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Elkjær-Larsen, Jens Kristian; Goldschmidt, Lars (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Erhvervsrettet forskning i ledelse foregår i vidt omfang i samarbejde med virksomheder, der selv arbejder med forskningens problemstillinger. Det betyder, at der forskes i et felt, der selv reflekterer over de problemstillinger, der undersøges, og som kan bidrage til videnproduktionen på mange andre måder end som "rå data". Forskerne kommer med mange forskellige relationer til feltet. Fra en rolle som ren observatør, over rollen som forskende konsulent til egentlig praktiker, der forsker i sit eget miljø. Derfor er det interessant som forsker indenfor dette område at se på metodiske tilgange, der nyttiggør feltets og forskerens egne indsigter i de problemstillinger, der søges belyst, og som direkte kan understøtte aktørernes egen håndtering af disse. Det er interessant ud fra en "traditionel" universitetsbaseret forskningssynsvinkel, og det er interessant i den bredere diskussion af, hvordan virksomhederne styrker deres egen evne til "forskningsbaseret" refleksion over egen praksis. Aktionsforsknings traditionen har sit udgangspunkt i forskernes samspil med et reflekterende felt og er derfor en vigtig metodisk inspirationskilde til den erhvervsorienterede forskning. Men aktionsforskningen er ikke konsolideret som én fælles forskningstradition. Der er derimod udviklet en række forskningsmetodiske tilgange såsom: Aktionsforskning, Action science, Sociologisk fantasi, Bruger/borger involvering i udviklingsprojekter, Dialogforskning, Reflective practice, Action learning, Appreciative inquiry, Communities of Inquiry in Communities of practice, Clinical inquiry (Baskerville 1996). Metoderne er udviklet i relation til det felt eller problemstilling, som forskergrupperne var engagerede i, og kun enkelte er tænkt ind i en erhvervsforskningskontekst. Denne mangfoldighed har ført til, at det enkelte erhvervsforskningsprojekti stort omfang har skullet definere sit eget ståsted for sin interaktion med feltet, opstille sineegne kriterier for etik, kvalitet og generaliserbarhed af resultater og så fremdeles. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6765 Files in this item: 1
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Assessing the Impact of Global Economics on Industrial Developments and Inter-Ethnic Relations in Penang, MalaysiaJacobsen, Michael (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Due to the increasingly integration and thus inter-dependency between the global economy, a given national economy and their societal embedment a triangulation between the three elements is a must if one is to understand the dynamic processes between them. This article focuses especially on the national economic and societal aspects of such a triangulation thus positioning the national dependencies of the global economy in the background. The notion of triangulation is perceived by the author to be more holistic and relational oriented compared to an approach based on decoupling. The latter aims through sector defined studies to assess the level of connectivity between global and national economics as well as between them and their societal embedment in order to detect whether there are potential fault-lines between the three thus mitigating the notion of decoupling. This article applies a triangular approach on the electronic and electrical manufacturing sector in Penang. It concentrates in particular on how companies within this sector relate to pertinent governmental initiated industry policies and the impact of the inter-ethnic related affirmative action policy in this connection. The global aspect of the triangulation has thus been put on a back burner in this study, as the article emphasises the importance of pointing towards the inter-dependency between the political, the inter-ethnic and the economic sectors in Penang, as they are perceived to condition each other. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8203 Files in this item: 1
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Halskov Jensen, Elisabeth (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Dette Working Paper indeholder nogle foreløbige resultater af en analyse af den diskursive praksis som den kom til udtryk i de ansvarlige ministres kommunikation under kogalskabskrisen i Danmark og Spanien i 2000 og 2001. Working Paperet fokuserer på den daværende danske fødevareminister Ritt Bjerregaards interaktion med landmændene og tager sit metodiske udgangspunkt i den kritiske diskursanalyse. Analysen viser at på trods af de fremtrædende handelsøkonomiske og politiske promoveringsdiskurser kommer landbrugsreformer og etik til at fremstå som det man hæfter sig ved i talen. Dette hjælpes på vej retorisk via appeller til fælles sandheder og konstant inddragelse og iscenesættelse af landmændene som tilhørende et interessefællesskab hvor det handler om at skabe et bæredygtigt landbrug baseret bl.a. på dyrevelfærd, økologi og miljø. Denne artikel skal ses som et diskussionsoplæg, hvor jeg vil lægge op til refleksion over begreberne kohærens, diskurs og argumentation ved at vise en analyse foretaget inden for rammerne af Faircloughs version af den kritiske diskursanalyse (1992, 1995, 2000, 2003). Analysen er en del af en større undersøgelse af politisk kommunikation, men vil her fokusere på to aspekter af det Fairclough kalder ’diskursiv praksis’, nemlig 1) hvordan forskellige diskurser kommer ind i en tekst (interdiskursivitet) og 2) hvordan teksten lægger op til en bestemt fortolkning (kohærens). Den diskursive begivenhed denne artikel vil behandle er en tale Ritt Bjerregaard holdt på Landbrugsraadets Årsmøde i maj 2001. Tekstens kontekst er BSE-sagen, der involverede hele EU for et par år siden, og tidspunktet ligger efter at de værste kontroverser om kompensationsordninger mv. mellem den daværende landbrugsminister og landbrugets repræsentanter havde fundet sted. Talen tager således sit afsæt i fortiden, men dens formål er fremadskuende og handler mest om hvordan Danmark, Europa og især landmændene skal komme videre efter at have været sendt til tælling økonomisk og omdømmemæssigt af BSE, mund-og klovsyge og andre fødevarekriser. Historien her kommer dog ikke til at handle så meget om selve sagen og dens forløb; jeg har i stedet valgt at fokusere på de kommunikative aspekter i diskursanalysen. Mit formål er på længere sigt at videreudvikle Faircloughs analysebegreber ’interdiskursivitet’ og ’kohærens’, som jeg mener er områder han ikke har udfoldet helt i sin tilgang til kritisk diskursanalyse. Undersøgelsen skal på et tidspunkt ende med at fortælle noget om hvad henholdsvis Ritt Bjerregaard og den spanske landbrugsminister Miguel Arias Cañete fik ud af kogalskabskrisen. Indgik den fx som en kærkommen lejlighed til at forsøge at sætte ETISKE spørgsmål ved landbrugsproduktion, blev den brugt i et POLITISK ærinde til at argumentere for mere lovgivning, handlede den måske kun om at få ØKONOMIEN til at fungere igen, eller var det en blanding af alle tre (og flere med måske) synsvinkler? Og i givet fald, hvis alle disse rationaliteter var i spil samtidig, hvad lod ministeren så stå tilbage som den enkle konklusion borgeren og landmanden kunne drage? URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6858 Files in this item: 1
