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- Pesämaa, Ossi, 1970-, et al.
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Reduction of Tension Effects on Partner Evaluation
- 2018
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Ingår i: Marketing Intelligence & Planning. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0263-4503 .- 1758-8049. ; 36:4, s. 425-439
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: This paper examines how tension management as a means of achieving compromise and overcoming minor conflicts reduces the effects of the opportunism and bargaining costs of relationships on the evaluation of business partners. The paper proposes and tests a theoretical model with a full-information approach using structural equation modeling.Design/methodology/approach: Our dataset was based on 312 observations from a unique survey based on a business-to-business relationship sample in Sweden. The measurements reflect the effects of partner opportunism, bargaining costs, and tension management on partner evaluations.Findings: Our findings corroborate that partner opportunism and bargaining costs have a negative impact on partner evaluation. In addition, our model shows that tension management weakens the negative effects of opportunism and bargaining costs on the evaluation.Originality/value: This study offers evidence on how negative effects are reduced through intervening constructs. With most studies focusing on the positive side of relationships, this paper makes an important contribution to the literature through not only describing negative effects, but also how these can be decreased.
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- Öberg, Christina, 1970-, et al.
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Tension in networks
- 2020
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Ingår i: Industrial Marketing Management. - : Elsevier. - 0019-8501 .- 1873-2062. ; 91, s. 311-322
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Tension refers to contradictions and mostly implies any two parties disagreeing. This paper extends the lens from tension on dyadic levels to describe it in the smallest of networks: the triad. Adopting a multiple-case study methodology illustrating triadic relationships in three different settings, the paper points to how tension may occur among firms in a triad, relate to two of them, or involve all three parties. In the handling of tension and opposed to the dyadic relationship, a single party cannot easily disconnect from all its network parties, and the network discussion thereby contextualises the discussion on tension, while putting focus on the dynamics of tension. As the findings indicate, the handling may, namely, lead to new tension on a dyadic or triadic level. Compared to studies grasping tension as contradictions between two parties and thereby as a research contribution, this present study indicates how the tension may “move” around the network as initial tension is dealt with. If tension is handled through diffusion specifically, including the connection with new parties, it suggests to without exception lead to new tension, while coalition leads to decreased tension in the triad.
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- Bosch-Rekveldt, Marian, et al.
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Performance Measurement in Project Management
- 2023
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Ingår i: International Journal of Project Management. - : Elsevier. - 0263-7863 .- 1873-4634. ; 41:7
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- Cenamor, Javier, et al.
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Addressing dual embeddedness : The roles of absorptive capacity and appropriabilitymechanisms in subsidiary performance
- 2019
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Ingår i: Industrial Marketing Management. - : Elsevier. - 0019-8501 .- 1873-2062. ; 78, s. 239-249
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study examines how subsidiaries can manage dual embeddedness with both local partners and a multinational enterprise. Specifically, we examine the role of absorptive capacity and appropriability mechanisms on subsidiary performance. We analyse how absorptive capacity and appropriability enable subsidiaries to successfully address knowledge challenges related to internal and external networks. We conducted an empirical analysis on a sample of 165 subsidiaries. Our results suggest that absorptive capacity has a direct, positive effect on subsidiary performance, which is greater in emerging countries. The study also found an indirect effect of absorptive capacity on subsidiary performance, which is mediated through appropriability mechanisms. These findings extend the literature on international networks, dual embeddedness and absorptive capacity.
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- Dahlin, Peter, 1981-, et al.
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Absorptive capacity, co-creation, and innovation performance : A cross-country analysis of gazelle and nongazelle companies
- 2020
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Ingår i: Baltic Journal of Management. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1746-5265 .- 1746-5273. ; 15:1, s. 81-98
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of absorptive capacity (ACAP) and co-creation on innovation performance (INN).Design/methodology/approachThe authors use survey data from Swedish and Norwegian companies (n=1,102) and establish a cross-national equivalence between Sweden and Norway.FindingsThe subsequent structural model revealed interesting differences. For Sweden, co-creation fully mediates the effect of ACAP on INN, whereas for Norway, ACAP has a direct effect on INN with no mediation. Subsequent regressions including control variables showed that the structural model is reasonably robust. The authors conclude that, despite the many common national features conducive to innovation between these two countries, sufficient differences remain to create substantial variation in the innovation processes.Originality/valueThe study presents a second-order model of ACAP that permits a unique test of cross-country differences.
