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Kidane, Simret. "International plastics manufacturing companies’ response to covid-19 in terms of changes in strategy and sourcing." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-45959.
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The purpose of this thesis is to study how international Swedish plastics manufacturing companies have responded to covid-19 in terms of changes regarding corporate and business unit strategy and global sourcing. As research type a case study consisting of three case companies was applied. Mainly qualitative data using interviews were collected. The conclusions are that a regionalisation of the location of business units of a corporate group and a regionalisation of corporate strategies may take place and that covid-19 may enhance the process of regionalisation of sourcing of the case companies, which may lead to somewhat safer deliveries from suppliers, but higher prices for the case companies. It is suggested that in times of crisis, two types of SWOT-analyses should be made. One SWOT-analysis should cover strategic issues and thus be part of a strategy formulation process and lead to contingency strategies. The second SWOT-analysis should cover global sourcing issues and lead to contingency plan from a sourcing perspective.Syftet med uppsatsen var att studera hur internationella svenska företag inom plastbranschen har svarat på covid-19, vad gäller förändring i företags- och affärsenhetsstrategi och globala inköp. Som forskningstyp valdes en fallstudie med tre fallföretag. Huvudsakligen kvalitativa data samlades in, genom intervjuer. Slutsatserna är att regionalisering avseende lokalisering av en koncerns affärsenheter och regionalisering av företagsstrategier kan ske och att covid-19 kan förstärka processen med regionalisering av fallföretagens inköp, vilket kan leda till något säkrare leveranser från leverantörer, men högre priser för fallföretagen. Det föreslås att det i kristider bör upprättas två typer av SWOT-analyser. En SWOT-analys bör avse strategiska frågor och vara del av strategiformuleringsprocess och leda till eventualitetsstrategier. Den andra SWOT-analysen bör avse globala inköpsfrågor och leda till en eventualitetsplan utifrån ett inköpsperspektiv.
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Sjöblom, Victoria, and Tamila Kerimova. "Kunskapsöverföring vid en global strategi : Oriflame Pakistan." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-127144.
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I denna uppsats undersöks hur ett företag med global strategi, Oriflame, överför kunskap om sin kärnkompetens: försäljning. Företaget som har en global strategi förutsätter att alla enheter inom företaget ska agera likadant oberoende av marknad. För att denna strategi ska lyckas blir kunskapsöverföringen avgörande. Nationell kultur, organisationsdesign samt kunskapstyp kan alla utgöra hinder för en lyckad kunskapsöverföring. För att komma förbi dessa hinder kan företag använda sig av olika verktyg. I uppsatsen delas verktygen in i skriftliga och rika kommunikationskanaler. För att ta reda på vilka verktyg som används för att komma förbi vilka hinder, samt om ett och samma verktyg kan användas för att bemästra alla tre hinder, gjordes kvalitativa intervjuer med flera anställda på olika kontor inom Oriflame. Det framkom att Oriflame för att lösa det första hindret, nationell kultur, främst använde verktygen ansikte mot ansikte och överföring av personal. För att överkomma det andra hindret, organisationsdesign, användes telefoni, IP-telefoni, interna utbildningar, intranät och e-post. Det sista hindret överkoms med verktygen ansikte mot ansikte, videokonferenser, överföring av personal och interna utbildningar. Det fanns inget verktyg som bemästrade alla tre hinder, däremot har Oriflame skapat ett eget verktyg, Oriflame University, som är en kombination av flera, redan existerande verktyg.
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Andersson, Johan, and Oliver Lindqvist. "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) i en internationell kontext : En studie om svenska företag i Brasilien." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33012.
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Huvudsyftet med denna studie är att kartlägga huruvida svenska företag anpassar sina CSR-strategier i en internationell kontext. Studien har även ett delsyfte som ämnar att undersöka koordinationen mellan huvudkontor och dotterbolag samt vilka anledningar som ligger bakom vald strategi. Studien har utförts i form av en fallstudie bestående av en metodtriangulering. Trianguleringen består av kvantitativa innehållsanalyser och kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer. De resultat som frambringats visar att en majoritet av de svenska företagen i studien använder en global CSR-strategi. Dessutom skiljer sig koordinationen, som förväntat, mellan företag som använder en anpassad strategi jämfört med de som använder en global strategi. Slutligen uppvisas delade meningar rörande kulturens inflytande vid val av CSR-strategi.The main purpose with this study is to map whether Swedish companies adapt their CSR strategies in an international context. The purpose is also to examine the coordination between headquarters and subsidiaries and also about the reasons behind the chosen strategy. The study has been carried out through a case study consisting of a triangulation of methods. The triangulation consists of quantitative content analyses and qualitative semi-structured interviews. The findings show that a majority of the Swedish companies in the study uses a global CSR strategy. Additionally, the coordination used by companies with an adaptation strategy differ from the ones used by companies with a global strategy, as expected. Finally, the findings show split opinions considering the influence of culture while choosing CSR strategy.
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Wahrenberg, Viktor. "Uppsalas ANDT-L strategi: Hur implementerades L:et?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-446506.
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Uppsala län är det enda länet som har en ANDT-L strategi där L:et (läkemedel) är det som skiljer Uppsala från andra län. Eftersom Uppsala län är ensamt om att ha en strategi som innefattar läkemedel (L) är det intressant att undersöka hur denna strategi har implementerats. Därmed är det av intresse att undersöka hur olika verksamheter i länet på regional, kommunal och lokal nivå (till exempel brukargrupper) har fått information om ANDT-L-strategin och hur de har arbetat utifrån denna information, dvs. om de har anammat läkemedelsberoende- och missbruksproblematik i sin ordinarie ANDT-verksamhet. Syftet var att undersöka hur arbetet kring läkemedelsmissbruk och läkemedelsberoende enligt Uppsala läns åtgärdsprogram för ANDT-L bedrivs på regional och lokal nivå i länet. Detta gjordes genom en kvalitativ studie med en induktiv utgångspunkt. Intervjuer och fokusgruppsintervjuer utfördes med ett ändamålsenligt urval av representanter från Länsstyrelsen, Region Uppsala, tre kommuner, Uppsala universitet och en brukarförening i Uppsala län. I analysen framkom fem huvudteman: ANDT-L strategin i verksamheten, Insatser och lägesbild, Samarbete, nätverk och information, ”mervärde, ”Behov och förskrivning”. Till dessa huvudteman framkom 17 underteman. Slutsatsen är att det utförs arbete kring läkemedelsmissbruk och läkemedelsberoende på flera sätt i länet, både regionalt och lokalt. Arbetet sker dock inte alltid med ANDT-L strategin i åtanke. Det fanns delade åsikter om L:et har haft ett mervärde i strategin eller inte. Två områden behöver framförallt vidareutvecklas. Det behövs både en bättre lägesbildsbeskrivning och initiativ kring förskrivnigar. Det finns stora problem angående förskrivningar av beroendeframkallande läkemedel och detta problem går endast att lösa med initiativ från regeringsnivå.Uppsala county is the only county in Sweden with an L (Läkemedel, drugs/medicine) in the ANDT-strategy (ANDT-L strategy). Because Uppsala county is the only county with an L in the ANDT-strategy it is of intrest to investigate how the L has been implemented on a regional, municipal and local level in the county. This includes how different actors have gotten information about the strategy and how they have worked with this information and worked with the ANDT-L strategy. The purpouse of the study was to investigate how the work in relation to drug abuse and drug addiction was managed in accordance to Uppsala county’s ANDT-L strategy on different levels in the county. The choosen method for this purpouse was a qualitativ method with an inductive approach. Interviews and groupinterviews where performed based on purposive sampling of informants. The interviews where performed with representatives from the county administrative board, the region (the hospital), three municipalities, Uppsala university and a user assosiation (drug assosiation) in Uppsala county. From the analysis five main themes emerged: The ANDT-L strategy in the organization, Efforts and Situation, Collaboration, Network and Information, Added value and ” Further needs and Prescribing. To these main themes 17 sub themes emerged. Initiatives related to drug abuse and drug addiction was ongoing in different ways on different levels within the county. The work was not always performed based on the ANDT- L strategy. There were different views on whether the L in the strategy had added any value. Several further needs were discoverd, one of them were problems with prescription initiatives of addictive drugs and this problem can only be solved with government-level initiatives.
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Breding, Josefine, and Elin Hartmeier. "Hållbarhetsstrategi : Implementering och påverkan från FN:s Global Compact." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-66952.
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In 1972, the United Nations (UN) held its first international environmental conference in Stockholm with 113 participating countries and during the conference, participants agreed that the environmental issue is as important to humanity as peace and development. The concept of sustainable development arose in the 1980s and gained global spread in 1987 when the World Commission launched its report on environment and development and defined sustainable development as "A development that satisfies today's needs without compromising the ability of future generations to satisfy their needs." During the 2000s, the United Nations has highlighted the importance of companies taking responsibility for their activities and contributing to sustainable development through two initiatives. This has led to companies wanting to take responsibility for their business but do not know how to proceed. The purpose of this study is to provide knowledge of how sustainability strategy can be formulated using the UN Global Compact and the UN Sustainable Development Goal and how the Sustainability Strategy can be implemented. The theoretical framework is based primarily on a model that is clearly focused on implementing sustainability strategies, but also research that addresses difficulties with implementing sustainability strategies. The study also contains an attachment with important concepts. The method is based on qualitative interviews with employees at BillerudKorsnäs and is supplemented by a documentary study. The results of the interviews and the document study are described in the study section. The analysis connects results and theory to study how BillerudKorsnäs handled implementation of sustainability strategy and difficulties with this. The study shows that BillerudKorsnäs has dealt with the implementation of the sustainability strategy and has formulated a sustainability strategy that can clearly be linked to the UN Sustainable Development Initiative.