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Pedersen, Ove K. (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper examines the influence of European integration on the relationship between state administration and private interests in the four Nordic countries – Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. By private interests I mean interest organizations, private corporations and independent experts. The paper focuses exclusively on the national policy processes that are involved with managing European Union (EU) issues. More specifically, this paper discusses two aspects of multi-level governance. First is the important role of private interests in the coordination of decision making at the national level preceding their government’s representation of national interests in the European Council of Ministers and other EU organizations. Second is the effect of all this on national democratic systems. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7346 Files in this item: 1
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the case of ChinaGuoming, Xian; Cheng, Zhang; Yangui, Zhang; Shunqi, Ge; Zhan, James X. (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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implications for organizational changeMichailova, Snejina (København, 1997)[More information][Less information]
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Sornn-Friese, Henrik; Jensen, Søren Henning (Frederiksberg, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper questions the overall role of interfirm linkages in industrial dynamics. Studying Danish trucking and congress tourism, the paper addresses a number of particular questions concerning how industry responds to changing conditions. In trucking, the important interfirm linkages are pecuniary and entails nontrivial exchange among multiple dispersed agents, while in congress tourism Inter-organizational linkages are more strategic, with the activities of multiple agents forming together into products, without direct exchange. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7874 Files in this item: 1
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a case of social capitalGeersbro, Jens; Hedaa, Laurids (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Harder, Mie (, )[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This dissertation explores the internal antecedents of the phenomenon labeled management innovation. Management innovation refers to the implementation of new management practices, processes, techniques or structures that alter the way the work of management is performed. In other words, management innovation refers to changes in what managers do and how they do it. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8295 Files in this item: 1
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The effect of diagnostic capability and implementation capabilityHarder, Mie (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Management innovation is the introduction of new management practices that significantly alter the way the work of management is performed. Building on behavioral theory of the firm, this paper explores the effect of firms’ diagnostic capability and implementation capability on the likelihood of adopting new‐to‐thefirm and new‐to‐the‐industry management innovations. The paper finds that formalized activities directed at developing and implementing management innovations as well as CEO novelty increases the likelihood of innovating in both categories. Also, top management team (TMT) diversity increases the likelihood of adopting new‐to‐the‐industry innovations. The paper does not find a direct effect of performance decline on the likelihood of implementing management innovation, but two variables, TMT diversity and previous experience, positively moderate the relationship between performance decline and new‐to‐the‐industry management innovation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8247 Files in this item: 1
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a study of how organisational identity influences the strategy-making processKjærgaard, Annemette (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Organisations have to deal with increasingly complex and turbulent environments, which demand that they continuously change and adapt to new circumstances or challenges. One way for organisations to cope with these challenges is to manage the strategy-making process in order to ensure that a continuous stream of new ideas and initiatives create new opportunities and ensure that the company stays viable by adapting to new internal and external challenges. This has been pursued in studies of strategy formation (Mintzberg, 1978), strategic change (Pettigrew, 1988) and internal corporate venturing (Burgelman, 1983b, 2002) and is still a central issue in the strategic management discourse. It is generally acknowledged that continuous change is important for organisations’ survival in a changing world. On the other hand the need for stability and continuity in form of a clear and strong corporate identity is also acknowledged to be critical for organisational success (Collins & Porras, 1994). Where the organisational identity works to ensure consistency in the company’s strategic action, the strategy making process works to renew the current concept of strategy (Burgelman, 1983b). Organisations thus face a dilemma when they engage in strategy-making to reconcile the perpetual tension between continuity and change (Burgelman, 2002). This challenge is far from new and has been discussed as e.g. the balance between exploration and exploitation (March, 1991). This article attempts to answer the question of how organisational actors’ perception of organisational identity influences the strategy-making process during organisational change. The study adopts an evolutionary approach to the unfolding of the strategy-making process, using the variation-selection-retention framework of cultural evolutionary theory (Aldrich, 1999; Campbell, 1969; Weick, 1979), which has been applied to the strategy-making process by Burgelman in several of his works (Burgelman, 1983a, 1983b, 1991, 2002, 2003). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6497 Files in this item: 1
