends on achieving the joint goals of economic, environmental and social sustainability. This understanding has resulted in both firms and actors on the financial markets enhancing their focus on environmental, social and governance dimensions in their respective decision-making processes. In this chapter, the focus is on one key component of the changing game plan, the European Union’s (EU) Sustainable Finance Platform that envisions investors as a key driver of firms’ sustainability transformation. Based on survey data from Swedish listed firms, we discuss implications and outcomes of the Platform. Our results show that investors play an important role in setting the rules of the gameplan for firms. However, not to the extent that it meets the ambitions of the policymakers. This suggests either that the Platform will fail to meet its aims or that firms should expect further significant changes to the gameplan in the future.
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Creating a Sustainable Competitive Position: Ethical Challenges for International Firms
- 2023
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- The importance of ethical practices and a sustainable competitive position is being increasingly emphasised by all types of business and across all industries. The chapters collected in Creating a Sustainable Competitive Position discuss how international firms work with sustainable strategies and their relationship with the society and environment while exploring the different opportunities and challenges.While good transparent ethical behaviour improves a company’s reputation and thus competitive position, unethical and/or illegitimate behaviour such as environmental exploitation and corruption can damage a firm’s global reputation. Several case studies from different markets demonstrate how this sustainable competitive position can be achieved by international firms operating in a global market. Creating a Sustainable Competitive Position includes research-based cases highlighting different sustainability challenges as well as theory-based discussions around how firms can manage a multi-stakeholder perspective in relation to performance.The extensive research within this volume of International Business and Management makes it an important read for both managers, leaders and researchers in the area of strategy, offering ways to stay ahead of the competition.
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- Deligonul, Seyda, et al.
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Developing strategic supplier networks: An institutional perspective
- 2013
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Ingår i: Journal of Business Research. - : Elsevier BV. - 0148-2963. ; 66:4, s. 506-515
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study examines the exposure of the members of supplier networks to two layers of social influences. First, as the network connects an actor to a foreign constellation, the actor faces influences of a global character. Second, each individual actor experiences different forces emanating from its indigenous institutional environment. The exposure to two institutional practices presents a conundrum for each network member. In this duality they alter their behavior in order to resolve the contrast and clashes of layered forces. By drawing upon institutional theory and in-depth study of a global retailer, IKEA, this study shows how the retailer handles this duality. The study increases understanding of how a supplier network can be socially transformed into an idiosyncratic asset which is costly to imitate for rivals and thus offers a unique competitive advantage to the firm. The framing which is used for IKEA's strategy under institutional theory in this article underscores the regulative, cognitive, and normative socialization as part of a company's strategic process to align relationships with its partners. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Elg Christoffersson, Kristina, et al.
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Reactivity of dissolving pulp: characterisation using chemical properties, NMR spectroscopy and multivariate data analysis
- 2002
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Ingår i: Cellulose. ; 9:2, s. 159-70
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The reactivity of dissolving pulp was experimentally determined in termsof residual cellulose in viscose. The correlations between 11 chemicalproperties of pulp and filter values and residual cellulose contents of viscosewere then investigated by multivariate data analysis. Both the viscose filtervalue and the residual cellulose were well modelled from the 11 propertiesby partial least squares regression. The results show that pulps with highacetone extractable fractions, high magnesium contents, low alkali resistanceand low viscosity, gave low viscose filter values and low residual cellulosecontents. Pulps with low residual cellulose contents also had low carboxylgroupcontents and low polydispersity. The results are interpreted as that in pulpwith high reactivity, the hemicellulose content is low and that the cellulosechains are shorter and more soluble in alkali. An explanation of the positiveeffect from the high extractive content is that the extractives facilitate thediffusion of carbon disulfide. A principal component analysis of CP/MAS13C-NMR spectral data of six pulp samples showed that differences inreactivity between the pulps could be explained by variations in the hydrogenbonds in the cellulose and/or changes in the glucosidic bonds. In a separatestudy electron beam processing enhanced the reactivity, i.e. lowered theresidual cellulose content, of the investigated pulps. The magnitude of theelectron dose, within the tested range (5.4–23.7 kGy), didnotseem to be important, but the reactivity within pulp sheets tended to be ratherinhomogeneous.
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- Elg, Mattias, 1968-, et al.
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Digitalisation and quality management: problems and prospects
- 2021
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Ingår i: Production Planning and Control. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0953-7287 .- 1366-5871. ; 32:12, s. 990-1003
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Digitalisation provides both challenges and opportunities for Quality Management (QM). The purpose of this study is to identify various roles QM practitioners play in digitalisation initiatives to uncover the challenges and potential of QM's digitalisation journey. This issue is addressed through an analytical framework that stresses two dimensions: the exploration and exploitation of digitalised QM processes and value creation, which is performed by the customer or in interactions facilitated by the provider. Through a multiple-case study of four large Swedish organisations, we propose six different challenges and corresponding roles for QM. Further, the study identifies challenges of digitalisation affecting both exploitative and explorative practices throughout an organisation's value creation process. This research contributes to the existing literature with empirical evidence on the challenges induced by digitalisation, an area often discussed but not as often studied empirically.
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- Elg, Ulf, et al.