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Andersson, Helene, and Le Linh Chi Tran. "GLOBAL TALENT MANAGEMENT UR EN SVENSK SYNVINKEL : – Med potential och transparens i periferin. Andersson, Tran Le." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-194254.
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Företag blir alltmer multinationella och detta har gjort dem beroende av en mer globaliserad syn på företagsstyrning. Därför fokuserar företag idag på att hitta förmågor och talanger som kan leda under globala förhållanden. Denna studie behandlar ämnet Global Talent Management (GTM), en personalplaneringsprocess som syftar till att skapa en grupp medarbetare med särskild god prestationsförmåga och hög potential, för att vidare utveckla dessa till att förverkliga företagets strategier. Prestationsmätning har använts sedan länge av företag men när det kommer till potential finns svårigheter i att kvantifiera detta då det är något som lätt blir subjektivt. Otydligheten som detta problem ger speglar sig även i hur transparenta företagen är med processerna av GTM i organisationen.Syftet med denna studie blir därför att kartlägga hur svenska företag använder GTM med särskilt fokus på variabeln potential och hur transparenta de är med sitt arbete i organisationen Syftet hoppas infrias genom att studera fyra multinationella företag med rötter inom den svenska servicesektorn. Detta har gjorts genom personintervjuer med medarbetare på respektive HR-avdelning. Studien har även gått djupare inom två av företagen då författarna intervjuat en mellanchef som plockat ut en talang samt talangen själv.Resultatet som fanns var att GTM är en process som skiljer sig från företag till företag men vad som gör det framgångsrikt är en tydlighet i arbete med processerna både angående potential och transparens. Då detta leder till en tydligare koppling till företagets strategier.
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Jogie, Greg, and Ayaz Shukat. "How do Global Retail Companies utilize Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?" Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för management, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3046.
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Corporations around the world are today acknowledging more and more the need of long-term sustainability strategies integrated into their core businesses. This has led to the use of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) framework. H&M and UNIQLO are no different. They are established global retailing companies and heavily affected by the consumers demand of a sustainable work process. The demands are often heard when news hits of problems in the supply-chain. This can be issues like unsatisfactory working conditions in factories, environmental issues caused by production and general imbalance of labor policies. Such problems have put pressure on the companies to enact a proper reporting framework for their sustainability efforts and that is the focus of this thesis. The objective is to understand how well the organizations’ have been using CSR and the goal is to look at their behavior within their supply chain processes and their environmental focus. We will then benchmark them according to the sustainability measurement framework called Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). GRI is a framework widely used by the top global companies today and as it has a diversified perspective on CSR; it can expand the views of CSR from the consumer and the corporate perspective to a global reporting perspective. That perspective is unbiased and globally accepted. The conclusions drawn in the end of the thesis, shows the similarities and differences of the companies CSR actions and the gap that they need to fill to really strengthen their focus on CSR. A way forward is to understand these gaps and create a strategy which will help the companies overcome these obstacles in the long run.Företag runt om i världen i dag erkänner mer och mer behovet av långsiktigt hållbara strategier integreras i sin kärnverksamhet. Detta har lett till användandet av Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ram. H & M och UNIQLO är inte annorlunda. De är etablerade globala detaljhandelsföretag och som drabbats hårt av konsumenterna efterfrågan på ett hållbart arbetsprocessen. Kraven är ofta hörs när nyheten träffar av problem i försörjningskedjan. Det kan vara frågor som otillfredsställande arbetsförhållanden i fabriker, miljöfrågor som orsakas av produktion och allmän obalans i arbetsmarknadspolitiska åtgärder. Sådana problem har satt press på företagen att anta en korrekt rapportering ramar för deras hållbarhetsarbete och det är fokus för denna uppsats. Målet är att förstå hur väl organisationerna har använt CSR och målet är att titta på deras beteende inom ramen för sina processer leverantörskedjan och deras miljöfokus. Vi kommer då att jämföra dem enligt en hållbar mätning ramverk kallat Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). GRI är ett ramverk ofta används av högsta internationella företag idag och eftersom den har ett diversifierat perspektiv på företagens sociala ansvar, det kan utöka åsikter om företagens sociala ansvar från konsumenten och företagets perspektiv på en global rapportering perspektiv. Detta perspektiv är opartiskt och globalt accepterad. De slutsatser som dras i slutet av avhandlingen visar likheter och skillnader i de bolag CSR insatser och det tomrum som de behöver för att fylla för att verkligen stärka sitt fokus på socialt ansvarstagande. En väg framåt är att förstå dessa skillnader och skapa en strategi som kommer att hjälpa företagen att övervinna dessa hinder i det långa loppet.
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Bergquist, Tove, and Elif Skoro. "Förändringsstrategier under kris : En kvalitativ studie om hur fristående småstadsbutiker styr sin verksamhet för ekonomisk överlevnad under en global kris." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105546.
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Introduction: Independent stores in small towns have long been at the center of different external factors that have affected them in various ways. For a year now, they have had to endure the problem of surviving in a crisis where people are urged not to stay in shops. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to analyze how independent small-town shops work with a change strategy for economic survival during the Covid-19 crisis. Method: The study was conducted with a qualitative research method, through a abductive approach based on semi-structured interviews. A selection was made with five interviews where four respondents were either CEOs or owners of the enterprises and one interview with Karlskrona city association. Answers to the question regarding how they should act for economic survival were sought by studying theories about how SME previously used change strategy in crisis situations combined with the study's empirical material. Conclusion: The conclusion of the study was that small-town shops have implemented some form of change strategy for economic survival in the crisis, despite the fact that they previously did not have a clear strategy to start from. This is mainly through a focus on cost reductions and adaptation to consumers' wishes in relation to restrictions. The results of the study also show that all companies have absorbed lessons, which makes them more equipped for the future, not only for a potentially new global health crisis but also awareness that consumption behaviors can fluctuate sharply and how to deal with such phenomena.
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Holst, David, and Anton Norberg. "Studie av Global Risk Appetite Index : Hur kan det användas för att förbättra trendföljande strategier?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-300800.
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Ett vanligt förekommande problem för investerare som använder trendföljande strategier är att de ofta hamnar felpositionerade när en trend tar slut. I den här studien visas hur ett riskaptitsindex, Global Risk Appetite Index (GRAI), kan användas för att förutspå dessa trendbrott och på så sätt förbättra trendföljande strategiers prestation. Indexet implementeras som indikator i tre olika trendföljande strategier och lyckas under rätt förutsättningar förbättra alla strategiernas prestation, under backtesting över de senaste 16 åren. Strategierna presterar generellt bäst, det vill säga ger högst avkastning i förhållande till risken, då signal att marknaden kommer vända ges 2-3 veckor efter att indexet når någon av extremzonerna panik eller eufori. Extremzonerna definieras som 5:e respektive 95:e percentilen av indexets värde under en tidsperiod bakåt i tiden. Bäst resultat erhålls då denna tidsperiod är 2-3 år. Vidare undersöks alternativa sätt att beräkna Global Risk Appetite Index. Tillgångarna som studeras för att ge en bild av riskaptiten varieras och det visar sig att en version som endast studerar sex olika marknadsindex förbättrar de trendföljande strategierna mest, vilket är en klar förenkling över de 64 tillgångar som används i den ursprungliga versionen av indexet.A regular problem for investment managers who use trend following strategies are that they often find themselves badly positioned when at the end of a trend. In this study it is shown how a risk appetite index, Global Risk Appetite Index (GRAI), can be used in order to predict these trend breaks and thereby improve the performance of trend following strategies. The index is implemented as an indicator for three different trend following strategies and given the right parameters, the return of all three strategies is increased during backtesting on data from the previous 16 years. In general, the strategies give the highest return in relation to risk when signal that the trend will reverse is given 2 to 3 weeks after the index reaches one of the extreme zones, Panic or Euphoria. These extreme zones are calculated as vales under the 5:th or over the 95:th percentile of the index’s value over a certain window back in time. The best result is achieved when this timespan is 2 to 3 years. Furthermore, alternate ways to calculate Global Risk Appetite Index are studied. The assets that are analysed in order to quantify the risk appetite are varied and it is shown that a version of GRAI analyzing only 6 more summarizing market indices give better results when used in trend following models. This is a clear simplification from the 64 assets used in the original version of the index.
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Crnoja, Davor. "Val av affärssystem i globala verksamheter : En fallstudie av framgångsfaktorer vid val av affärssystem i två globala verksamheter." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan (from 2013), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-67802.
