Dissertations / Theses: 'Strategy formation'

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Semko. "FORMATION OF HR STRATEGY." Thesis, Київ 2018, 2018. http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/33900.

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Fraser, Ian, and ian fraser@rmit edu au. "Strategy Formation in Chinese Universities." RMIT University. Accounting and Law, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080121.161858.

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This thesis explores the process by which Chinese universities carry out strategy formation. It aims to provide an insight into the lives of the managers of Chinese universities in the period 2002-2003 which was a time of transition from the regime of President Jiang Zemin to that of President Hu Jintao. Chinese refer to this period as the transition from the third to the fourth generation of leaders. Strategy was defined as a course of action aimed at achieving an organization's purpose and strategy formation was defined as including strategy development and implementation. Answers were sought to the following questions based on data from a small number of universities using stakeholder theory to inform the data collection process: · What is the process by which strategy development and implementation takes place in Chinese universities? · How is the process applied in different universities? · How can an understanding of strategy formation in Chinese universities assist in the development of joint ventures in China by foreign educational institutions? The method of data collection involved interviewing three levels of management in six different universities drawn from three major cities in China. In order to guarantee confidentiality, the identities of the instutions and the individuals involved has been concealed. Background information collected included the history of Chinese universities to 2002 and important features of Chinese culture, society and politics. Stakeholder theory was found to provide a useful framework for analysing the process of strategy formation. It was found that assumptions based on the operations of Australian universities did not apply in China, particularly in the areas of work relationships, reporting and performance management and in the conduct of research. Findings included: · Three approaches to strategy emerged, including the President making unilateral decisions, a consultative approach including stakeholders, and an approach involving consultation with staff. · The process varies between universities depending on factors such as the guanxi relationships of the President. · The learnings from this project can be applied to other joint ventures in education in China.

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Lochbrunner, Veronika. "Integrating Trends into Strategy Formation." St. Gallen, 2006. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/00645168002/$FILE/00645168002.pdf.

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Persson, Sofie, Hannes Fridolfsson, and Amanda Holst. "Strategy within E-commerce : The formation process." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-54056.

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Today the e-commerce market has become a bigger part of both organizations’ and consumers’ everyday-life. Earlier established strategies within retail can't be relied upon. The online-based organizations don’t act on the same conditions as traditional shops in terms of location, customer service and personal interaction to name a few. These are factors generally important to the traditional strategy formation within retail. E-commerce is an emerging market and to survive a well-formulated strategy formation is crucial in order to endure the environment. The aim of this research is to create an understanding of how strategy is formed in e-commerce organizations. In order to answer the research questions, a qualitative research, including a case study, have been performed. Empirical material has been conducted mainly through semi-structured interviews, with one of Sweden’s largest internet retailers, regarding their ink- and beauty supply segment. Whittington’s (2001) two perspectives; evolutionary and classical, have been used to get different viewpoints on the organization studied. We came to the conclusion that the key factors in strategy formation within e-commerce are experience in combination with available information about the environment they act within. When making recommendations for future studies, a suggestion has been made to examine the whole strategic process and review successful strategies as a consequence of well-analyzed formation. Finally, to examine the impact of maturity of organizations in relation to their strategic processes, would create an understanding of how the relationship between experience within the organization and the data accessible is constructed.

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Leavy, Brian. "Strategy formation in Irish complex organisations." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1988. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/34721/.

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This is a comparative study of strategy formation in Irish complex organisations. Four organisations were chosen for study which are representative of the four main types of organisation to be found in the Irish economy,a state agency,a public limited company,a state-owned entreprise and a producer cooperative. The approach taken in this research is multi-level and contextual,an approach which is still very rare in organisational studies. Insight is sought through intensive, longitudinal study of the four organisations over their whole life histories. The central thrust of the inquiry is the empirical examination of how situational context and autonomous organisational behaviour influence organisational strategy and of how these two elements interact. The context - strategy formation link,in particular, is under-explored in the strategy literature. The small national context facilitates the development of a multi-level perspective on the interaction of situational context and organisational action that includes the national,industry and organisational levels of analysis. It also throws the context-organisation interrelationship into greater relief than would be possible through using a similar research design in a much larger national context. The empirical analysis identifies SITUATIONAL CONTEXT,ORGANISATIONAL LEADERS and ORGANISATIONAL HISTORY as the three main elements in strategy formation. It isolates and empirically analyses FIVE important CONTEXTUAL FACTORS that shape strategy,and provides a greater elaboration of the contextual influences on organisational action than that to be found in much of the organisational literature, where the environment of organisations tends to be viewed as homogeneous and residual. It also reveals that the contextual influences on organisational action often arise from INTER-LINKING PROCESSES OF SOCIAL VOLITION across multiple levels of social and economic structure and it examines the nature of these processes. In this way the study goes beyond the predominant conception of contextual influences as 'impersonal forces', a perspective on situational context that also predominates in the organisational literature. The study also provides a FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON the role of LEADERSHIP in strategy formation. It deflects attention away from the predominant pre-occupation in the leadership literature with the personality and personal attributes of the leader. Leadership effectiveness is also seen to be related to the ongoing processual dynamics of leading(i.e. to ongoing performance and the maintenance of credibility over time) and to the nature of the historical challenge presented to individual leaders by situational context and organisational history. A classification of leaders in terms of their historical roles is developed and offered as a useful way of organising future research into the leadership phenomenon. The study then develops,from the data and the analysis,a model of organisational development,based on the concept of ORGANISATIONAL CAREER,which is more existential and less deterministic than that based on the life cycle analogy. These insights are finally synthesised into A RELATIONAL MODEL OF STRATEGY FORMATION and the study ends with an assessment of the utility of this model,and of the related findings, for future research and practice.

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Buzuloiu, Carmina Manuela. "The process of strategy formation in high-growth SMEs." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/285100.

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This dissertation explores the topic of strategy formation in high-growth SMEs. High-growth SMEs represent the growth and job creation engine of an economy; however, little has been understood on how strategy forms and develops in high-growth SMEs. The focus on large organisations has led to a literature gap regarding strategy making in SMEs (Wisener and Millett, 2012). "There is a need for deeper understanding" of strategy formation processes in SMEs (Lofving et al., 2014) and "research focusing on questions such as how firms grow [...] has been neglected." (Wright and Stigliani, 2012) The research objectives are: to understand how strategy forms and develops in high-growth SMEs; to develop a framework for the qualitative study of strategy formation processes in high-growth SMEs; and to identify enablers and barriers related to strategy formation processes in high-growth SMEs. A multiple, retrospective case-study methodology has been used. Extensive case studies built on in-depth interviews with management have been compiled to understand the complexity of the studied phenomenon. The research develops two qualitative research tools based on the literature review: a preliminary framework and an assessment matrix to study strategy formation processes. Furthermore, the research introduces a new approach to strategy charting. The key contributions of this research are as follows: • A holistic view of how strategy processes in high-growth SMEs form and develop is provided. New insights into the structures, characteristics, and other aspects of strategy formation processes have been articulated. • A framework for the qualitative study of strategy formation processes in high-growth SMEs has been developed by applying the cross-case analysis findings to the preliminary framework. • New enablers and barriers related to strategy formation processes in high-growth SMEs have been identified. New findings on the role of strategy formation in achieving growth have been outlined. This dissertation narrows the gap between strategy formation in academia and real life by providing practitioners with detailed case studies which can be used as guidelines for the development of strategy formation processes. The research can also help SMEs' managers to tackle challenges encountered in strategy formation and to support catalysts which enable strategy formation. This dissertation provides exploratory findings into a phenomenon which has been limitedly researched. Further research should seek to generalise and test the findings on additional SMEs.