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- Dahlin, Peter, 1981-, et al.
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CSR as a value proposition : Exploring the effects and drivers of Swedish real estate firms’ green building certificates
- 2017
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been widely diffused and it getsmanifested through the stakeholder relationships a firm. We do in this pa-per investigate CSR certificates and their impact on the adopting firm. Weexplore real estate firms – a conservative industry that traditionally havehad a very strong financial focus where their market strategy has followeda strict goods-dominant (G-D) logic but where some firms changes theirmindshift towards service-dominant (S-D) logic thinking. Thus, we build onmultiple sources of data to explore Swedish real estate firms and studytheir approaches to CSR. Our results offer some insights in the character-istics of firms with green environmental certification systems and it has im-plications for how theories on value cocreation needs to be developed.
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- Dahlin, Peter, 1981-, et al.
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Drivers of cost and time overruns: A client and contractor perspective
- 2021
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Ingår i: Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal. - : Walter de Gruyter. - 1847-6228. ; 13:1, s. 2374-2382
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Large infrastructure investments are expected to be of sustained value to society for a long time. Such investment projects include, for instance, hospitals, tunnels, sport arenas, power plants, roads, railways, and bridges. They involve a complex organization of contracts and agreements. The client is expected to plan, procure, and determine the critical steps of a project, while the contractor should solve issues raised by the client. Many of these agreements are path-dependent and reflect past routines, experiences, and contacts. As such, many investments tend to return to similar sources instead of replacing routines and collaborations that did not work. This can cause change orders that furthermore reflect consequences such as cost and time overruns. While much is known about these effects in construction projects, this paper sheds light on the drivers of change orders. We build upon a sample of 234 observations responding to a survey on investment planning. The results show that project assumptions are often wrong and inadequate in large investments. Such wrong assumptions are caused by interpersonal and leadership issues, poor planning, or sometimes even intentional profit-seeking. Our results show that clients and contractors have different perceptions and enter contractual obligations differently. The implication is, therefore, that better routines of documentation, more frequent feedback, and more accurate or precise standards may close the gap between planning and what is actually achieved. More precise contractual agreements may also create a better process to procure, manage projects, and allocate resources.
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- Dahlin, Peter, 1981-, et al.
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Exploring the business logic behind CSR certifications
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Business Research. - New York : ELSEVIER SCIENCE. - 0148-2963 .- 1873-7978. ; 112, s. 521-530
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Research shows that CSR certification motives span from being symbolic to substantive. Prior studies have mainly focused on the differences between firms that hold and do not hold CSR certificates. This study explores if the extent of CSR certification is related to different business logic amongst firms who hold CSR certificates. The study utilizes full sample data from the Swedish commercial real estate industry to analyze the variance in motives and performance among firms with CSR certificates. The results indicate that firms that have a substantive CSR commitment have a business logic that entails a holistic and long-term perspective on both financial and CSR performance. However, substantive CSR commitment comes with greater staffing costs and lower financial returns as opposed to those of firms that obtain CSR certificates based on symbolic motives.
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- Dahlin, Peter, et al.
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Network embeddedness and the survival of start-ups : A census study of Swedish companies founded in 2007
- 2014
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Ingår i: IMP2014: Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) Group Conference. - : Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group (IMP). ; , s. 1-18
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper examines the relation between start-up companies’ embeddedness at an earlystage, addressed through their actor bonds of board interlocks, and their long-term survival. This is based on the idea that the network is important for a company’s business and development. For a newly-established company, a start-up, links to other companies may be limited. Board members’ connections to other firms expect to help in the establishment of business relationships and hence contribute to business survival. Based on a census analysis of all Swedish limited companies established in 2007 and their board connections to all other Swedish companies, the paper concludes that embeddedness, as opposed to isolation, does have a positive effect on survival. Structural embeddedness, in both local and global scope, is positively related to survival, but the individual effects of different network measures are inconsistent. Being on an industrial market mediates the effect from global embeddedness. Contributions are made to previous research through highlighting links between actor bonds and performance of firms. To the IMP-sphere, this link is important not the least as an argument for long-term business arrangements.