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Ett affärssystem spänner över alla de kritiska funktionerna inom en verksamhet vilket innebäratt det är en betydelsefull komponent för att en organisation ska kunna bedriva sinverksamhet. Fördelarna med affärssystem är att de ska fungera som ett systemstöd förverksamheten, att den ska hjälpa till att effektivisera de dagliga administrativa rutinerna, attden ska supportera en processorienterad version av verksamheten och att den möjliggör attstandardisera processer över hela verksamheten. Att välja ett affärssystem är både utmanade och resurskrävande. Det är av central vikt att enorganisation identifierar rätt affärssystem och att valprocessen gör det möjligt förverksamheten att identifiera ett system som uppfyller organisationens vision, krav, behov ochmål. Globala verksamheter har oftast en mer komplex miljö än de verksamheter som enbart ärverksamma i ett land. Det innebär att val av affärssystem i en global verksamhet är svårare,mer unikt och mer utmanande. Syftet med denna studie är att ta fram de kritiska framgångsfaktorerna vid val av affärssystemi en global verksamhet. Studien i denna uppsats har baserats på en kvalitativ ansats, där empiri har samlats in medhjälp av intervjuer i två globala verksamheter. Empirin har sedan analyserats mot teorin sombaseras på sex områden som refereras som generella framgångsfaktorer vid val avaffärssystem. Slutsatsen visar att de kritiska framgångsfaktorerna inkluderar både val av ”system”, val avsamarbetspartner (affärssystemsleverantör), intern förberedelse av verksamheten och totalkostnadsöversikt för hela projektet. För en global verksamhet är det viktigt att ta hänsyn tilldessa framgångsfaktorer för att rätt val ska kunna tas.
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Talavera, Jhonny. "Delaktighet som strategi inom folkhälsoarbete : En kvalitativ fältstudie om medarbetarnas erfarenheter av att involvera lokala medborgare i genomförandet av Agenda 2030 på Perus landsbygd." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-43540.
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Background: Health promotion is significant for reducing health inequalities at local and global levels. The Swedish Government has developed a policy for sustainable global development in the pursuit of implementing Agenda's 2030 sustainability goals in the international arena. Svalorna Latinamerika works in Peru with implementing the global goals at local level. Aim: The purpose of the field study is to analyze how Svalorna Latinamerika works strategically with involving local citizens to participate in the development work at the local level. The work is based on the global sustainability goals (Agenda 2030). Methods: The study applied a qualitative method and deductive approach to test whether the theory could be applied in to achieve sustainable development goals. Community participation theory claims that participation (i) is a strategy within the health promotion work that aims to involve local residents in the developing work that affects their lives (ii) it creates trust and legitimacy for the development work (iii) it can strengthen people's self- esteem, knowledge and development of new skills and (iv) the level of participation can affect the sustainability and efficiency of social development. A targeted sampling technique was applied to select the interviewees while data collection was performed through semi- structured interviews. Furthermore, manifest content analysis was used to analyze the collected material. Result: Participation as a health promoting strategy was applied by the non-profit organization. The level of participation consisted of partnership, a collaboration with both top-down and bottom-up approach. The co-operation and involvement of local citizens in decision-making processes created trust and legitimacy and enabled the development program to meet local needs and conditions. It also resulted in increased participation in the program's capacity building activities. Conclusion: The involvement of local citizens in decision-making processes created the conditions for the citizen to strengthen the individual and the community empowerment. Keywords: Community participation, empowerment, global sustainability goals, health promotion, local community development
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NORBERG, MARIA. "Gender Equality across Global Organizations: Towards a Framework for Increasing Gender Equality." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-240672.
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The main purpose of this thesis is to analyze how Global Organizations work with Gender Equality, what type of challenges they experience and how they can be addressed. Secondarily, it addresses how Global Organizations can create an international Gender Equality strategy and how Gender Equality work differs among four countries. Earlier research has focused on gender equality as a stand-alone topic, and few models exist to incorporate such work in global organizations that efficiently manages to address the complexity of gender equality across varying cultures and business units. By surveying current research in gender equality, change management, and cultural management, this thesis proposes a framework for change that more adequately manages the inherently subjective nature of gender, together with the cross-cultural complexities of global organizations. The results, analysis, and discussion are based on a literature review enumerating the components of the synthesized framework and on interviews with two Swedish multinational companies, one construction company, and a mining company. Countries of interest are Czech Republic, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States. Analyzed through this framework, the results indicate an increasing gap between different business units across the organizations, despite an overall increase of Gender Equality in total. The framework suggests that informal systems need to be addressed more explicitly and that centralized initiatives need to better account for geopolitical contexts to stay relevant when educating, informing and dictating change initiatives. The nature of the problem suggests it be managed by a shaping type of strategy with an emphasis on international networks dedicated to the issue. The similarities between Gender equality-specific models, selected change-models and cultural descriptive models indicate that there is possible to amalgamate insights from different academic fields more coherently. Utilizing the definition of gender and confirming the subjective nature of Gender Equalityissues leads to strategy models and cultural descriptions that - independent of Gender Equality work - confirm and strengthens the key takeaways from each model. The research shows that there are overlapping interests and areas of interest between academia and the industry, which is something that can be further developed.Huvudsyftet med denna masteruppsats är att analysera hur globala organisationer arbetar med jämställdhet, vilken typ av utmaningar de upplever och hur de kan hanteras. Den behandlar även hur globala organisationer kan skapa en internationell jämställdhetsstrategi och hur jämställdhetsarbetet skiljer sig mellan fyra länder. Tidigare forskning har fokuserat på jämställdhet som ett fristående ämne och det finns få modeller som adresserar jämställdhetsarbete i globala organisationer och som effektivt hanterar jämställdhetens komplexitet över olika kulturer och affärsenheter. Genom att kartlägga aktuell forskning inom jämställdhet, förändringsledning och kulturhantering, föreslår denna uppsats ett ramverk för förändring som hanterar könens inherent subjektiva karaktär tillsammans med de globala organisationernas tvärkulturella komplexitet. Resultaten, analysen och diskussionen baseras på en litteraturöversikt som sammanfattar komponenterna i ramverket och intervjuer med två svenska multinationella företag, ett byggföretag och ett gruvbolag. De länder som analyseras är: Tjeckien, Sverige, Storbritannien och USA. Genom en analys utifrån ramverket indikerar resultaten ett ökande gap mellan olika affärsenheter i hela organisationen, trots en total ökning av jämställdheten inom organisationerna. Ramverket tyder på att informella system måste adresseras tydligare och att centraliserade initiativ behöver anpassas bättre utifrån geopolitiska sammanhang för att kunna förändringen ska vara relevant för de olika enheterna. Problemets karaktär tyder på att det hanteras av en formgivande typ av strategi med tonvikt på internationella nätverk som är avsedda för frågan. Likheterna mellan jämställdhetsspecifika modeller, utvalda förändringsmodeller och kulturella beskrivande modeller visar att det är möjligt att sammanfoga insikter från olika akademiska områden till att bli mer sammanhängande. Att utnyttja definitionen av kön och bekräfta den subjektiva karaktären av jämställdhet leder till strategimodeller och kulturella beskrivningar som - oberoende av jämställdhetsarbete - bekräftar och stärker de viktigaste delarna från varje modell. Forskningen visar att det finns överlappande intressen och intresseområden mellan akademin och industrin, vilket är något som kan vidareutvecklas.
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Karlsson, CarlOtto. "En global logistikkedja : En deskriptiv studie av doktriner och på den nya globala Försvarsmaktens krav av logistikkedjan vid strategisk nivå." Thesis, Swedish National Defence College, Swedish National Defence College, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-753.
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Den nya globala försvarsmakten ställer nya krav, inte minst på logistikkedjan där avstånden ökar och förutsättningarna för insats inte är lika klara som under det kalla kriget. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka vilka krav ur en doktrinär synvinkel som kan komma att ställas på logistikkedjan på strategisk nivå kopplat till en strategisk rörlighet vid en framtida Svensk insats. Som empiri i uppsatsen används de doktriner och reglementen som finns i Sverige och i NATO som avhandlar logistikkedjan på strategisk nivå och strategisk rörlighet. Samt en fallstudie från Operation Iraqi freedom för att exemplifiera de krav som kan komma att ställas på logistikkedjan på strategisk nivå. Uppsatsens metod är deskription och fallstudie där fallstudien exemplifierar de problem som kan komma att uppstå. Empirin ligger sedan till grund för en analys och diskussion där ett antal slutsatser utkristalliseras. Slutsatserna som uppfyller syftet med uppsatsen är att krav på en precis logistikkedja ökar för att leverera i rätt tid vilket möjliggörs av kravet på ett bra logistikledningssystem.
The new global Swedish armed forces are putting new strains, especially in the logistics chain where the distances increase and the conditions of operation are not as clear as during the Cold War. The purpose of this paper is to examine the requirements from a doctrinal perspective that might be claimed in the logistics chain at the strategic level, coupled with strategic movement at a future Swedish operation. As empirical evidence in this paper the doctrines and regulations are used that exist in Sweden and in NATO, which deals with the logistics chain at the strategic level and strategic mobility. A case study of Operation Iraqi Freedom is used to exemplify the requirements that may be imposed on the logistics chain at the strategic level. Thesis method is description and case study. The case study exemplifies the problems that may arise. Empiric then forms the basis for analysis and discussion and a number of conclusions emerge. The conclusions that meet the purpose of this paper is to call for a precise logistics chain to deliver in time increases this is made available by the requirement of a good logistics management.
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Nayron, Bittencourt. "Strategy in Born Global enterprises in a peripheral region of Sweden." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-121054.