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Romme, Abel Georges Lodewijk. "A self-organization perspective on strategy formation." [Maastricht : Maastricht : Rijksuniversiteit Limburg] ; University Library, Maastricht University [Host], 1992. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=5694.

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Klimavičius, Domas. "FOREX trading strategy formation using technical analysis." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2010. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2010~D_20100628_092925-58159.

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FOREX technical analysis indicators, their characteristics and capabilities are researched in this final master thesis. The main goal of this thesis is to determine if technical analysis indicators can recognise patterns in price movements and if they can predict future price movement. The first part of the thesis presents with FOREX theoretical aspects, its characteristics and participants. In the second part of the thesis FOREX analysis tools are overviewed, focusing on technical analysis. Most popular technical analysis indicators are analyzed. The third part of the thesis provides with the essentials of FOREX trading strategy creation using technical analysis. In the fourth part the FOREX trading strategy using technical analysis is created and tested. The results of the trading strategy are presented and analyzed. Last part of the thesis contains the summary of the thesis, conclusions and suggestions. Thesis has 6 parts: introduction, theoretical and practical sections, conclusions and suggestions, references. Structure: introduction, theoretical and practical sections, conclusions and suggestions, references. Thesis consist of: 66 p. text without appendixes, 23 pictures, 5 tables, 62 bibliographical entries. Appendixes included.
Šiame baigiamajame magistro darbe nagrinėjami FOREX rinkos analizei naudojami techniniai indikatoriai, jų savybės bei galimybės. Pagrindinis baigiamojo darbo tikslas yra nustatyti, ar techninės analizės indikatoriai gali nustatyti vaiutų kainų kitimo pasikartojančius modelius ir ar jie gali numatyti kainų judėjimą ateityje. Pirmojoje baigiamojo darbo dalyje pristatomi teoriniai FOREX rinkos aspektai, jos dalyviai bei charakteristika. Antrojoje baigiamojo darbo dalyje apžvelgiami FOREX analizės įrankiai, išskiriant techninę analizę. Aprašomi populiariausi techninės analizės indikatoriai. Trečiojoje baigiamojo darbo dalyje nagrinėjami pagrindiniai prekybos FOREX rinkoje strategijos kūrimo naudojant techninę analizę elementai. Ketvirtojoje baigiamojo darbo dalyje kuriama ir testuojama prekybos FOREX rinkoje strategija naudojant techninę analizę. Pateikiami prekybos strategijos rezultatai bei jų analizė. Paskutinėje baigiamojo darbo dalyje, remiantis gautais rezultatais, pateikiamos išvados ir pasiūlymai. Darbą sudaro 6 dalys: įvadas, teorinė, praktinė dalys, išvados ir siūlymai, literatūros sąrašas. Darbo apimtis – 66 p. teksto be priedų, 23 iliustr., 5 lent., 62 bibliografiniai šaltiniai. Atskirai pridedami darbo priedai.

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Moody, Shona. "SLOPE : a metaphor-based strategy formation tool /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2005. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2192.

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Edh, Mirzaei Nina. "Involving individuals in the manufacturing strategy formation : Strategic consensus among workers and managers." Doctoral thesis, Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Technology Management and Economics, Operations Management, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-30031.

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Decisions made and actions taken by individuals in the operations function impact the formation of a company’s manufacturing strategy (MS). Therefore, it is important that the MS is understood and agreed on by all employees, that is, strategic consensus among the individuals in the operations function is essential. This research contributes to the current body of knowledge by including a workers’ perspective on MS formation. It is the workers on the shop floor who bring the MS to life in the actual operations through their daily decisions and actions. The MS falls short if the priorities outlined do not materialise in practice as intended. The purpose of this research is to investigate how the individuals in the operations function perceive the MS in order to understand how these individuals are involved in the MS formation. The research is based on five studies, differing by evidence, as follows: one theoretical, three qualitative in the setting of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and one quantitative at a large company. Based on the findings presented in the six appended papers, the results show that empirically and conceptually, workers have been overlooked or given a passive role in the MS formation. Empirically, it is seen that workers and managers do not have a shared understanding of the underlying reasons for strategic priorities; hence, the level of strategic consensus is low. Furthermore, the level of strategic consensus varies among the different MS dimensions depending on their organisational level. Moreover, the empirical findings reveal that internal contextual factors influence the individuals’ perceptions of the MS and the possibilities for strategic consensus. Regarding the external context, the results show that major customers’ strategies influence the subcontractor SMEs’ MS formation. The usage of means of communication in the operations function has also shown to be of importance for how the MS is perceived. Conceptually, the findings indicate that the MS literature tends to treat individuals in the operations function in a deterministic manner; individuals on the shop floor are regarded as manufacturing resources. To ensure a successful MS formation process, where the patterns of the decisions made by the individuals in the operations function forms the MS, the view on human nature within the MS requires a more voluntaristic approach. This research suggests to view the MS formation as an iterative “patterning process” which builds on a reciprocal relationship between workers and managers. The introduction of the patterning process contributes to the research on MS formation by explaining the perception range within the hierarchical levels, by re-defining the hierarchical levels included in the MS formation and by detailing the activities in the MS formation.

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Сема, І. М. "Enterprise risk management system formation." Thesis, Чернігів, 2020. http://ir.stu.cn.ua/123456789/20042.