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- Eriksson, Per-Erik, et al.
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Managing complex projects in the infrastructure sector : A structural equation model for flexibility-focused project management
- 2017
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Ingår i: International Journal of Project Management. - : Elsevier. - 0263-7863 .- 1873-4634. ; 35:8, s. 1512-1523
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Complex construction projects in the infrastructure sector are often beset with delays, which cause benefit shortfalls and increased costs. Prior project management literature and practice have mostly adopted a traditional control-focused approach, but recent research suggests that complex projects need more flexible practices to manage inevitable project change. Thus, the objectives of this study were to develop and empirically test a model for flexibility-focused project management practices to improve time performance in complex projects in the infrastructure sector. Based on empirical data from 138 construction projects procured and managed by the Swedish Transport Administration, the structural equation model shows that complexity and collaboration drive explorative learning, which improves adaptation and thereby improves time performance. Hence, the empirical test verifies that flexibility-focused project management practices based on collaboration, explorative learning, and adaptation enhance time performance in complex projects in the infrastructure sector.
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- Karlsson, Bo, et al.
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Gender Role of Corporate Governance in Swedish Gazelle Companies
- 2021
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Corporate governance in Swedish publicly listed firms is known for the “Old boys’ network”. This paper examine qualitative aspects of board process on performance. We further test for number of women on board on performance. To further explore performance, we isolate findings to only so called high growth gazelle companies. We contribute to the research stream focusing on heterogeneous representation in corporate governance, specifically whether gender equality can enhance management accounting functions and financial performance. In line with this, we examine qualitative aspects of board composition and females on board and performance in gazelle companies in Sweden. This paper build upon a survey to 76 high growth companies in Sweden. We compare these to a stratified sample of 91 Swedish companies with sales>50 MSEK and 67 publicly listed companies. We regress on four dimensions of governance process on performance. We found based on an OLS regression that acting on authority and seeking consensus is strongly related to perceived performance. When further examining the same model and adding controls for number of females on the corporate board we found a significant negative effect. The latter may imply that more heterogeneous boards may also constrain the ease and efficiency in reaching decisions. We discuss our results and search for tentative explanations to this unique sample of companies.
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- Klopper, HB, et al.
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The elements of brand strategy : An empirical investigation.
- 2009
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Ingår i: South African Institute of Management Science Conference 2009. September 14-15<sup>th</sup> in Port Elizabeth, South Africa..
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper proposes a testable model, including a number of new measures examining the various components of brand strategy. Using structural equation modeling we were able to test the underlying factor structure for the proposed model and measurements as well as validate the sequences in the proposed model, among brand managers in the Top 500 South African Companies. We used a two-step approach, in which our first confirmatory factor analysis step indicated that our sample fits the data well, including acceptable loadings for the proposed latent constructs. In our next step we validated the paths in our proposed sequential model. This second step supported all of the hypotheses. The results of our analysis revealed a very strong positive relationship between brand positioning and brand architecture. Although both brand values and brand personality influence each other directly, both constructs exerts another, less direct influence on brand architecture via brand positioning. Our model has strategic implications on brand marketing research and practice. As to develop brand architecture our research implicates that this should be based on brand positioning, which depends on brand personality and brand values, with the latter having a more dominant influence on brand positioning than brand personality.
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- Larsson, Johan, 1979-, et al.
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The importance of hard project management and team motivation for construction project performance
- 2018
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Ingår i: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business/Emerald. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1753-8378 .- 1753-8386. ; 11:2, s. 275-288
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- PurposeHard project management practices, based on strict planning and control, are traditionally applied in construction projects, although research frequently promotes the importance of teams for various project outcomes. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to examine the importance of hard project management and team motivation for process performance in construction projects. A hypothesis tested is that hard project management can impair process performance if team motivation is not promoted.Design/methodology/approachThe paper presents and empirically tests a structural equation model, with and without a mediating link between hard project management and process performance, based on data from a survey of 2,175 respondents, representing contractors and clients involved in 109 Swedish construction projects.FindingsThe results confirm that hard project management is best conveyed through teams to enhance process performance. “Path analysis,” using the model with the mediating link, confirms that neglecting team motivation can significantly impair process performance.Research limitations/implicationsThe data set provides unusually high representation of views of contractors and clients involved in diverse Swedish construction projects. Thus, the results have likely relevance in other project-based industries and/or national settings, but this possibility requires further investigation.Originality/valueThe findings show that team motivation is a key process performance factor; hard project management may indeed be important, but its effects will be enhanced by (and partially mediated through) team motivation. Thus, the findings have important theoretical and practical implications for the development of project management practices.