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The purpose of this research study is to explore how decision-makers at Born Global enterprises form their strategies during the pre-internationalisation phase. In this study the researcher has combined theories from two academic fields, namely the strategic management field and the international entrepreneurship field. The main theories inherent in the study are: the strategic lenses and the strategic schools of thought (theories that belong to the strategic management field) and Born Global (theory that belongs to the international entrepreneurship field). These recently mentioned theories has been combined, leading to a depiction of a general theoretical framework, illustrating for how the researcher has made use of the chosen theories in the study. In order to fulfil the study’s aim, the researcher has conducted a qualitative and multiple-case study, where seven different case companies (Algoryx Simulation AB, CodeMill AB, COS Systems AB, North Kingdom Design & Communication AB, Oryx Simulations AB, Prediktera AB and Xore AB) from a peripheral area of northern Sweden (Umeå and Skellefteå) have been investigated through semistructured interviews. After performing the seven interviews, the obtained empirical data has been analysed by using the analysis strategy theoretical propositions and the analytical technique of cross-case analysis. From this study, the researcher has found out that in the pre-internationalisation phase decision-makers at Born Global enterprises form their strategies in accordance with the configuration school, where these individuals alternates by different strategic making procedures along the process. This in turn implies that these individuals make use of a mixture of proactive and reactive strategy making procedures along the process, where the character of the strategy is determined by their respective applied procedures. Moreover, the research findings have showed that the selection of strategy making procedures is highly dependent on the company’s context. Additionally, the research findings indicated that legitimate key individuals such as the company’s founder/-s or entrepreneur/-s are highly involved and influential in the companies’ strategy-making process during the pre-internationalisation phase.
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Hammarlund, Martin. "The Perception of Victory : Comparing the G.W. Bush Administration’s Official Rhetoric of Victory in the Years of the Global War on Terror." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-3467.
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This thesis is set out with the purpose to investigate the potential shifts in how victory is presented in the duration of contemporary conflicts. The argumentation is focused on how democratic states, involved in wars, seem to announce different statements regarding victory in its outreach to its inhabitants. This paper will study the case of the American administration of George W. Bush, who initiated and ruled during the first years in the Global War on Terror. By investigating the seven annual State of the Union speeches in a combined quantitative–qualitative method, with Martel’s theoretical framework on victory, the analysis searched after such potential shifts or static usage of the linguistics approach to victory. The answer to the stated research question according to the study conducted by this author is that the publicly announced implications of victory have been subjected to an ongoing shift during the examined time period.
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Kadric, Elzana, Doruntina Pacarizi, and Silvija Vlajku. "Den Oförutsedda Turbulensen : En fallstudie om hur turbulens på marknader påverkat Små och Medelstora företags Internationaliseringsstrategi." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-19886.
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Denna uppsats grundar sig i att undersöka hur turbulens på marknader påverkat små och medelstora företags internationaliseringsstrategier, med inriktning mot val av marknader samt val av etableringsstrategier. I mån om att forska kring denna problematik har vi definierat ett huvudproblem; Hur har turbulens på marknader påverkat små och medelstora företags internationaliseringsstrategi? Uppsatsen grundar sig i en kvalitativ forskningsmetod samt en abduktiv forskningsansats, detta för att besvara uppsatsens huvudproblem på lämpligast vis. Den teoretiska referensramen utgår från teorier kring strategi samt internationalisering: den inkrementella internationaliseringsteorin, nätverksteorin, resursbaserade teorin, teori kring Born Globals företag och teori kring etableringsstrategier. Detta för att skapa en teoretisk plattform som i sin tur bidrar till ett större djup i uppsatsens analys. Den empiriska referensramen är baserad från fyra fallföretag; Luma Metall AB, Norden Machinery AB, Trebema AB samt Trelleborg Automotive Kalmar AB, där insamling av data skett via kvalitativa intervjuer. I uppsatsens analytiska kapitel syftar vi att besvara uppsatsens delproblem, genom den teoretiska referensramen tillsammans med den insamlade empirin. Detta utgör grunden för uppsatsens analys. Vi kommer i slutsatsen sammanställa hur turbulens på marknaden påverkat små och medelstora företags internationaliseringsstrategier, med inriktning mot val av marknad samt val av etableringsstrategi.Vidare kommer vi att belysa uppsatsens begränsningar samt ge förslag till vidare forskning.
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Čubová, Lenka. "Analysis of entry into different mystery shopping markets within a global company." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-359274.
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This thesis deals with the topic of internal outsourcing of mystery shopping management within the multinational company Ipsos. The company has currently set up a Global Support Center for mystery shopping in Prague. The Global Support Center is supposed to create shopper panels (i.e. groups of mystery shoppers available to conduct mystery shopping tasks in a given country) in as many countries as possible and manage mystery shopping projects in these countries from the Czech Republic. The goal of this thesis is to find the most suitable market for the shopper panel construction, the market where panel construction is a priority over other markets.After analysing the different markets worthy of consideration through an application of the CAGE analysis and the Porter´s Five Forces, France has been chosen as the most reasonable market to pursue when constructing the shopper panels.
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Witt, Alessa Valentina Josephine. "Global hidden champions : the internationalisation paths, entry modes and underlying competitive advantages of Germany's and Britain's global 'top three' niche players." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/26039.
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Current theoretical insights into firm internationalisation have mainly focused on large American multinationals or on smaller early internationalising firms. Global niche players, often competing alongside or even complementary, have been less researched. They, like larger players, often strive to go global and dominate their market segments simply to survive and endure processes of global consolidation and often it is necessary to achieve top global positions. One such successful global niche strategy variant is ‘Global Hidden Champions’ (GHCs), which are low profile, global top three under US$ 5 billion firms, mainly found in Germany (Simon, 2012). The question becomes pressing: how do GHCs reach world market leadership? This study seeks to identify through which internationalisation paths and associated market entry modes 30 GHCs investigated from Germany and Britain reached global dominance and the specific competitive advantages without which such strategies would not have succeeded. This thesis takes an evolutionary historic perspective by distinguishing enduring with less-enduring GHCs, established at various points in time between 1838 and 2007. A qualitative multiple case study approach is used based on 30 cases, 15 from each country. The abductive stance facilitates deductions of existing theoretical frameworks, whilst also allowing exploratory new themes to emerge. Structured and semi-structured interviews, combined with documentation, allow triangulation of findings and help minimise bias. Guided by the conceptual framework, data has been thematically coded, analysed and systematically explored, allowing several new themes to emerge. Not one single GHC was found pursuing the traditional Uppsala Model internationalisation path. Instead 43% were identified as Born Globals (BGs); 20% as Born-Again Globals (BAGs); but no less than 37% emerged as quite different hybrid internationalisers, which because of their quite distinctive traits, were denoted ‘Re- Born-Again Globals’ (Re-BAGs). The analysis involved innovative methodological analysis, which further clarified some partial overlap of BGs, BAGs, and re-BAGs with Uppsala Model features, yet decided differences in terms of tempo and direction. All three alternative paths led to top three global market leadership positions, depending on the GHCs context and historical circumstances. Nevertheless, recently established GHCs pursued BG paths, whereas more enduring GHCs almost all followed BAG and re-BAG paths. Younger British GHCs frequently embarked on early proactive paths, whilst their more enduring German equivalents pursued more belated internationalisation routes. History emerged as pivotal. BAGs and re-BAGs were both distinguished by critical incidents which, in all 17 cases, shifted strategies on to much more proactive internationalisation paths. German GHCs, though, shifted primarily in response to technology advances, whereas British GHCs typically responded to specific management appointments. Literature on accelerated internationalisation paths, such as in relation to BGs, remains unclear on commitments beyond trade. Yet, 90% of GHCs deployed substantial foreign direct investment (FDI), in addition to mere trade activity. Initially, German GHCs grew organically focusing on neighbouring markets. In contrast, British GHCs often used acquisitions and targeted more global, in particular, Commonwealth markets. FDI thus emerged as a crucial addition to export activity in all three alternative paths followed by BGs, BAGs and re-BAGs enabling them to sustain leading global market positions. Yet, such paths were in turn contingent upon competitive advantages. GHCs from both countries complied remarkably closely with 6 out of 8 of Simon’s (2009) identified theoretical HC Model traits: being ‘leadership with ambitious goals’; ‘innovation’; ‘high-performance employees’; ‘closeness to customer’; ‘globalisation’, and ‘focus’. More in depth, albeit exploratory, analysis further uncovered the critical role played by ‘visions and values’ and ‘brand’, leading to a new tentative theoretical GHC Model. This new Model, moreover, recognises a virtuous cycle of market leadership advantages from which more enduring GHCs particularly benefitted. It also integrates comfortably with Teece’s (2014) model of dynamic capabilities, extending his framework by including market leadership approaches and more precise competitive advantages of the GHC Model, alongside more specific concepts relating to entrepreneurial orientation. In summary, this study contributes to the knowledge of how both long-standing and newer German and British GHCs conquer global markets by unveiling their specific and successful internationalisation paths, market entry mode choices and their underlying competitive advantages.
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Arvesgård, Höglund Albin, and Ludvig Helldén. "Managerial Activities and Global Strategy : A microfoundations perspective on how managers affect the renewal and implementation of global strategies." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43982.
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Resvik, Lina, and Viktoria Vegborn. "Determining a CSR Strategy when Internationalizing - A Study on Swedish MNCs." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44200.
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Background The rapid pace of globalization along with internationalization, challenge global MNCs to contemplate with a wide range of stakeholders. The demands of integrating CSR into the strategic outlook is becoming more essential, in order to balance home-country’s and host-country’s expectations. Previous research has defined three different CSR strategies that is utilized when having business operations in multiple countries. Although, there is a limited research regarding the design and implementation of these strategies and what influences each approach. Hence, this gap makes it interesting for further research. Purpose The aim of this thesis is to investigate the influencing factors for MNCs to use a global, glocal or local CSR strategy, when internationalizing. Method This thesis is based on a qualitative research approach, where the empirical findings were gathered through interviews with five Swedish MNCs, with one participant from each corporation, working extensively with CSR. Findings Most MNCs believe they have a global CSR strategy, while the findings implied that the sampled MNCs are moving towards a glocal CSR approach. It is evident that actual strategic practices deviate from theory, however, the major factors found were in consistency with existing literature. New factors that were identified that influences MNCs choice of strategy were listed corporations, low versus high-risk countries, and different approaches of a centralized structure.