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Sema, І. М. Enterprise risk management system formation=Формування конкурентної стратегії розвитку підприємства : дипломна робота : 073 Менеджмент / І. М. Сема ; керівник роботи Дука А. П. ; Національний університет «Чернігівська політехніка», кафедра публічного управління та менеджменту організацій. – Чернігів, 2020. – 76 с.
The work is devoted to theoretical and practical aspects of revealing the essence of formation of competitive strategy of enterprise development. The work consists of three sections, introduction and conclusions. The introduction substantiates the relevance of the topic, purpose and objectives of the thesis. The first section reveals the theoretical foundations of the concept of competition, competitiveness. The system of measures of formation is considered. The questions of formation of competitive strategy of the enterprise are covered. In the second section the methodical aspects of formation of competitive strategy for the enterprise are considered. Features of application of competitive advantages according to M. Porter are revealed. Based on the generalization of the agricultural sector in Ukraine, the position of the enterprise is analyzed, the PEST-analysis of the formation of market advantages is carried out. general characteristics of risk management. This section contains a description of the activities of the enterprise, covers issues of economic activity of LLC agro-industrial enterprise "RESSKI". The third section contains proposals for the formation of a competitive strategy for the development of LLC, recommendations for the implementation of a competitive strategy for the company. The conclusions contain generalizations of the problems of the enterprise, measures to solve the problems of the enterprise.
Робота присвячена теоретичним та практичним аспектам розкриття сутності формування конкурентної стратегії розвитку підприємства. Робота складається з трьох розділів, вступу та висновків. У вступі обґрунтовується актуальність теми, мета і завдання дипломної роботи. У першому розділі розкриті теоретичні основи поняття конкуренції, конкурентоспроможності. Розглянуто систему заходів формування висвітлені питання формування конкурентної стратегії підприємства. У другому розділі розглянуто методичні аспекти формування конкурентної стратегії для підприємства Розкриті особливості застосування конкурентних переваг за М. Портером. На основі узагальнення аграрної сфери в Україні, проаналізовано позизії підприємства, здійснено PEST-аналіз формування переваг на ринку. загальної характеристики управління ризиками. У цьому розділі міститься характеристика діяльності підприємства, висвітлені питання особливостей господарської діяльності ТОВ агропромислового підприємства «РЕССКІ». Третій розділ містить пропозиції щодо формування конкурентної стратегії розвитку ТОВ, наведені рекомендації з впровадження конкурентної стратегії для підприємства. У висновках містяться узагальнення проблем підприємства, заходів щодо вирішення проблем діяльності підприємства.

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Einarsson, Stefan. "Ideology Being Governed : Strategy Formation in Civil Society." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Institutionen för Företagande och Ledning, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-1853.

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Many civil society organisations (CSOs) worldwide today face declining memberships, mission-drift or that they no longer are seen as relevant in society today. Several researchers warn that this development may lead to diminished democracy on both the national level and on the organisational level. This dissertation presents a longitudinal case study of the evolving strategy formation processes as they play out within a group of organisations surrounding one of the oldest nonprofits in Sweden, the IOGT-NTO. This membership-based federation and its sister organisations are treated in the analysis as a non-profit group, or interorganisational domain, held together by a shared system of values. The group has been able to retain and even develop much of its character as well as remain true to its original mission. This study demonstrates the importance of a membership-based governance system, which is able to stay true to the organisation's ideological core. It also points at the importance of having processes that enable the organisation to change along with society, while also preserving a certain distance from its surrounding environment so that it can maintain its distinctiveness. By doing this, the organisation is not just staying true to its original mission, but also actively contributing to democracy by including new groups of members in the decision-making process. Finally, the IOGT-NTO case highlights how crucial it is to keep the ideological discussion alive within the governance system. In combination, these structures and mechanisms might enable a CSO to mitigate the iron law of oligarchy and revitalize itself. Stefan Einarsson is a researcher at the Stockholm Center for Civil Society Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics Institute for Research (SIR) in Sweden.

Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 2012.

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Menzies, Susan E. "Information systems strategy formation in a hotel context." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0020/MQ27527.pdf.

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Gedvilaitė, Akvilė. "Physical education and sports strategy formation in Lithuania." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2012. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20120110_142644-16068.

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Lithuanian physical education and sports sector problem analysis on scientific level is conducted fragmentarily. The most frequent research orientation consists of athletes’ training or sport science scientific problems, as well as various ages individuals’ physical activity and health, specialist training. Very little attention is dedicated to the sport sector’s management problems and the aforementioned sector strategy formation problem analysis is absent overall. The aim of the research – to investigate physical education and sports sector strategy formation theoretical aspects, constitute a management model of the physical education and sports sector and to identify strategic activity fields. The research is based on the use of general research methods – analysis and synthesis of the scientific literature, Lithuanian and other countries’ laws and other legal documents, expert interviews, statistical data analysis and graphic simulations. The first part of the dissertation covers theoretical aspects of the strategy formation conceptualization. The second part of the dissertation describes situation the physical education and sports in selected foreign countries and in Lithuania. Lithuanian physical education and sports management development, organizational and economic aspects are analyzed. The third part of the dissertation describes the physical education and sports, as the public sector, strategic management model, based on scientific literature, document analysis and... [to full text]
Lietuvoje kūno kultūros ir sporto sektoriaus problemų analizė mokslo lygmenyje atliekama fragmentiškai, dažniausiai orientuojamasi į sportininkų rengimo arba sporto mokslo problematiką, bei problemas, susijusias su įvairaus amžiaus gyventojų fiziniu aktyvumu ir sveikata, specialistų rengimu, tačiau mažai dėmesio skiriama sporto sektoriaus vadybos klausimams, o šio sektoriaus strategijos formavimo problemų analizės apskritai pasigendama. Tyrimo tikslas – ištirti kūno kultūros ir sporto sektoriaus strategijos formavimo teorinius aspektus, sudaryti šio sektoriaus strateginio valdymo modelį ir nustatyti strategines veiklos sritis. Tyrimui pagrįsti pasitelkti bendrieji mokslinio tyrimo metodai – mokslinės literatūros, Lietuvos ir kitų šalių įstatymų bei kitų teisinių dokumentų analizė ir apibendrinimas, ekspertų apklausa, statistinė duomenų analizė ir grafinis modeliavimas. Pirmoje disertacijos dalyje nagrinėjami teoriniai strategijos formavimo konceptualizacijos aspektai. Antrojoje disertacinio darbo dalyje nagrinėjama kūno kultūros ir sporto situacija pasirinktose užsienio valstybėse ir Lietuvoje, analizuojami Lietuvos kūno kultūros ir sporto valdymo raidos organizaciniai ir ekonominai aspektai. Trečiojoje disertacinio darbo dalyje pateikiamas ir aprašomas kūno kultūros ir sporto, kaip viešojo sektoriaus, strateginio valdymo modelis, remiantis mokslinės literatūros, dokumentų analizės ir ekspertų kūno kultūros ir sporto strategijos vertinimo išvadomis, nagrinėjamos kūno kultūros... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

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Harris, Simon George Stewart. "National values and strategy formation by business leaders." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.396582.

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Guerra, Enrico. "A Distributed Control Strategy for Satellite Formation Flying." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021.