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- Mlozi, Shogo, et al.
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Antecedents of national park knowledge in Tanzania
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Ecotourism. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1472-4049 .- 1747-7638. ; 18:3, s. 199-220
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- Over time, national park knowledge has come to constitute the gap between the full social freedom and individual consciousness of the ecological conditions inside a park. While other visitors have a rigorous knowledge of transportation, nature, and culture, some visitors naively enter the area in order to enjoy their tourism rights. Theoretically, our model proposes that national park knowledge can change as a result of knowing about eco-tourist attractions; also, knowledge of public infrastructure and accessibility is strongly correlated to knowledge of what you can and cannot do in the protected area. Eco-tourist attractions include natural resources, cultural attractions, and recreational facilities. The argument is that all the infrastructure is developed around these, as that these are the sources of attraction. Based on the literature, we link these variables with the ecotourism concept, thus positioning our paper as an ecotourism study. A total of 103 questionnaires were returned on the basis of convenience sampling. A satisfying underlying factor structure was confirmed by CFA and EFA, in which four hypotheses were tested. With 103 observations, the model sufficiently met the minimum sample size for SEM. This paper provides some evidence for its cross validity and may inspire more studies in future.
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- Mlozi, Shogo, et al.
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Role of reciprocity and innovativeness on performance in a developing context : empirical evidence from Africa
- 2018
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Ingår i: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID). - : Taylor & Francis. - 2042-1338 .- 2042-1346. ; 10:1, s. 69-84
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- Generally, investors tend to invest when likelihood of success is high. Many investors consider Africa as one market and neglect individual differences among African countries. Africa is mostly considered a high-risk market and conceptually innovativeness involves uncertainty, which precedes risk. However, it is known that when uncertainty is high there is a stronger correspondence between innovativeness and performance. As uncertainty is high in Africa, this paper claims that it is plausible to find correspondence between innovativeness and performance. This argument is developed since investors typically cope with uncertainty by networking on a reciprocal basis and preferring munificent markets. This link leads us to ask if innovativeness mediates the effect of relatively rich/poor environmental munificence and reciprocal exchange on performance in South Sudan (S. Sudan) and Tanzania. A tested model reveals that four components and an underlying 12 different observations are equivalent across both countries. Furthermore, a tested structural model confirms that the business logic of investors is quite different in S. Sudan and Tanzania. Innovativeness completely mediates effects of reciprocity and munificence on performance in Tanzania but not in S. Sudan. We found some support for the relationship between reciprocity and innovativeness but no support for munificence on innovativeness and performance.
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- Mubarak, Namra, et al.
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Lord of the Flies in project-based organizations: The Role of Passive Leadership on Creativity and Project Success
- 2023
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Ingår i: Project Management Journal. - : Sage Publications. - 8756-9728 .- 1938-9507. ; 54:5, s. 508-522
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- This study examines the role of passive project leadership in project success. The article deduces a theoretical model implying that passive project manager leadership behavior affects the success of information technology projects, directly and indirectly, via employees’ creativity. Self-regulation is proposed as a mitigating factor to minimize the destructive effects of passive leadership on creativity. The current study is based on a quantitative research design. A time lag design was used to collect data from 347 respondents working on information technology projects in Pakistan. SmartPLS was used for data analysis. The findings demonstrated that although passive leadership appears in flat organizations, it can have a negative impact on project success via creativity. Additionally, if the person is self-regulatory, it will not alter the results. The study added to the project management body of knowledge by confirming that a strong leadership role, instead of a passive one, is essential to boosting the creativity of project personnel. A passive leader remains inactive during situations where a strong leader is needed; however, self-regulation on the part of employees proved insufficient to propel a project toward success.
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- Mubarak, Namra, et al.
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Roadmap to Achieve Green Project Performance: The Role of Knowledge Co-creation
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of the Knowledge Economy. - : Springer Nature. - 1868-7865 .- 1868-7873.