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Hampl, Ondřej. "Strategická východiska z krize v globálním automobilovém průmyslu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222260.
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Tato diplomová práce se zabývá situací na celosvětovém automobilovém průmyslu v době právě probíhající finanční krize. Popisuje dané odvětví pomocí mikro a makro ekonomických modelů. Dále také uvádí globální trendy a specifika daného průmyslu. Autor prezentuje své názory na aktuální finanční situaci a analyzuje její dopady na automobilový průmysl. Tyto závěry se opírají o teorie strategického managementu a o analýzy dané problematiky. Na základě těchto poznatků pak autor navrhuje strategie, které by v kritických případech mohly vézt k záchraně a vyzdvihuje příležitosti, ze kterých by bylo možné profitovat. Práce poskytuje čtenáři teoretický pohled na aktuální ekonomikou situaci v automobilovém průmyslu a nabízí autorovy hypotézy na strategie, které by mohli vézt z krize v tomto odvětví.
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Borhanazad, Arian, and Martin Tran. "Improved Sourcing Flexibility through Strategic Procurement : A Case Study in a Global Manufacturing Company." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Avd.), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-111476.
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Background – Increase in global competition, technological changes and demanding customers have resulted in more knowledge-intensive, unstable, complicated and an uncertain environment. In order to overcome these demand uncertainties and tough circumstances, manufacturers are required to investigate methods to increase flexibility. To achieve the flexibility improvements, each component of supply chain such as suppliers, manufacturing plants, warehouses, and distributors must possess the potential to be flexible. Theory implies that the main link between company’s upstream supply chain namely suppliers and its own business unit are the sourcing strategy. Usually sourcing practitioners distinguish between sourcing strategies using portfolio models. They normally categorize purchased items based on the strategic importance of the item and characteristics of its supply market. It is a critical issue to explore how different sourcing strategies, for different categories of procured items, can influence sourcing flexibility. Purpose– The purpose has been diagnosed as to study how the prerequisites of Bombardier’s procurement procedures along with its associated strategies, can affect the flexibility that can be provided through sourcing namely sourcing flexibility. This study desires to investigate the concept of sourcing flexibility with considerations on category level. It can be beneficial to investigate how different strategies, related to different categories of procured component, can influence the level of sourcing flexibility specified to that category. This would lead us to two key questions: How can sourcing flexibility be defined in Bombardier and why is it required? How can sourcing strategies influence sourcing flexibility considering different categories of components? Methodology– To provide appropriate definitions for sourcing flexibility and strategic procurement, this study went through a comprehensive review on the relevant literatures. By a deep analysis, accompanied with several unstructured interviews on one of the undergoing projects in the company, the drivers for the sourcing flexibility have been diagnosed. The procured components have been categorized into four categories of strategic, bottleneck, leverage, and noncritical through 4 different structured quantitative questionnaires. 33 diverse individuals with purchasing and/or engineering background answered those questionnaires. The categorization criteria have been extracted out from two models suggested by Kraljic (1983) and Olsen & Ellram (1997). Four independent components, one from each category, were selected for further observations. Finally, the links between sourcing strategies and sourcing flexibilities were expansively analyzed through 9 semi structured interviews with company’s strategic purchasers and suppliers’ representatives. Conclusion– Sourcing flexibility can be defined from two perspectives. First one refers to the capability of the focal firm to change the structure of its upstream supply chain. Second aspect refers to the ability of company’s suppliers to provide it with flexibility in three dimensions of delivery, volume and product. Both two aspects along with related dimensions can be measured in three different conditions of required, actual and potential by using range, mobility and uniformity as measuring elements. The results showed that the first perspective has a direct relationship to the sourcing strategies that focal firm may apply for different categories of procured component. Furthermore, the availability of second perspective is highly dependent on the relationship between the focal company and its suppliers, where strategic procurement plays an indispensable role. Based on the results the required level of sourcing flexibility, related to each category, differs significantly with other categories. The findings also suggested that the levels of delivery, volume and product flexibility have a close connection to the diverse strategies and attributes of the four different categories. Additionally they are well dependent on the internal operational capabilities of the suppliers along with the established relationship between buyer and supplier. Originality/Value– Main portions of previous studies have explored the concepts of sourcing flexibility and strategic procurement separately. Although, there exists some narrow numbers that have analyzed the relationship between sourcing strategies and sourcing flexibility to some limited extent. This study tries to contribute to the existing literature by empirically exploring the principal reasons for companies necessitating to increase sourcing flexibility. It investigates how sourcing flexibility can be improved through strategic procurement. The main contribution is to consider sourcing flexibility from the category perspective. Latter is a subject that has been neglected in the previous literatures. It is extremely hard to find literature which has analyzed sourcing flexibility at the category level. This report analyses the level of sourcing flexibility specified to different categories of strategic, bottleneck, leverage, and noncritical components. It suggests some factors that may influence the selection of a specific sourcing flexibility strategy regarding different component categories. Finally, it may introduce some extra elements that can be influential on the level of sourcing flexibility dimensions. Some examples of those influential elements are bargaining power and establishment of a close relationship.
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Mahala, A. (Abinash). "Strategic management of sales as globalization increased:a study on global account management, strategy and drivers." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201702231231.
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Global Account Management (GAM) is a global strategic, relationship oriented and marketing management program. In today’s highly competitive business scenario GAM has become one of the most significant strategic alliance by many companies with their customers to have the competitive advantage over their counter-part. It is a systematically approached program specifically in sales for managing strategically important customers globally. It is an ongoing process since many years now for all the global companies even though the rate of success is not so fast. Globalization has got an important role here for GAM analysis where the supplier firm engages it-self in standardizing marketing programs. It coordinates worldwide activities and integrates competitive moves across country markets. Hence Shi et al. (2010: 626) suggests firms can increase the use of GAM strategies when faced with increasing globalization. This report reviews the scientific literature and empirical studies of many past researchers on GAM analysis, its drivers and strategy and concludes the importance of GAM for all global companies. The objective of the study was to understand how global account management and strategy helps in managing global customers. It is a case study. The research problem was approached with a careful research design, which consists of a theoretical part and an empirical part. The theoretical part of the study defines and clarifies the GAM analysis where an integrative theoretical model is drawn to describe GAM relationship between a global account customer and a focal supplier. The empirical part will explore along with literature reviews and provide a quantitative analysis to the research study.
Through extensive literature reviews, case study and empirical interviews, the current study developed answers to the research question, “As globalization increasing, how global account management helps companies to manage customers globally?”
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Andersson, Jenny, and Julia Borgvall. "Securing the global brand strategy : – global standardization or local adaptation." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-13036.
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Master thesis in Business Administration, 15hp, School of Business and Economics, LinnaeusUniversity, Växjö, Marketing, 4FE02E, spring 2011 Authors: Jenny Andersson and Julia Borgvall Tutor: Engelbert Weiss Company contact person: Peter Samuelsson, Gunnebo AB Title: Securing the global brand strategy – global standardization or local adaptation Background: The infrastructure available today provides opportunities for companies allaround the world to transcend national boarders easily and to operate on the global market. During the preceding decades, brand management in the international environment hasbeen frequently discussed. The choice of a clear branding strategy and clear goals of what acompany wants to achieve is of great importance. Furthermore, companies that act in a globalenvironment need to decide upon whether to be standardized across these markets or to adaptto each specific market. Purpose: To reach an understanding of the factors influencing the choice of internationalbranding strategy by global standardization or local adaptation. Methodology: A case study has been used in this research in order to meet the purpose. Sincethis thesis is of a qualitative character the empirical data has been collected through semi-structured interviews within three respondent segments in the case organization: management,communication and sales. Conclusion: A conclusion drawn from this research is the importance of internalcommunication, when it comes to the formulation and implementation of brand strategies. - Factors influencing the decision of a global standardize brand strategy can be; the possibilityto become a strong global player, decreased expenses of marketing, economics of scale. - Factors influencing the decision of a local adaptation strategy can be; cultural differences,history and heritage, better knowledge of the local market. Suggestions for further research: Further research could be to conduct a more thoroughstudy with more respondents from different multinational companies and also to look at thecustomers' point of view.
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Craig, Thomas Dominic. "Strategies for Managing Exploration, Global Value Chains, and Knowledge Flows in High-Technology Firms." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2015. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/352482.
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This dissertation comprises three essays of a multilevel investigation into the strategies of high-technology firms to build and maintain competitive advantage through effective policies for innovation, global sourcing, and knowledge management. Through a combination of conceptual and empirical analyses that extend the existing theoretical boundaries in each of these areas, I contribute to our current body of knowledge and establish a solid foundation on which future related research will be built. In particular, I weave together classic and contemporary literature of strategic management, entrepreneurship, international business, and organizational economics to reveal how macro- and micro-level factors impact the activities selected, tradeoffs made, and performance of firms in regional and global settings.
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Lackenby, Catherine Louise. "Strategic relationships in global garment manufacture." Thesis, University of Sunderland, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.393051.
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Sumi, Atsuko Oka 1963. "NTT's global strategy after re-organization." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9227.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2000.Also available online at the MIT Theses Online homepage
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-87).