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Satellite technologies have progressed significantly in the last years from the early experiments made by scientists in the last century. Nowadays, a challenging problem that attracts scientists, engineers and space agencies is the design of space missions composed of clusters of satellites. Therefore, achieving certain configurations for the members and granting synchronization of their attitude are of key importance. The topic of formation control is well known and discussed in robotic systems and aerial vehicles research and in this thesis is applied to clusters of spacecrafts. In the same field of coordination of multi-agent systems lies the attitude synchronization problem for satellites. Most of the control laws developed to achieve a desired formation consist of a centralized or hierarchical architecture, where one or more vehicles, called the leader, follow a predefined trajectory and other members of the formation, called the followers, track them. In this thesis, instead, a distributed control law for formation control and attitude synchronization of satellites is presented. In this way, the control does not lean on a single satellite of the group, thus being more robust. The exchange of information between the spacecrafts is represented and studied as a graph; many studies on distributed network extensively use this mathematical tool and a better analysis of the problem can be performed. Furthermore, the developed control law is applied to scenarios where the communication between interacting spacecrafts is not considered to be continuous but takes place only at certain instants of time. Finally, tests are presented to show the effectiveness of the control and how it reacts to different settings. A Simulink implementation is also developed to show interactive ways to control the formation and to test the behavior of the proposed control strategy to changes of reference formation.

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Tkachenko, Yevhenii, and Andriy Malovychko. "Formation of a strategy to ensure the competitiveness of the enterprise." Thesis, National Aviation University, 2021. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/53348.

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1. Astafieva K. O. (2013), "Estimation of the vector of enterprise development", Materials of the 3rd international scientific conference " Economic growth in the conditions of public-private partnership", Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 164–165. 2. Blyznyuk, S.V., & Ostapenko, A.V. (2011). Konkurentnyi potentsial pidpryiemnytstva yak kategoriya suchasnykh ekonomichnykh doslidzhen [Competitive potential of entrepreneurship as a category of modern economic research]. Investytsii: praktyka ta dosvid – Investment: practice and experience, 7, 41-42 [in Ukrainian]. 3. Korytko T., Pіletska S, Arefieva О, Pidhora Ye, Pryimakova Yu. Formation of organizational and economic mechanism of motivation of increase of investment activity of the enterprise. Financial and credit activity: problems of theory and practice. № 4 (35). 2020. 418-425. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/628/1/012042 4. S. Tulchynska, O. Vovk, O. Popelo, S. Saloid, O. Kostiunik. Innovation and investment strategies to intensify the potential modernization and to increase the competitiveness of microeconomic systems. International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, VOL.21 No.6, June 2021, pp. 161-168. Режим доступу: http://paper.ijcsns.org/07_book/202106/20210622.pdf, https://doi.org/10.22937/IJCSNS.2021.21.6.22 5. Tetiana Tkachenko, Svitlana Tulchynska, Olena Kostiunik, Olha Vovk, Nataliia Kovalenko Modernization determinants by ensuring economic security of enterprises in the competitive conditions. International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, VOL.21 No.8, August 2021 Pp.119-126. . Режим доступу: http://ijcsns.org/07_book/html/202108/202108016.html
It is noted that the support of competitive strategies of the enterprise involves the use of a set of measures to strengthen and develop competitive advantages at the appropriate stages of their life cycle. At the heart of increasing the competitiveness of the enterprise is an effective, flexible and sound pricing policy, innovation, technical and technological modernization and renewal of fixed assets, effective enterprise management, development of corporate social responsibility, ensuring stability in crisis conditions.

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Stein, Johan. "Strategy formation and managerial agency : a socio-cognitive perspective." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Economic Research Institute, Stockholm School of Economics [Ekonomiska forskningsinstitutet vid Handelshögsk. (EFI)], 1993. http://www.hhs.se/efi/summary/370.htm.

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Kiridena, Senevi Bandara Mechanical &amp Manufacturing Engineering Faculty of Engineering UNSW. "Exploring deeper structures in manufacturing strategy formation processes: a qualitative inquiry." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, 2009. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43643.

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This thesis reports on an empirical investigation into manufacturing strategy (MS) formation in practice. The broad objective is to advance the understanding of MS processes through constructing consistent patterns in decision-making and action-taking relating to the manufacturing structure and infrastructure of the organisations studied. Using a combined "Grounded Theory - Case Study" approach, nine organisations within the metal products, machinery and equipment manufacturing sectors in Australia were studied, in order to address the following research questions: How are competitive priorities arrived at and translated into decisions and actions regarding the manufacturing structure and infrastructure? What are the consistent patterns of manufacturing strategy formation within specific organisational contexts and why those patterns exist that way? Qualitative data gathered through interviews conducted with the management staff - based on the sequences of events, actions and decisions, as well as other broader aspects of MS - were analysed by means of progressive coding. The themes, relationships and conceptual schemas emerged through the coding process are presented using narratives and graphical displays. The overall findings are presented in aggregate terms using a conceptual model, supplemented by several theoretical propositions. Deeper structures in MS processes represent linear and parallel, converging and diverging and sequential and iterative progression of strategic initiatives across four major phases identified as initiation, progression, commitment and realisation. The multiple modes of initiation, alternative paths of consolidation and differing forms of commitment and realisation are explained by the nature of strategic initiatives, the causal links between the modes themselves and the influence of certain organisational contextual factors. When enfolded in extant literature, these findings make two major contributions. First, apart from corroborating the complex and dynamic nature of MS formation in practice, they explicate the underlying patterns and alternative forms of MS formation. Second, they demonstrate some causal relationships between alternative forms of MS formation and certain contextual factors. These insights would inform future research, leading towards the development of a plausible mid-range theory of MS processes. They would also help practitioners to better understand the dynamics of MS formation and to nurture appropriate forms of MS formation within specific organisational settings.

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Waema, Timothy Mwololo. "Information systems strategy formation in financial services sector organizations." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.292174.

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Suo-Saunders, Yanli. "Intention legitimising : strategy formation in a Chinese private enterprise." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.412277.

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Barazeghi, Roya, Alexander Hagring, and Fredrik Klint. "Strategy Perception : A Qualitative Study of Perception Differences and Similarities." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, ESOL (Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Organization, Leadership), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-16120.

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Strategy is an important part of any business. To become successful, a company must put a lot of effort into creating a strong and feasible strategy. To eliminate problems to follow the strategy it should be clear and jointly formulated. However, a problem could still be that the strategy is perceived and understood differently by managers and em-ployees within the company. This could implicate issues because these persons are ex-pected to follow the strategy and adopt their plans according to it. In this study we in-vestigate how the perceptions of a strategy differ among employees within an organisa-tion. This study is made with Yoigo, which is a Spanish telecommunication company that recently finished the creation of a new strategy.In this research, a qualitative method was used to collect primary data. Highly standard-ized and open interviews were conducted in Madrid at the Yoigo headquarter. In addi-tion, observations were used as primary data in order to better answer our research ques-tions and to fulfil our purpose.Our results indicate that there are significant differences and similarities in employees’ perception of the strategy. This study also concludes that a company’s internal envi-ronment could affect employees’ strategy awareness. We tested the perception of strat-egy through four different perspectives. The first three are customers, competitors and corporation; these perspectives are pointed out as key factors to a successful strategy (Ohmae, 1982). The fourth perspective was to investigate how perceptions differed in terms of the strategy formation process. Our major findings are that employees’ percep-tions regarding competitors and the strategy process are highly coherent while the op-posite is found about customers and corporation.

