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- Alvesson, Mats
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Critical theory and consumer marketing
- 1994
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Management. - : Elsevier BV. - 0956-5221. ; 10:3, s. 291-313
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper draws upon Critical Theory, especially the Frankfurt School, and advocates a critically oriented marketing theory which breaks away from the technicist preoccupations dominating much of traditional marketing science. The conventional assumption of marketing as being in the business of need satisfaction is rejected, and a case is made for research which draws attention to the way marketing processes and techniques create biases towards consumption and distort the individual's chances of sorting out what needs and wishes are important. Two new metaphors for marketing theory are suggested: marketing as mystification and marketing as cultural doping.
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- Jonnergård, Karin
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Federative Organizations: : The Effects of Double Binding Contracts
- 1993
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Management. - 0956-5221. ; 9:3, s. 211-224
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A distinguishing feature of the federative organization is the ownership relationship. The owners are simultaneously both the providers of risk capital and the main suppliers (or customers) in relation to the unit owned. In other words there is a double binding contractual relation between owners and owned. In this paper the effects of the double binding contract are discussed, as well as the particular problems of contract fulfilment and organizing that occur in such organizations. A complementary coordination device, “the federative value system”, is also defined.
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- Berg, Per Olof, 1946-
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Postmodern Management? : From Facts to Fiction in Theory and Practice
- 1989
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Management. - : Elsevier BV. - 0956-5221 .- 1873-3387. ; 5:3, s. 201-217
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Postmodernism has recently cropped up as a new buzz word in the organization and management sciences, and the purpose of this article is to critically examine its potential value in the discourse of organizations and management. The article starts with a discussion of the concept of postmodernism, showing that it is used; as an indicator of the present epoch (the postmodern age or condition), as a way of capturing a contemporary movement in the arts and literature (an “ism”), and finally as a particular mode of discourse. With the help of some of the basic postmodern assumptions and concepts, the article then proceeds to a review of contemporary Swedish organization and management theory and praxis. The review shows that the present situation can be characterized by the deconstruction of organization structures, the rejection of grand strategies, an emphasis on expressivism and the importance of coding. In the last section of the article the usefulness of the postmodern perspective for managerial purposes is discussed. It is also claimed that parallel with this deconstruction of organization structures and positive norms, it is possible to discern the reconstruction of social and cultural values developed in an open discourse and resulting in collective reason — and morals.
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- Berggren, Christian
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Mergers, MNES and innovation - The need for new research approaches
- 2003
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Management. - 0956-5221 .- 1873-3387. ; 19:2, s. 173-191
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A merger wave on an unprecedented scale has recently been sweeping through the Western world. Many studies have demonstrated the unimpressive economic outcome of most mergers. This article argues that an important reason for disappointing long-term performance is the underestimated difficulties of integrating idiosyncratic technologies in unified product platforms. Instead of focusing on new product development, engineers and designers are drawn into lengthy harmonisation issues. An expanded research agenda is proposed, including the role of special interests in driving merger proposals, the impact of mergers on engineering creativity and innovation, and the identification of industries in which firm trajectories of scale and size, ultimately ending in mergers can be compared with the alternative dynamics of de-mergers, knowledge-based networks and research-based start-ups. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Dahlén, Micael, et al.
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Real consumers in the virtual store
- 2002
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Management. - : Elsevier. - 0956-5221. ; 18:3, s. 341-363
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This article deals with shopping on the Internet. On a basis of environmental psychology theory, we examine the effects of this new retail interface on consumer shopping behaviour. In an empirical study, we contrast Web shopping with physical store shopping. The findings show discrepancies with regard to the amount and form of purchase planning. Internet shoppers plan their purchases better and seem to be less susceptible to marketing activities. However, these discrepancies can be attributed to differences in store stimuli, as the Web retail interface is not well designed in marketing terms. The mediating effect of shopping orientation was examined and found not to be significant. However, the distribution of shopping types has important implications.
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- Daudi, Philippe
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Con-versing on Management's Public Place
- 1990
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Management. - 0956-5221 .- 1873-3387. ; 6:4, s. 285-307
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The postmodern condition denotes a state in which the relativization of the knowledge and truth attached to the discourses of the social sciences appears to be provoking growing frustration and discontent. The emerging postmodern discourses represent this discontent, while at the same time underlining the problem of the ontological human knowledge. This article is an attempt to introduce the con-versational mode of knowing to the public place of management, with distanceas a fundamental ingredient. The aim is to see the present as remarkable, and management and organizations as peculiar practices to be problematized not naturalized, to situate current “truths” contextually and temporally, and to trace their correlated economies and emergence. The article also explores the significance of this problematique and discusses the contribution of the writings of some of the major postmodern thinkers.
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