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), the largest telecommunication carrier in the world, was broken up, and reconstituted NTT mad a new start on July 1, 1999. On that day, free competition in the telecommunication industry began in Japan. And, NTT Communication, new subsidiary, launched international telecommunication services as a no-regulated company. In many other countries, the telecommunication market has already been deregulated. Since there is no longer a distinction between long-distance and local telecommunication carriers, competition has become more severe. Globally, telecommunication has turned into a commodity. It is difficult to differentiate the service from rivals. Furthermore, due to recent data communication and Internet growth, the demand for the integrated network has increased. As business is becoming borderless, to overcome the time and distance, a global network is necessary for multinational companies. In this severe situation, Japanese telecommunication carriers, including NTT and new common carriers (NCCs), have to play the game with these strong experienced players. The mission of NTT, the leading company in the Japanese telecommunication market, is not only to win among Japanese competitors, but also to help strengthen the Japanese telecommunication industry as well. Therefore, at this point, NTT's global strategy is critically important. This thesis begins with an analysis of the Japanese telecommunication industry. It comparatively analyzes NTT's global strategy with those of global rivals, taking NTT's capabilities into consideration, and concludes by offering recommendations concerning NTT's global strategy.
by Atsuko Oka Sumi.
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Lucea, Rafael. "Essays on global non-market strategy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42337.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-170).
This dissertation is centrally concerned with the management of a firm's global non-market environment. The non-market environment of a given firm is conceived as the set of relationships, confrontational or collaborative, that it establishes with actors other than its clients, suppliers and competitors. Because the actions carried out by non-market actors increasingly span multiple country borders, the appropriate level of analysis of this phenomenon is the global arena. In order to better understand how firms manage their non-market environment this thesis focuses in on one particular type of non-market actor: the so-called Non-Government Organizations (NGOs). The reason for choosing NGOs as the central counterpart of firms in the non-market domain is due to its increasing influence in the economic, social and political arenas, and the fact that their influence on firms is still relatively unexplored. While this does not detract from the fact that other non-market actors, namely governments, play a crucial role in the behavior and performance of firms, it is important to acknowledge that the transnational nature of a growing number of NGOs is making firms face challenges that are different in nature to the ones they have had of address in the past. In order to explore this relevant topic, this dissertation is organized in two parts. The first one is conceptual in nature. It provides a framework that integrates the main perspectives in the field of non-market strategy and also helps characterize the sources of internationality of a given non-market environment. The second, by contrast, is an empirical study. It examines the relationships between oil firms operating in the Ecuadorian Amazon and NGOs concerned with the social, environmental and economic impacts of this activity.
(Cont.) While extant research on interorganizational non-market behavior has favored structural approaches, the project developed here takes an interpretive perspective. More concretely, instead of trying to explain why NGOs and firms interact in a given way based on their size, the nature of their business, their objectives, or the strategies they favor, the focus is placed here on the extent and the mechanisms by which a given situation is interpreted in different ways by different actors. As a whole, this dissertation joins a small but growing chorus of voices interested in issues such as sustainability, corporate citizenship and ethical management. Because of the incipiency of this academic domain and the interpretive lens chosen to study it, the contributions of this thesis have a marked foundational character. Both the conceptual model developed in the first part and the cognitive perspective proposed in the second aim at providing tools that help make sense of a corporate environment that is radically different from that of just a decade ago.
by Rafael Lucea.
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Peck, Nathan (Nathan W. ). "Evolving a global armaments logistics strategy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49793.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2009.Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-56).
Few companies globally source and manage commercial transportation for frequent and high volumes of explosive cargo for the U. S. Department of Defense. U.S. regulations are strict and economically competitive options are limited. The challenge is even more problematic when the company has not developed an internal capability to efficiently manage logistics transportation. Companies view logistics and supply chain management as crucial to their overall success, though most do not claim it as a core competency. Instead, companies often outsource logistics operations and management to 3rd Party Logistics and other transportation solution providers. This paper explores how a company dealing with frequent shipments of explosive, Department of Defense cargo need not fully outsource logistics operations and management. Rather this paper shows how a company can quickly and cost-effectively improve their internal logistics capability while utilizing the benefits of logistics outsourcing. It is imperative that a company evolving its logistics capability maintain flexibility yet realize the advances in the transportation outsourcing industry. This research is distinctive in that it provides a case study of an organization that utilizes global partners supplying the U.S. Government in substantial volumes and must operate within the confines of hazardous goods regulations and archaic United States Department of Defense shipping regulations.
by Nathan Peck.
S.M.
M.B.A.
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Siegel, Jordan Ian 1976. "Essays on global strategy and institutions." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17600.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2003.MIT Institute Archives copy: p. 177 and unnumbered sequence bound in reverse order between p. [130] and p. [131]; microfiched accordingly.
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This thesis examines how firms in countries with weak governance institutions access outside (technological and financial) resources and capabilities. The first essay challenges current views regarding the efficacy of renting foreign jurisdictions through cross-listings and shows that reputational mechanisms are more important. The second essay, which follows a group of Korean firms through the sequence of liberalizations and political changes since 1987, provides further evidence that reputational mechanisms are central in obtaining external resources and capabilities. The third essay suggests that Mexican firms selected alternative strategies besides cross-listings before liberalization, and that one of these strategies (forming a cross-border alliance) turned out to be more effective. The timing of liberalization is the key shift variable that determines which Mexican firms cross-listed and which firms instead formed cross-border alliances and/or acquired political connectedness. This thesis also demonstrates the complementarity of investing in domestic influence and the establishment of cross-border strategic alliances.
by Jordan Ian Siegel.
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Chandraprakaikul, Watcharavee. "Strategic positioning within global supply chains." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2008. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/3410.
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This thesis is concerned with the decision process of strategic positioning within global supply chains. The research provides insights into how companies currently form positioning decisions, and set out to develop a systematic methodology to assist practitioners in forming their strategic positioning decisions. Manufacturing in the UK is increasingly exposed to the effects of global competition. Many companies are facing difficulties to define the most advantageous position in their global supply chains in order to maximise their business competitiveness. The position of a company is concerned with deciding a boundary and configuration of internal and external business activities to the company and is directly related to initiatives such as outsourcing, make or buy, and offshoring. Unfortunately, current methodologies and tools do not provide adequate support to provide a holistic view for making such decisions. Hence, the purpose of this thesis is to provide a generic and practical methodology that is an integrated and holistic approach that assists practitioners to deal with strategic positioning within global supply chains. The research programme commenced by exploring the process and content of positioning decision from four actual manufacturing companies. The results from the exploratory case studies and existing contribution from literature have then been synthesised to form a pilot methodology. This is captured in the form of a paper-based workbook. This methodology has then been evaluated and refined through a primary application in two case studies with the researcher taking a role as a participant. Finally, wider applicability of the methodology has been assessed through four more case studies covering different types of manufacturing with the researcher not intervening but instead observing. The final methodology referred to in this thesis as the “SPGC methodology” has demonstrated that it provides practical support to industrial decision making. The outcome of this research is the step-by-step SPGC methodology supporting practitioners to deal with strategic positioning within global supply chains. The overall approach has been demonstrated to be feasible, usable and useful, and has been used in a range of manufacturing companies. This research has filled an industrial need and literature gap and has made a significant contribution to the knowledge on how manufacturing companies can form a strategic positioning within global supply chains.
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Faulkenberry, Barbara J. ""Global Reach--Global Power" Air Force Strategic Vision, Past and Future /." Maxwell AFB, Ala. : Air University Research Coordinator Office, 1998. http://www.au.af.mil/au/database/research/ay1995/saas/faulkebj.htm.
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Thesis (M.M.A.S.)--School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 1995.Subject: The analysis presented in this thesis evaluates the contents of past air force strategic vision documents and studies the process used to create such documents. Cover page date: June 1995. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Aziz, Abdul Rashid Abdul. "Global strategies of construction firms." Thesis, Online version, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.294100.
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Lucas, Arlindo Neves. "A Indústria de Defesa na Estratégia Global da União Europeia: Riscos e Potencialidades." Doctoral thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/21660.
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Tese de Doutoramento em Ciências Sociais, na especialidade de Estudos EstratégicosA Indústria de Defesa Europeia constitui uma questão atual, pois os Estados-membros não poderão garantir, per se, autonomamente, as respetivas necessidades de Defesa. Neste sentido, a União Europeia tem vindo a definir e a desenvolver mecanismos que permitam a indispensável participação de todos os Estados-membros em projetos conjuntos, num processo de integração que contribua para aumentar a sua autonomia estratégica. No entanto, a Indústria de Defesa Europeia continua a apresentar-se fragmentada, sem um procurement conjunto, com diversos tipos de equipamentos similares para a mesma finalidade e com pouco investimento em I&D. Assim, torna-se necessário compreender melhor as especificidades da Indústria de Defesa da União Europeia, bem como os seus riscos e potencialidades inerentes à sua (in)viabilização. Neste contexto, e tendo por base a realização de uma análise prospetiva estratégica, esta Tese procura obter uma avaliação do cenário mais provável para a Indústria de Defesa Europeia, a longo prazo, tendo em consideração os interesses das duas maiores potências militares da União Europeia, designadamente, a França e a Alemanha, a fim de discutir qual é a estratégia mais favorável que deve ser adotada no futuro.
The European Defence Industry is a relevant academic and political question, as Member States cannot guarantee, per se, autonomously, their Defence needs. In this sense, the European Union has been defining and developing mechanisms that allow the indispensable participation of all Member States in joint projects, in an integration process that contributes to increase their strategic autonomy. However, the European Defence Industry continues to be fragmented, without a joint procurement, with several types of similar equipment for the same purpose and with little investment in R&D. Thus, it becomes necessary to better understand the specificities of the European Union's Defence Industry, as well as its risks and potentials inherent in its (in)viability. In this context, and building from a strategic prospective analysis, this Thesis seeks to assess the most likely scenario for the European Defence Industry in the long term, taking into account the interests of the two largest military powers in the European Union, which are France and Germany, in order to discuss which is the most favorable strategy that should be adopted in the future.