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Ziv, Atai. "An exploration of the strategy formation process in diverse business organisations." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2004. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/752.

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The business environment is perceived as becoming ever more turbulent. New strategic management theories point to a more organic and emergent strategy formation process, emphasising the paradox of control and questioning management’s role within the strategy domain. This research investigates the theoretical and empirical relationships between strategy formation, management’s role and the business environment within different organisations and at different times. Sixteen cases, representing insights of the strategy formation process in a large high technology company, are presented based on action research conducted over a nineteen month period. A theoretical framework, named the Strategy Formation Matrix, is developed to investigate the relationship between the strategy formation type and the management role. The model is validated and researched theoretically against the strategy literature and empirically in a multiple case study with six diversified companies. The framework is later extended to incorporate the business environment and these relationships are investigated based on a sample of seventeen diversified companies, who represent different industrial sectors and vary in size from small to medium to large. This research has developed new frameworks and models to describe the relationships between the business environment, the strategy formation process, management’s role and the size of organisation. In addition, it adds to existing models and challenges existing theories that link increased turbulence with a more emergent strategy formation process and a static business environment with a more intended strategy formation process.

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JAMA, ABDI, and RUI JIN. "Strategy Formation in Entrepreneurial SMEs and Influential Actors in This Process." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-19443.

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Although the strategy formation process in large companies has been extensively and deeply researched, the strategy making in SME (small and medium sized companies) is largely under-investigated by researchers. In our thesis, we find even for entrepreneurial SME owners, the process doesn’t exhibit the characteristics of comprehensive and exhaustive environmental scanning and strategic analysis. Instead, the strategy formation in entrepreneurial SMEs is a combination of systematic planning and improvisation, a combination of proactivity and reactivity. And the limited planning and proactivity is more reflected on the SME owner’s cognitive level, they are strategically aware, sensitive and flexible to any change that will affect their company and immediately know the relevant implications. Our finding is in line with Mintzberg’s insightful notion that “strategy as a pattern” and “strategic thinking”. The SME owner’s opportunistic, intuitive and emergent approach to strategy making often involves more than themselves. Families, friends, company board of directors, accountants, consultants are also influential actors participating and contributing to this process in different ways.

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Côté, Daniel. "Power strategy formation in a human service organization undergoing turbulent change." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0028/NQ48757.pdf.

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Tennant-Eyles, Richard J. "Peptide templated oligosaccharide synthesis : a novel strategy for glycosidic bond formation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365751.

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Hirsch, Thomas. "Spreader-bar technology : a strategy for formation of stable nanostructured surfaces." kostenfrei, 2008. http://www.opus-bayern.de/uni-regensburg/volltexte/2008/1016/.

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Yerbury, Graham. "Economics and its role in strategy formation in the mining industry." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1993. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36393/1/36393_Yerbury_1993.pdf.

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Mining companies are large capital intensive enterprises that generally trade in the international commodity markets. The finite nature of resources and the need to maintain international competitiveness presents specific challenges to mining companies. This paper reviews the economics of mining and attempts to relate these to the strategic choices available to mining companies. To support this analysis, the work of major writers in strategic management is reviewed. The interrelationship between strategic management and economics is considered and a series of generic strategies for mining companies developed. These strategies are then compared with the actual behaviour of four major mining companies over the past decade. This analysis supports the general propositions advanced in the review of both the economics of mining and the strategic management literature. It also identifies organisational issues that impact on the effective implementation of strategy.

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DALPIAZ, ELENA. "The use of cultural resources in strategy formation and organizational change." Doctoral thesis, Università Bocconi, 2010. https://hdl.handle.net/11565/4054076.

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Kupšytė, Lina. "Strategijos formavimas UAB "Interscalit" pavyzdžiu." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2005. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050606_115358-55086.

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The performance of JSC “Interscalit” after recipience of sponsorship of European Union structural funds is investigated and strategy of further activities is framed in Master thesis; the review of scientific publications has been carried out, peculiarities of activities of the company have been highlighted, internal and external analysis of environment has been carried out, strategy of the company after recipience of sponsorship of EU structural funds has been prepared and strategy of the company in case of absence of sponsorship of EU structural funds has been forecasted, already present strategies inside the company have been identified, strong and weak angles of “Interscalit” have been set, the forecast of income and outlay has been carried out.

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Silove, Nina. "Do great powers plan grand strategies? : the effects of strategic plans on the formation of grand strategy." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.711731.

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Laskowski, David A. A. von. "How changes in managers’ sensemaking influence a strategic change : strategizing in a private equity context." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Institutionen för Företagande och Ledning, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-1906.

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The study builds on the belief that change has become a normal state of affairs in business life, and that one highly contemporary actor – the private equity firm – has evolved to become specialized in change through repetitively changing its portfolio firms in its quest to generate value. The quest of reshaping a portfolio firm in order to optimize its strategic position, profitability, and financial structure in order to generate value has consequently been this study’s starting point. This dissertation presents how sensemaking, which is about the interplay of action and interpretation, changes over time and how it affects the strategic change of a portfolio firm. By studying and directly observing the communication and interaction between the portfolio firms’s CEO, board, and management team in real-time during a prolonged period when change occurs at a revolutionary pace, this dissertation seeks to examine the development and influence of this sensemaking. The study demonstrates how certain traits of private equity firms influence the timeline, risk profile, and governance of strategic change, how the presence of an idiosyncratic language influences the strategic change by transcending one mindset into a diametrically opposed ditto, and how the materialization of a mental iron cage affects the boundaries of the potential changes as well as adaptations and worldviews.

Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 2012. I publikationen felaktigt: How changes in managers' sensemaking influences a strategic change

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Präntare, Fredrik. "Simultaneous coalition formation and task assignment in a real-time strategy game." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Artificiell intelligens och integrerade datorsystem, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-139210.