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- The current study has attempted to identify the factors that can contribute toward green project performance. Based on the social exchange theory, the current study highlights that green leadership directs and promotes green vision, bringing everyone on the same page to improve the green performance of the project. The mediating and moderating mechanisms of green creativity and co-creation have also been discussed. Utilizing the data from the development projects, the study tested the antecedents of green project performance by collecting data from 231 project employees in three waves. The study’s findings confirm the importance of green leadership to achieve green project performance. Green co-creation does not moderate the relationship between green leadership and green creativity. It is essential to identify the factors that can help us deal with the energy crises. Roadmap to achieve green project performance through green leadership is highlighted in this study along with the intervening mechanisms. This study provides guidelines to practitioners that green competitive advantage can be achieved by empowering employees under green leaders through motivation and inspiration.
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- Nordqvist, Mattias, et al.
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Industry Associations as Change Agents : The Institutional Roles of Newspaper Associations
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of Media Business Studies. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1652-2354 .- 2376-2977. ; 7:3, s. 51-69
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- This article explores the institutional roles of industryassociations, employing institutional theory to identify and characterizethe roles of leading associations in the newspaper industry. Using fourleading newspaper associations as cases, the authors explore associationfunctions evidenced through interviews with their key executives. Thepaper finds that the association leaders tended to emphasize normativefunctions, while associations’ operational executives tended to focus onmimetic and coercive functions.
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- Pesämaa, Ossi, 1970-, et al.
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A Critical Theoretical Review and Empirical Comparison of Market Capitalization in West and Asia
- 2016
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- One notion in agency theory is to equal boards of directors as principals. This theoretical assumption matches ideas and characteristics of how corporate boards are formed in the West. While “the directors as principals’ idea” enables an understanding of a formal governance structure it fails to adequately explain financial performance as well as other performance indicators (van Essen et al., 2012; Wang et al., 2015). Other studies signal absence of empirics supporting a link between corporate board structure and firm performance (Shukeri et al., 2012). In combination with recent bankruptcies in multinational companies, like Enron and Lehman Brothers, it thus seems logical for scholars to begin question the efficiency of Western corporate governance models. Our results, based on macro-level data from 38 countries during the time 2006 to 2014, indicate a lack of support for efficiency of the Western governance model in Asia at the same time as there exists differences within Western and Asian countries.
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- Pesämaa, Ossi, 1970-, et al.
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Antecedents and Consequences of Innovativeness
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Ingår i: The Customer is NOT Always Right?. - Cham : Springer. - 9783319500065 - 9783319500089 ; , s. 610-
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- Innovativeness is an organizational trait that leads to innovations. Organizations with high levels of innovativeness develop and renew products and processes and abandon obsolete ones. While potentially contributing to long term growth and profitability, utilizing innovativeness can be difficult, time consuming, and expensive. This paper examines a contingency-theory-based model centering on organizational innovativeness, its internal and external antecedents, and its performance outcomes. It assessed the role of a learning-orientation as a moderator of the relationships in the model. The model is tested by data from 395 strategic business units (SBU) in Israel’s healthcare industry. Innovativeness has added importance in the healthcare industry, because many innovations are expensive, take a long time to license and train, and require extensive organizational support. We find that overall, and, especially for high learning-oriented organizations, innovativeness mediates the impacts of risk-taking, creativity, and competitor orientation (internal characteristics), and environmental munificence (external characteristic) on performance. In contrast, innovativeness mediates only the impacts of risk-taking and creativity on performance in low learning-oriented SBUs.
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- Pesämaa, Ossi, 1970-, et al.
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Board network characteristics and company performance in Sweden : The case of Gnosjö companies and their board members in southern Sweden
- 2008
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Ingår i: Innovation, Competitiveness, Growth and Tradition in SMEs. - St. Gallen : KMU Verl.. ; , s. 1-13
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- In focus of this paper are selected characteristics of enterprise boards and their influences on perfor-mance in companies located in Gnosjö, one of Sweden´s best known industrial districts. The aim and contribution of this paper is to propose and test a model that reflects the relationship between board characteristics, administration and company age on performance. Our results show that number of commitments among board members as well as company age is significant for company performance measured with sales and sales per employee. The support of the model is strong and we believe the results have practical as well as theoretical implications of importance.
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