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Brennan, Josephine, Susan Garrett, and Mike Purcell. "Opportunities for Global Sustainability (Global ABCD)." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3469.
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In spite of our substantive knowledge about global un-sustainability, insufficient progress is being made to halt systematic socio-ecological decline. Much information is readily available on downstream impacts, with limited focus on upstream activities driving such effects. This thesis uses backcasting from socioecological principles for sustainability to identify major upstream human activities violating these principles, the underlying drivers reinforcing such activities, alternative practices already in use with potential for significant expansion, and emerging opportunities for action across different sectors of society. Results show emerging patterns of high magnitude violations across all four socio-ecological principles indicating nexus points in energy, transportation and agriculture. These activities are reinforced by our societal structure which is designed to meet human needs through a growth paradigm which in turn does not adequately consider the ongoing health of ecosystems or the sustainable functioning of society itself. Shifting to potential solutions, examples focus on themes such as renewable energy, green chemicals, organic agriculture, and self-organising network structures. Recognising that these actions may not be enough, the thesis explores elements of a global vision which could guide progress. Emerging nexus points for societal change include education, information flows (particularly the media), design (as a leverage point), self-organization, and governance.Josephine Brennan +27 83 778 9158
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Krajňáková, Kristýna. "Srovnání strategie USA a EU v boji proti globálnímu terorismu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-192507.
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The thesis focuses on comparison of strategies of the USA and the EU in the fight against global terrorism, thus since terrorist attacks committed on 11 September 2001. The aim of the thesis is to assess which one of the strategies offers more suitable longterm counter-terrorism tool. Confrontation of the strategies with current development of global terrorism is included to help to assess strengths and weaknesses of the strategies.
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Vasovski, Steven. "A global sourcing strategy for durable tooling." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37941.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (p. 81).
Competitive pressures in manufacturing industries have led to an increased utilization of strategic sourcing initiatives: among them is low cost sourcing. While low cost sourcing has been used extensively for direct materials, the penetration of low cost sourcing in indirect materials is small. This thesis develops a global sourcing strategy for durable tooling and a methodology to help firms determine the best sourcing alternative for indirect materials. A low cost sourcing study done at Carrier compares the landed cost and quality of sheet metal stamping dies sourced from both China and the U.S. The study estimates that there is an opportunity to save 25-50% from low cost sourcing without compromising quality. The sourcing strategy presents a framework for: 1) determining whether to source durable tooling locally, regionally or globally, and 2) for comparing the return (using total cost of ownership) and risk (country/regional) of sourcing alternatives. The primary deliverable of this research is a standard work process which integrates the durable tooling sourcing strategy into Carrier's current product development process. The product development process manages a product's lifecycle from concept to launch.
(cont.) The secondary deliverables, which are necessary to execute the durable tooling sourcing strategy, are: 1) sourcing decision matrix, 2) preferred tooling supplier database, 3) country selection framework, 4) lifecycle cost calculator, and 5) balanced tooling supplier scorecard. The research leading to the development of the described sourcing strategy was conducted jointly between the MIT Leaders for Manufacturing Program and Carrier Corporation, a division of United Technologies.
by Steven Vasovski.
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M.B.A.
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Reddy, Harry 1963. "Global business strategy and innovation in banking." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17882.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-152).
The banking industry is known to have certainty only about uncertainty, change is only constant in adopting the technologies for developing innovative products and services, and yet the opportunities of arbitrage are everywhere including in economical settings and business strategies. The retail banking industry will be analyzed to understand why some banks make sustainable profits while others are less successful. We will analyze what business strategies would best work for such dynamic industry even as banking appears to be a commodity business. A systematic study will be set out to model the dynamics of different positioning of Delta Model and the effect of the underlying interactions. We will walk through the analysis of why the innovation along with the customer targeting and the operational effectiveness are crucial to implement the right business strategies. We also study banking case studies relevant to the business strategies. Finally, we present the conclusions with some recommendations in order for banks to thrive in the industry for years to come during both war times and peace times.
by Harry Reddy.
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Ellis, Bruce William Christopher. "Strategic planning in the global aerostructures industry." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272085.
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Van, Oudtshoorn Clive Niel. "Elements in global hospitality expansion." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1019970.
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This study reflects an investigation into four elements that could affect global expansion strategies within the hotel industry. In both emerging and developed economies, the increased growth within the services sector has become more apparent. There is considerable knowledge and literature available on the process of internationalisation, globalisation and expansion within the services sector and as this information is important to understand the internationalisation process itself, the decision to expand (cross border) presents a number of opportunities and challenges to the hotel industry. Hotels are comprised of a number of divisions and departments, which collectively offer unique services and facilities to various markets. Within this context, careful consideration is required with respect to an organisation‟s overall strategic objectives, the internal structure and how government and cultural influences and differences affect global expansion. Organisational matters such as strategic objectives as well as operational functions such as financial, marketing and sales, human resources and organisational design must also be considered as hotels require synergy within each of these various components in order to function optimally. When international or globalisation opportunities present themselves or are proactively sought, organisations need to ensure that various factors are clearly understood, analysed and identified. These include the most appropriate strategy required, the organisations own internal capacity levels, governmental influences and cultural dynamics. An in-depth literature review regarding the internationalisation process was conducted where-after a review was compiled and interviews set up with directors of hotel groups who are responsible for global expansion within their respective organisations. The sample included three local South African and two international hotel groups who either were contemplating or who had already expanded internationally. It is evident that hotel companies have a preference to non-equity based expansion either through management contracts or joint ventures. In addition, expansion into emerging markets required a different approach to that of developed markets and a unique understanding of the government and cultural influences of the host country was required.
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Orrebrant, Richard, and Oscar Meivert. "The Networking Born Globals : An Exploratory Study of how Swedish Born Global Software Firms use Networks when Internationalizing." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-30284.
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Purpose – The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how networking is influenced by the choice of internationalization strategy of software firms with a born global mindset. To achieve this purpose, the following research questions were answered: How applicable is previous research on traditional internationalization strategies to born global software firms? How does networking vary between the different choices of internationalization strategy for born global software firms? Method – The research philosophy of this thesis was interpretivistic, supported by an abductive qualitative multi-method approach of exploratory character. Additionally, the data collection methods were literature studies, interviews and documentation conducted from six case companies. The collected data form the base of the developed networking and internationalization model which serves to support the general understanding of how born global software firms can internationalize and use networks to benefit their operations. Findings – By forming clusters and looking into how networking varies between the different choices of internationalization strategy, several types of internationalization strategies of born global software firms were identified, these being referred to as Nascent Global, Cautiously Global, Regionally Global and Instantly Global. Additionally, the results show that it is the choice of internationalization strategy that influences the choice of the networking activity. Nascent Global firms are firms who has not yet launched their service or decided upon internationalization strategy, they mostly network in order to strategize and plan; Cautiously Global firms operates nationally or have recently internationalized into another country, for them the networking focus lies on the process of learning to minimize the risk of mistakes or failure; Regionally Global firms are internationalizing incrementally with a regional focus and networking to access sources of knowledge; Instantly Global firms are those who are global right from inception where the focus is targeted at growth opportunities. Moreover, the findings show that Instantly Global firms are the ones that truly contradict traditional theory on internationalization strategies. Research limitations – The first limitation of this study is that we have solely focused on networking from the firm’s perspective and have not gone into the actual external network of each firm. Additionally, it would be appropriate to include a larger amount of case companies, in order to increase the level of generalizability. Nevertheless, due to limitations concerning the scale of work and time-constraints, six case companies were included. Further research – If practitioners would conduct a similar investigation of born global software firms, it would be interesting to conduct a quantitative study, analyzing potential linkages between the use of networks and internationalization. Also, since this study was cross-sectional, opportunities exist of conducting a longitudinal study, looking into how born global software firms change over time.
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Harmsen, Nadine, and Manuela Wurm. "Born Globals and their Strategic Behaviour : - A case study of small and medium sized companies in a global business environment." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-20944.
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A lot of research has been done concerning the internationalization process of companies. However, researchers have identified a new type of firm that is leapfrogging and is operating internationally right after inception. These companies are Born Globals. We are interested in this trend and the purpose of this research is to understand the strategic behaviour of Born Globals. Therefore, we have done qualitative research on these companies and we will focus on their pre-internationalization steps, their key drivers and their relation to the home market. We have found three case companies, who have helped us in our understandings and we have made several conclusions, regarding their strategic behaviour.
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Fonseca, Carlos E. "Corporative strategy in a global industry joy global faces Caterpillar's acquisition of bucyrus." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2014. http://www.repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/117498.
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Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en AdministraciónAutor no autoriza el acceso a texto completo de su tesis en el Portal de Tesis Electrónicas de la U. de Chile.