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In this thesis we present an algorithm that is designed to improve the collaborative capabilities of agents that operate in real-time multi-agent systems. Furthermore, we study the coalition formation and task assignment problems in the context of real-time strategy games. More specifically, we design and present a novel anytime algorithm for multi-agent cooperation that efficiently solves the simultaneous coalition formation and assignment problem, in which disjoint coalitions are formed and assigned to independent tasks simultaneously. This problem, that we denote the problem of collaboration formation, is a combinatorial optimization problem that has many real-world applications, including assigning disjoint groups of workers to regions or tasks, and forming cross-functional teams aimed at solving specific problems. The algorithm's performance is evaluated using randomized artificial problems sets of varying complexity and distribution, and also using Europa Universalis 4 – a commercial strategy game in which agents need to cooperate in order to effectively achieve their goals. The agents in such games are expected to decide on actions in real-time, and it is a difficult task to coordinate them. Our algorithm, however, solves the coordination problem in a structured manner. The results from the artificial problem sets demonstrates that our algorithm efficiently solves the problem of collaboration formation, and does so by automatically discarding suboptimal parts of the search space. For instance, in the easiest artificial problem sets with 12 agents and 8 tasks, our algorithm managed to find optimal solutions after only evaluating approximately 0.000003% of the possible solutions. In the hardest of the problem sets with 12 agents and 8 tasks, our algorithm managed to find a 80% efficient solution after only evaluating approximately 0.000006% of the possible solutions.
I denna uppsats presenteras en ny algoritm som är designad för att förbättra samarbetsförmågan hos agenter som verkar i realtidssystem. Vi studerar även koalitionsbildnings- och uppgiftstilldelningsproblemen inom realtidsstrategispel, och löser dessa problem optimalt genom att utveckla en effektiv anytime-algoritm som löser det kombinerade koalitionsbildnings- och uppgiftstilldelningsproblemet, inom vilket disjunkta koalitioner formas och tilldelas uppgifter. Detta problem, som vi kallar samarbetsproblemet, är en typ av optimeringsproblem som har många viktiga motsvarigheter i verkligheten, exempelvis för skapandet av arbetsgrupper som skall lösa specifika problem, eller för att ta fram optimala tvärfunktionella team med tilldelade uppgifter. Den presenterade algoritmens prestanda utvärderas dels genom att använda simulerade problem av olika svårighetsgrad, men också genom att använda verkliga problembeskrivningar från det kommersiella strategispelet Europa Universalis 4, vilket är ett spel som agenter måste samarbeta i för att effektivt uppnå deras mål. Att koordinera agenter i sådana spel är svårt, men vår algoritm åstadkommer detta genom att systematiskt söka efter de optimala agentgrupperingarna för ett antal givna uppgifter. Resultaten från de simulerade problemen visar att vår algoritm effektivt löser samarbetsproblemet genom att systematiskt sålla bort suboptimala delar av sökrymden. I dessa tester lyckas vår algoritm generera högkvalitativa anytime-lösningar. Till exempel, i de enklaste problemen med 12 agenter och 8 uppgifter lyckas vår algoritm hitta den optimala lösningen efter det att den endast utvärderat 0.000003% av de möjliga lösningarna. I de svåraste problemen med 12 agenter och 8 uppgifter lyckas vår algoritm hitta en lösning som är 80% från den optimala lösningen efter det att den endast utvärderat 0.000006% av de möjliga samarbetsstrukturerna.

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Srinivas, Nidhi. "Crafting consensus in the third world : strategy formation in the third sector." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38419.

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There has during a rapid growth of third sector organizations (TSOs) in the third world during the 1990s. Such growth has occurred during a period of severe cutbacks in state investment as well as rapid globalization of trade. Social activists have often organized TSOs in these countries as an alternative to private and public organizations. However the question of how leaders and managers of these TSOs sustain their activities remains important. Their dilemma of help is the focus of this study.
Through a study of strategy formation in three third sector organizations in the third world, this study focuses on how TSOs can be sustainable yet effective change agents. It develops a typology of TSOs with particular attention to type of third sector activity (operating, support, community), type of organizational form (Grassroots initiatives, Grassroots Organizations, Grassroots Federations, Development Support Organizations and International Development Support Organizations) and dominant strategy approach (domain, distinctiveness, and design). This study argues that attention to these three aspects needs to be complemented by exploring the processes through which strategies form in these organizations.
Accordingly the strategy process in three TSOs in South India was examined, in particular the origin of the strategy, tactics of consensus, and interests of participants. Examining the strategy process in TSOs revealed that strategies originated in intent or event, promoters' consensus-tactics were conceived or improvised and participant's interests were fixed or shifting.
These findings on strategy process show varied origins, interests and consensus tactics in TSOs. They also seem to be associated with particular capacities in these organizations to perform their chosen activities, as well as with changes in mission. The study concludes with a discussion of the significance of these findings and a call for bridging the literatures on good management and effective social change, for further researching capacity building in TSOs, and encouraging initiatives for cross sector learning.

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Zhai, Pu. "Strategy for Sino-foreign joint venture formation : a resource-based process view." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268615.

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Wilkinson, S. "Strategy-formation within large private quantity surveying practices Volume I of II." Thesis, University of Salford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491814.

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Large Private Quantity Surveying practices need to create strategies which anticipate the future business requirements of their existing and prospective clients. Traditionally, strategies have been formed by top managers, through a formal management process dominated by their analysis of markets, resulting in a plan of expected future management-controlled action. However, there is evidence that strategy-formation is more effective when it evolves through an informal approach, which elicits and utilises, in a coherent and effective manner, the strategic knowledge acquired by both top and middle managers. The development of strategic visions of the future is central to evolutionary approach.

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Fenwick, Peter. "The formation of management strategy towards the labour process : a case study." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245410.

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Lam, Sze-kui. "An asymmetric carbene cyclization cycloaddition strategy toward the synthesis of indicol." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36631863.

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Sapsed, Jonathan. "Restricted vision : strategizing under uncertainty." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313942.

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Blumenkehl, Roberth, Fredrik Magnfält, and Marcus Törnblom. "Strategic thinking of Swedish TV production companies : How do they cope with change?" Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, ESOL (Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Organization, Leadership), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-15236.

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The Swedish TV production is facing great challenges today and actors on the market have to strategize to cope with these changes. This thesis explores what strategies are used, how they are formed, and what parameters are focused on when analyzing the market and industry, from a company perspective. Consequently, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate how Swedish TV production companies think strategically to cope with emerging market changes. The method used to collect data was semi-structured interviews. In order to retrieve ac-curate and reliable information we conducted four interviews. Three of these interviews were done with actors within the market. To ensure an accurate market picture, with high trustworthiness, we interviewed one large, one medium and one small company. Finally, we interviewed an independent market consultant, who provided an additional perspective. After having analyzed the material from each interview we later on com-pared the findings in a cross case analysis, in order to draw general conclusions. Our research and findings indicate that Swedish TV production companies mainly keep track of social trends, industry demand, the factors of the SWOT analysis, and the bar-gaining power of buyers in order to plan and form their strategies. Additionally, our findings indicate that Swedish TV production companies mainly use: a differentiation strategy and international strategic alliances. Moreover, we have also found that if Swe-dish TV production companies belong to an international conglomerate, they use this to their advantage.

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Lam, Sze-kui, and 林詩鉅. "An asymmetric carbene cyclization cycloaddition strategy toward the synthesis of indicol." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B36631863.

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Barman, Alexandra, and Victoria Petersson. "Strategy Formation and Flexibility : A case study of H&M and KappAhl." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-1056.

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Introduktion: Strategikonceptet har funnits i tusentals år och kan återfinnas i många olika situationer. Konkurrensen inom marknaden utgör en av dessa situationer. En mängd teorier har framkommit i försök att förstå betydelsen av strategiskapande. Två av dessa teorier är två skolor som handlar om strategiskapande: en som fokuserar på planering - Positioneringsskolan och en som fokuserar på lärande - Lärandeskolan. Dessa skolor kan även påverka flexibiliteten inom ett företag.