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A global marketing logic: local stakeholders’ influence in diverse emerging markets
- 2021
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Ingår i: International Marketing Review. - 0265-1335. ; 38:6, s. 1166-1188
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- PurposeThe authors discuss a dominant logic as the main idea behind a global marketing logic (GML) of an MNE and investigate how local stakeholders’ influence the feasibility of applying the GML in emerging markets. The aim of the paper is to enhance the understanding of the factors that influence the local stakeholders' acceptance of the MNEs' GML and the different activities of MNEs that may increase the acceptance.Design/methodology/approachThe authors apply a qualitative case study method investigating three Swedish MNEs and their activities while implementing a GML in the big emerging markets. The authors study their relationships with business, political and social stakeholders.FindingsThe authors identify three persistent contents of the GML: (1) a consistent value chain role across markets, (2) standardized, premium products/services and promotion strategies, (3) a corporate brand-based identity. The development of trust, commitment, legitimacy and power within local stakeholders’ relationships influences the approval. The acceptance of the MNE's GML by local stakeholders strengthens its market position.Originality/valueThe authors extend the knowledge by investigating the nature of a GML and explain to what extent it may help MNEs to gain a competitive position. The authors also discuss how global and local activities may influence local stakeholders' acceptance. This study contributes towards a better understanding of how and to what extent a GML can be successful.
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- Elg, Ulf, et al.
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Competing corporate sustainability perceptions in a global retail organization
- 2021
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Ingår i: International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management. - 0959-0552. ; 49:4, s. 449-465
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The purpose is to explore the different and often contradictory perceptions individual managers have about corporate sustainability within a global retailer. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative case study method is used, including interviews and document studies. The authors study the global retailer IKEA. In total the authors have interviewed respondents on both the global level and the country level, within the sustainability organization as well as corporate, sales and communication management. The study includes managers in Sweden, the UK and Germany. Findings: The research is based on institutional theory, focusing upon cognitive and normative aspects; the authors propose that managers may have a proactive, forceful view on sustainability or a reactive view. These need to coexist. The authors also show how global retailers can balance sustainability goals with other business considerations, as well as about the implications of the sustainability approach for the retailer's business model. Practical implications: Retail managers need to recognize and integrate the contradictory views on sustainability that managers hold. The authors show how sustainability can be given different impact depending on the context and the strategic issue it is linked to. Originality/value: Most studies have focused on how sustainability is managed on an organizational level and how different goals can co-exist. The authors’ focus is on individual managers and their perceptions of sustainability – what it includes, how they want to manage sustainability issues, and the priority it should be given.
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- Elg, Ulf, et al.
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CSR: retailer activities vs. consumer buying decisions
- 2016
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Ingår i: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management. - 0959-0552. ; 44:6, s. 640-657
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- Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate how a retailer’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and image influence consumer perceptions regarding the firm’s social responsibility, and how CSR aspects influence consumers buying decisions in store for a specific product.Design/methodology/approach– A qualitative case study method is used, including interviews, document studies and observations. The CSR approach of a Swedish retailer is investigated at corporate level and in the store, and how this interacts with the views of consumers as they make decisions regarding the purchase of a disposable product.Findings– The authors propose the concept CSR identity to capture the internal efforts and positioning that a retailer attempts to achieve. Store activities and external independent stakeholders will have a main influence on whether the identity is regarded as credible by consumers. Furthermore, factors such as self-image and influences from the social network will influence whether a consumer will be committed to prioritize CSR aspects in the store.Practical implications– Gaps between the retailer and the consumer perspective on CSR, particularly relevant for disposable, low-involvement products are identified. It is critical for retailers to be aware of and address these gaps.Originality/value– The study captures corporate level, store level and consumer behaviour for a single retailer and is able to reflect upon how specific activities from the retailer interact with consumer attitudes and activities in the store. The authors connect various streams of research on CSR and retailing into one consistent framework.
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- Elg, Ulf, et al.
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Driving sustainability in emerging markets : The leading role of multinationals
- 2023
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Ingår i: Industrial Marketing Management. - : Elsevier Inc.. - 0019-8501 .- 1873-2062. ; 114, s. 211-225
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- This paper focuses on the different activities that multinational enterprises (MNEs) can develop to promote sustainability through a market-driving process that shapes market conditions and influences critical stakeholders. Our focus is on interactions with external and internal stakeholders that drive sustainability. Empirically, this study is based on qualitative case studies of two Swedish MNEs that have a relatively long history of assuming responsibility for different sustainability aspects. We have studied how they drive sustainability internally as well as in their relationships with business, social, and political actors in emerging markets. The empirical material consists of interviews and secondary data, such as sustainability reports. We contribute to the literature by discussing how a market-driving sustainability process can be implemented – each step involving a set of critical, supporting activities. For managers, it is crucial to understand and continuously manage these steps. A conceptual model is presented that suggests four critical steps. We also make an important empirical contribution to the literature by providing unique insights from the activities and sustainability strategies of two well-known MNEs.
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- Elg, Ulf, et al.
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IKEA: Entering Russia
- 2014
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Ingår i: International Marketing 4th edition. ; , s. 529-533
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- Elg, Ulf, et al.
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IKEA: Entering Russia
- 2010. - 3
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Ingår i: International Marketing. ; , s. 584-587
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