Mike Sutherlin, CEO of Joy Global Inc. (“JOY”), a global mining equipment manufacturer, was having lunch, in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with his wife, in November of 2010 when his cell phone began ringing. He hesitated answering, but recognizing the name, picked up to hear surprising news. It was a courtesy call from a friend at Caterpillar Inc. (“CAT”), the $85 Billion USD juggernaut, letting him know that CAT had just purchased JOY’s cross town rival, Bucyrus International, Inc. (“BI”), for $8.8B USD. JOY and BI were 2 Milwaukee, Wisconsin based mining equipment manufacturers who competed head to head on a worldwide stage. Evenly matched, with a market cap around $7B USD each, these two companies had spared in the surface and underground mining equipment market for heavy duty extraction mining equipment for over a hundred years since their founding in 1888 and 1889, respectively. All of a sudden, with this acquisition, what had always been a cross town rivalry would take on new proportions. CAT was the undisputed world wide heavy machinery giant with a market cap 10 times the size of JOY. Regarding the acquisition, Sutherlin comments, “Instead of a smaller competition across town all of a sudden this changed the world for us.” CAT brought to the table revenues which were 12 times larger than JOY, a global brand that stood for reliable heavy machinery, exceptional service through its army of worldwide distributors, and the ability to win deals by financing equipment through CAT financial. Sutherlin´s team had just put the finishing touches on their strategic plan for 2010. The exercise had reaffirmed some of JOY´s strategies, such as a continued commitment to focus solely in the mining equipment industry (versus including construction and farming equipment markets like CAT), a direct sales and service go to market model (versus third party distributors like CAT), and a focus on premium products with premium pricing (versus wining deals on price like BI). The plan also called for some changes such as moving beyond the dependence on a single product for their surface mining division and a move beyond coal specific products for its underground division. Would this strategy need to be revised? Would the plan withstand this new challenge? Sutherlin knew it was time to get his leadership team together, circle the wagons, and figure out, what, if anything, JOY could do to respond to this new competitive threat from CAT.
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Herold, David Martin. "Has Carbon Disclosure Become More Transparent in the Global Logistics Industry? An Investigation of Corporate Carbon Disclosure Strategies between 2010 and 2015." MDPI, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/logistics2030013.
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Global logistics companies are increasingly disclosing carbon related information due to institutional and stakeholder pressures. Existing research, however, is limited to categorizing these pressures and their influences on corporate carbon disclosure strategies. In particular, literature to date has not distinguished between different carbon disclosure strategies and how they may have changed over time. In response, this paper: (1) proposes a framework that depicts four different carbon disclosure responses and strategies based on internal and external pressures; and (2) subsequently analyzes and compares corporate carbon disclosure strategies between 2010 and 2015. Using a sample of 39 leading global logistics companies, carbon disclosure strategies are categorized based on the analysis of 25 applied carbon management practices from Bloomberg ESG to see if carbon management practices and the associated strategies have changed. The findings show overall shifts to more transparent corporate carbon disclosure strategies between 2010 and 2015 with an increase of applied carbon management practices in both internal and external actions.
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夏吳佩淑 and Ng Pui-suk Ophelia Ha. "Global marketing strategies applicability within Asia." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1985. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31263185.
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Ha, Ng Pui-suk Ophelia. "Global marketing strategies applicability within Asia /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1985. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12349719.
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RADEMAKER, CAMILA DE SOUSA BRAGA. "THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL CORPORATE STRATEGIES." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2003. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=4226@1.
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A Globalização promove inúmeras oportunidades para as
empresas incluindo o acesso a múltiplos mercados, novas
receitas, conhecimentos e tecnologias capazes de
incrementar sua competitividade. Paralelamente, gera uma
série de ameaças num ambiente crescente de instabilidade
mundial que provém de conflitos geopolíticos e sociais,
alguém de riscos econômico-financeiros. Mais ainda, a
solidicação de um sistema econômico global em
desequilíbrio
é um dos principais motivos dos conflitos e dos riscos.
Estas vertentes da Globalização, tanto positivas quanto
negativas, causam distúrbios e oscilações agressivas aos
mercados criando desafios à gestâo estratégica
corporativa
global. As abordagens teóricas do processo de
Globalização
das empresas, disponíveis na literatura levam em conta as
vertentes de ameaças e oportunidades, no entanto de forma
desordenada. Este estudo propõe uma análise qualitativa
das
principais abordagens existentes com o objetivo de
identificar os desafios da gestão corporativa de empresas
em
transformação global sob essas duas vertentes. Mais
ainda,
demonstra que a busca de alternativas para sua
sobrevivência e independência doméstica, requer a revisão
da forma de suas funções administrativas e a formulação e
implementação de suas estratégias, de maneira a definir a
estrutura necessária para a expansão de seus negócios. É
demonstrado também que vislumbrar novos mercados requer
diversas habilidades dinâmicas, mas também sistematização
para administrar desafios externos e internos.Globalization provides several opportunities to companies, including access to multiple markets, new revenues, knowledge and technologies, that increases their competitivity. On the other hand, it generates a series of threats within an environment of worldwide growing instability, originated from social and geopolitical conflicts, together with financial and economical risks. Moreover, the solidification of an unstable global economical system is at the heart of such conflicts and risks. Such aspects of the Globalization process, both the positive and negative ones, may cause aggressive disturbances and oscillations in the markets creating challenges to the global corporate strategic management. The modern approaches to managerial globalization process take into account both these aspects, opportunities and threats, however in an unordered way. In this work we present a qualitative analysis of the main approaches to global companies, aiming to pinpoint the challenges of corporate management of companies under globalization. Moreover, we demonstrate that a search for alternatives to a company's survival and domestic independence requires a change of perspective regarding their administrative functions and the formulation and implementation of their strategies, in order to define the necessary infrastructure to allow its business growth. It is also shown that a search for new markets requires several dynamic abilities but also a systematic method to manage internal and external challenges.
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Yoden, Michihiko. "Global expansion strategies for software firms." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90225.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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The business competition in the software industry is increasingly becoming a global competition. In this era with a fast-paced innovative environment, strategy plays an important role for managers in software companies in defining its own globalization approach. This thesis discusses the competitive dynamics of a wide variety of product segments in the software industry - IT services, packaged software, Internet services and e-commerce - to illustrate the different nature of the business in the software industry, especially with the focus on globalization. The work first discusses the current global competition in the software industry. The analyses cover the competitive landscape in certain product segments as well as in certain regions. Second, a Global Winner-Takes-All-or-Most framework is introduced to simplify the thought process in determining which business a firm is competing in, what are the implications of global competition and what a firm should think through when it considers international expansion to another country or region. Third, a DAC framework (local demand, accessibility and complementarity) is also introduced to simplify the thought process in determining which countries or regions a firm should focus its resources on, along with the implications of competition and what a firm should think through. Next, three aspects of execution implications - new market expansion, organizational design and leadership - are discussed. These frameworks and findings are backed up with sketches of global software firms to highlight the best practices in the software industry in terms of globalization, with an emphasis on software firms. Finally, a summary of the findings from this research and recommendations are provided for software firms headed for globalization.
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Čepulienė, Monika. "VŠĮ "Šv. Juozapo globos namai" socialinių globos paslaugų senyvo amžiaus žmonėms kokybės vertinimas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20130625_190359-58277.
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Magistro baigiamajame darbe išanalizuota ir įvertinta „Šv. Juozapo globos namų“ vidaus ir išorės aplinkos veiksnių kompleksinė įtaka, identifikuotos probleminės sritys ir tuo remiantis sudaromos prielaidos organizacijos strategijos formavimui bei strateginio plano rengimui. Pirmoje darbo dalyje teoriniu aspektu apibrėžiamos socialinės globos paslaugos, strateginio planavimo teoriniai aspektai ir socialinių globos paslaugų kokybės vertinimo ypatumai apžvelgiant paslaugų kokybės vertinimo modelius bei užsienio valstybių empirinius tyrimus. Antroje dalyje, remiantis tam tikrais metodais (Porter 5 jėgos, PEST, 7 - S, SSGG), atliekama „Šv. Juozapo globos namų“ strateginė analizė. Trečioje darbo dalyje pateikiama „Šv. Juozapo globos namų“ socialinės globos paslaugų kokybės empirinio tyrimo metodika bei organizavimas ir rezultatų analizė. Tyrimo tikslas - palyginti socialines paslaugas į namus gaunančių asmenų bei jų artimųjų ir globos įstaigoje gyvenančių asmenų bei jų artimųjų požiūrį į jiems teikiamų paslaugų kokybę bei identifikuoti kokybės kriterijus, darančius didžiausią įtaką bendram kokybės įvertinimui. Atsižvelgiant į strateginės analizės rezultatus pateikiami siūlymai organizacijos veiklos tobulinimui.This Master's thesis analyzes and evaluates St. Joseph's Care Home’s internal and external environmental factors’ complex influence, identifies problematic areas and leads to the preconditions for organization's strategy formulation and preparation of strategic plan. The first part of the thesis defines the theoretical terms of social care services, strategic planning in theory and the peculiarities of social care services quality assessment by reviewing service quality evaluation models and empirical studies from foreign countries. The strategic analysis of St. Joseph's Care Home is performed in the second part of this thesis basing on certain techniques (Porter's five forces, PEST, 7 – S, SWOT). The third part of the thesis provides the methodology of St. Joseph's Care Home empirical research on social care service quality, organization and analysis of the results. The aimof the research is to compare the attitudes on services quality of individuals and their family members, who receive social services athomeand the ones living in carehome; also to identify the quality criteria that havethe greatestimpact on the general qualityassessment. Based on the results of strategic analysis the suggestions on how to improve organization’s performance are provided.
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Brizek, Jason M. Morris Erwin C. "A non-conventional interdiction strategy for the global war on terror." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Jun%5FBrizek.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2007.Thesis Advisor(s): Peter J. Gustaitis II. "June 2007." Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-104). Also available in print.