Syfte: Syftet är att undersöka hur företag ser på strategiskapandeprocessen och hur denna syn påverkar företagets flexibilitet.

Tillvägagångssätt: Vi har genomfört en kvalitativ fallstudie. Två fall inom återförsäljningsbranschen har studerats: H&M och KappAhl. Informationen samlades in genom intervjuer och även publicerat material användes. Med hjälp av två hypoteser nådde vi två slutsatser.

Slutsatser: De två företag vi studerade uppvisade tendenser som tydde på att de tillhörde en av skolorna: H&M till Lärandeskolan och KappAhl till Positioneringsskolan. Däremot hör inget företag helt och hållet till den ena eller den andra skolan utan påverkas till viss del av båda. Dessutom är båda företagen flexibla och synen på strategiskapande påverkar därmed inte flexibilite

Introduction: The idea of strategy has been around for milleniums. It has been present in many situations, one of those being in competitive business. Countless theories have surfaced in an attempt to understand strategy formation. Two of these are two schools of strategy formation, one focusing on planning – the Positioning school, and the other focusing on learning – the Learning school. These schools may also have an influence on the flexibility a company can enjoy.

Purpose: The purpose of this investigation is to explore how companies perceive the formation of strategy and how this perception affects the company’s flexibility.

Mode of procedure: We have conducted a qualitative case study. Two cases have been studied in the retail market: H&M and KappAhl. The information has been collected through interviews as well as other written material. With the help of two hypotheses we reached two main conclusions.

Conclusions: The companies we studied each had tendencies towards one of the schools – H&M towards the Learning and KappAhl towards the Positioning school although neither company adheres completely without influences of the other school. Further, both companies were able to be flexible and thus the choice of school does not affect the level of flexibility that a company within the garment retail business can enjoy.ten i ett företag i denna bransch.

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Heimar, Markus, and Daniel Nilsson. "Survival in Chaos: A Study of Strategy Formation in a Turbulent Business Environment." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-1498.

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Since the late 1960’s, the hydromechanical term turbulence has been a part of the business administration vocabulary, but until the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, a relatively small amount of research was dedicated to this field. These studies and more contemporary ones conclude that where the business environment is paradoxical and of fast- changing and chaotic nature, successful corporate strategies are shaped by strategic flexibility founded in high innovation rates, networks and alliances, and organisational elasticity and adaptiveness. From this perspective, the purpose of this study was to track and examine the strategy formation processes of a company operating in a turbulent context, and to contribute to an understanding of how these turbulent conditions can be managed. The study was conducted with a hermeneutic, systems- oriented, longitudinal case-study method and with a contextcontent- process perspective in which the process was the key factor. To a large extent, our conclusions coincide with those of other researchers. Forming multidimensional networks and alliances coloured by voluntary initiatives and full attention seem to be an extremely important contribution to survival in turbulent contexts. Nevertheless, it is equally important to break up and build new alliances as the initial objectives of the arrangement have expired or been reached. Furthermore, in contrast to other researchers’ observations, we conclude that high innovation rates do not necessarily lead to a greater potential to be successful in a turbulent context. The issue is instead to present a product offering flexible in itself developed and marketed by a flexible organisation. Innovation rates are decided by self-initiated and unofficial activity on part of the r&d teams and other coworkers, and management’s task is to facilitate for this corporate creativity to develop.

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Yee, Wee Chun. "Strategy formation at Malaysian higher education institutions : interaction between deliberate versus emergent approach." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2012. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/8791/.

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There is a large body of literature on what strategies are, and how they are formed in organisations. Building upon the two traditional approaches of deliberate and emergent strategy, recent studies have suggested that strategy formation should seek to integrate various processes, especially in different contexts. In the area of strategy formation in the higher education sector, however, it remains the case that some strategic researchers advocate more deliberate planning while others favour emergent strategy formation. Literature on strategy formation is in large part theoretical rather than empirical, especially in the private higher education sector. To fill the gap, the purpose of this study is to identify how strategy formation takes place in Malaysian Private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The main objectives of this research are to examine the key reasons behind typical strategy formation activities, and whether HEI leaders in Malaysia believe that the actions taken are effective in achieving their strategic objectives. This study takes a unique research approach to investigating strategy formation processes. Informed by subtle realism ontology and social constructionism epistemology, symbolic interactionism is employed to inform the research’s theoretical perspective. Consistent with this research philosophy, ethnography is employed in this study. To ensure the high quality of this research, reflexivity is also used as an important methodology to evaluate the whole research process. A total of eight in-depth interviews were conducted amongst Malaysian Private HEI leaders, all of them key strategic decision makers and who have been involved in strategy formation at their institutions. The findings of this study suggest that strategy formation in the HEI industry in Malaysia is more emergent than deliberate, reflecting the dynamic environment and unique features of Malaysian HEIs. Some important patterns, including logical incrementalism, the political /generative process and cultural/symbolic process, were discovered in relation to emergent strategy formation processes. These emergent approaches were however not employed entirely independently, but were combined with externally imposed deliberate strategy processes. This study further explores why this is the case, and identifies the key reasons why certain strategy processes have had to be adapted in the Malaysian Private Higher Education sector. These are to be found mainly in the external environment, namely uncertainty, scarcity of information, and the significant influence of the MOHE (Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education). In addition, the study identifies three moderating factors in relation to the choice of strategy formation process: multidivisional versus simple/small insitutions; main versus subsidiary level campuses; and collective versus high power distance and high uncertainty avoidance cultures in HEI organisations. This research has been designed with the intention of bringing new insights to strategy formation in different contexts. Its conclusions make substantial contributions from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Theoretically, the study extends the mainstream of strategy formation literature into the context of private higher education in an Asian context (in this case Malaysia). For practitioners, the findings confirm that strategic decision makers face no easy task. Strategy formation is a complex process, and is highly dependent on the given context. Practitioners may use multiple strategy formation processes, balancing more emergent and deliberate thought. The findings also signal the importance of understanding the rich reality of strategy formation, which requires practitioners to have an open mind.

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Horton, Keith S. "A critical study of information system strategy formation in a public sector context." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2000. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19834/.

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This thesis comprises a critical examination of Information System Strategy (ISS) formation in a public sector context, namely the Police Service in Scotland. Despite the apparent importance attached to ISS, and the proliferation of many methods to assist those engaged in ISS formation, the practice of ISS formation remains comparatively ill-understood. The concepts of strategy and power can be viewed as being closely linked. Using theory based accounts of power, we put forward a multi-dimensional conceptualisation of power as an aid to organisational analysis of ISS formation. Consequently, the focus of this work is not only a detailed investigation into ISS formation practice, but also one in which we evaluate the way in which a multi-dimensional conceptualisation of power affects our understanding of ISS formation practice. This research is based upon six longitudinal case studies of ISS formation in the Police Service. Data collection involved a number of methods: in-depth semi-structured interviews, informal conversation, participation, collection of documentation produced within the case study settings, and collation and analysis of documentary materials from secondary sources. The abstraction of several themes from a cross-case comparative analysis of issues has led to the development of a conceptual framework which underpins our contribution to knowledge: namely, a means of understanding ISS formation as micro-political activity, based upon an ongoing process of construction and reconstruction of social reality. This in turn can be considered as being based upon individual mental constructs, which in turn are influenced by the themes identified. Our framework has been developed as an epistemological device to aid thinking about ISS formation, rather than as a representation of what an ISS formation process is. Implicit in the framework is the contention that ISS formation reflects power relations; however, the practical difficulties in researching power issues should not be underestimated. Several areas for further research arising from this thesis are discussed.

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Адекунле, А. А. "Analysis of formation and implementation of company strategy (case study of Mondelez International)." Master's thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2018. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/71865.

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Нова роль людини у виробництві та швидкі зміни в економіці, організаційній культурі та технології по-новому встановлюють такі завдання, як ретельний відбір, навчання, винагорода та раціональне використання персоналу. Вирішення цих завдань в рамках традиційної роботи з персоналом виявилося неможливим. Управління персоналом в сучасних умовах має бути невід'ємною частиною процесу планування та реалізації стратегії. Сьогодні стратегічні цілі організації можуть бути реалізовані тільки персоналом, який відповідає як кваліфікаційним вимогам, продиктованим конкретною стратегією, так і мотиваційним вимогам, необхідним для переходу до нового, нестабільного бізнес-середовища. У цьому сенсі процеси стратегічного планування можуть успішно розвиватися лише при розгляді наслідків обраної стратегії для персоналу. Стратегічне управління персоналом в рамках нового підходу до управління дає великі переваги організаціям, що працюють у різних сферах життя сучасного суспільства. Ці переваги полягають у раціональному використанні такого обмеженого ресурсу, як персонал.
Новая роль человека в производстве и быстрые изменения в экономике, организационной культуре и технологиях по-новому ставят перед собой такие задачи, как тщательный отбор, обучение, оплата труда и рациональное использование персонала. Решение этих задач в рамках традиционной работы с кадрами оказалось невозможным. Управление персоналом в современных условиях должно стать неотъемлемой частью процесса планирования и реализации стратегии. Сегодня стратегические цели организации могут быть реализованы только персоналом, который отвечает как квалификационным требованиям, диктуемым конкретной стратегией, так и мотивационным требованиям, необходимым для перехода в новую, нестабильную бизнес-среду. В этом смысле процессы стратегического планирования могут успешно развиваться только при рассмотрении последствий выбранной стратегии для персонала. Стратегическое управление персоналом в рамках нового подхода к управлению дает большие преимущества организациям, работающим в различных сферах жизни современного общества. Эти преимущества заключаются в рациональном использовании такого ограниченного ресурса, как персонал.
The new role of man in production and the rapid changes in the economy, organizational culture and technology in new ways set such tasks as careful selection, training, remuneration and rational use of personnel. The solution of these tasks in the framework of the traditional work with the staff turned out to be impossible. Personnel management in modern conditions should be an integral part of the process of planning and implementing a strategy. Today, the organization’s strategic goals can be realized only by personnel who meet both the qualification requirements dictated by a specific strategy and the motivational requirements necessary for transition to a new, volatile business environment. In this sense, strategic planning processes can successfully develop only when considering the consequences of the chosen strategy for staff. Strategic personnel management in the framework of the new approach to management gives great advantages to organizations operating in various spheres of life in modern society. These advantages are in the rational use of such a limited resource as personnel.

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Kim, Sungho. "Endogenous Network Formation and Resource Interactions: Implications for Organizational Governance and Corporate Strategy." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1323893502.

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Царьков, Р. В. "Формування продуктової стратегії підприємства (на прикладі ТОВ «Телекарт-Прилад»)." Thesis, Одеський національний економічний університет, 2021. http://local.lib/diploma/Tsarkov.pdf.

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Доступ до роботи тільки на території бібліотеки ОНЕУ, для переходу натисніть на посилання нижче
У роботі розглядаються теоретичні аспекти продуктової стратегії підприємства, їх склад та напрями підвищення ефективності використання. Надана характеристика підприємства ТОВ «Телекард-Прилад», як суб’єкта господарювання; проведено аналіз фінансово-економічного стану підприємства ТОВ «Телекард-Прилад»; виконано аналіз продуктової стратегії підприємства. Обґрунтовано продуктова стратегія для підприємства ТОВ «Телекарт-Прилад»; Запропоновано заходи щодо забезпечення стабільного збуту електричних лічильників та стабільного збуту іншої продукції підприємства.
The paper considers the theoretical aspects of the product strategy of the enterprise, their composition and ways to improve efficiency. The characteristic of the enterprise "Telecard-Prylad" as a business entity is given; the analysis of the financial and economic condition of the enterprise "Telecard- Prylad " was carried out; the analysis of product strategy of the enterprise is executed. The product strategy for the company "Telecard- Prylad " is substantiated; Measures to ensure stable sales of electricity meters and stable sales of other products of the enterprise are proposed.

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Laari-Salmela, S. (Sari). "The process of strategy formation in software business: three cases from Kainuu region, Finland." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2009. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514292811.

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Abstract Literature on strategic management has largely concentrated on strategy formulation, or, the analysis of strategic content, whereas limited attention has been given to the implementation of strategy, or the analysis of the strategic process. This study represents process research and approaches strategy as practice. The aim of this study is to increase both empirical and theoretical understanding of the nature of the processes or generative mechanisms through which the strategies are formed in small software companies – i.e., to open up the ‘black box’ of strategy formation. The field of strategic management studies is mapped with the help of reviews and meta-theoretical analyses conducted by other researchers, shedding light on the content aspect of strategy. To understand the process and context of strategy, the network perspective and the research of change are reviewed. Based on the literature review and data analysis, an a priori model is developed. The empirical research is based on the analysis of the development process of three entrepreneur-led software companies located in Kajaani, Finland, and the research is conducted as a process research using the method of a multiple case study. Based on the data analysis and the a priori model, the generative mechanisms inside the process of strategy formation in the case companies are identified: situational and transformational mechanisms, formed by the interplay of Network Visioning and Organising, and action-formation mechanism, formed by the interplay of Strategising and Organising. By opening up the ‘black box’ of strategy formation, this study increases the understanding of the reality of small software companies and the effect of the context of software business on the development of the companies. Recognising the different elements affecting strategy formation may help the companies to be aware of the mechanism affecting their development and to guide the development in the direction deemed appropriate.

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Barnes, David Lawrence. "An investigation into the process of formation of operations strategy in small manufacturing companies." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312086.

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