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The Effect of Diagnostic Capability and Implementation CapabilityHarder, Mie (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper adopts a behavioral theory of the firm perspective in order to compare the antecedents of two types of innovation: Management innovation refers to the adoption of new management practices or organizational structures, whereas product innovation refers to the introduction of new products or services on the market. The study further distinguishes between two categories of innovation within each type: new to the firm and new to the industry innovations. The findings indicate that there are more differences than similarities between the antecedents of the two types of innovation. However, adopting either type of innovation increases the likelihood of simultaneously adopting the other. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8248 Files in this item: 1
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Interpreting and Learning from the Rise and Decline of the Spaghetti OrganizationFoss, Nicolai Juul (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
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An Organizational Economics Interpretation of the Rise and Decline of the Spaghetti OrganizationFoss, Nicolai Juul (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: At the beginning of the 1990s, Danish hearing aid producer, Oticon became world famous for its radical empowerment and delegation experiment, popularly called the "spaghetti organization." Recent work has interpreted the spaghetti experiment as a radical attempt to foster dynamic capabilities by imposing structural ambiguity on the organization (Lovas and Ghoshal 2000; Verona and Ravasi 1999; Ravasi and Verona 2000). However, this work has neglected that about a decade later, many of the more radical elements of the spaghetti organization have been left. This paper presents an organizational economics interpretation of the spaghetti organization and its subsequent transformation. In such an interpretation, the spaghetti organization imposed significant organizational costs that could be tolerated as long as the benefits produced by the spaghetti organization dominated the costs. One source of organizational costs that the paper focuses on turn on the potential contradiction involved in combining a strong manager who possesses ultimate decision rights with widespread delegation. Apparently, Oticon management failed to solve, or didn’t even realize the nature of, the resulting commitment problem. A number of implications are developed, particularly with respect to the firm-market dichotomy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6887 Files in this item: 1
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A Note on the Oticon Spaghette ExperimentFoss, Nicolai J. (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Lovas and Ghoshal (2000) developed the notion of "strategy as guided evolution," using the case of Oticon A/S. This note points out that the radical "spaghetti" organization described by Lovas and Ghoshal has been partially abandoned in Oticon. Developing an organizational economics interpretation of this episode, the present note argues that there are important implications for the understanding of the conditions under which internal hybrids may be viable and contribute to competitive advantage. The main focus in on the managerial commitment problem. Testable propositions are derived. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6926 Files in this item: 1
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the case of IndiaPatibandla, Murali (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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An Organizational Trade-OffGammelgaard, Jens; Pedersen, Torben (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: When building up competences, a subsidiary of a multinational corporation (MNC) may rely on external knowledge sources like customers, suppliers, competitors or local science centers. Internal sourcing is also available through knowledge offered by headquarters or other affiliates. The question is whether the two kinds of sources are mutual exclusive. A dilemma or organizational trade-off is foreseeable, since the more the subsidiary adapts its knowledge creation processes to host country institutions, the less it will be able to utilize internal knowledge sources due to the institutional distance between the external and internal networks. However, newer organizational forms, like the concept of the "differentiated MNC", imply a relatively smooth flow of knowledge inside the MNC, indicating that we should not expect an organizational trade-off between internal and external sources. The subsidiary’s ability to build on two knowledge networks depends on its scale of resources, absorptive capacity and the role it plays in the corporation. The relationship between internal and external sourcing is tested using a unique dataset that covers more than 2,000 subsidiaries located in seven different European countries (the Centre of Excellence Project). In fact, the results show that, to a certain extent, there is no dilemma between a subsidiary’s knowledge development based on both internal, and external knowledge sources. However, the results also show a bell-shaped relationship between the use of internal and external sources, where a heavily embedded use of internal sources excludes the use of external sources. Keywords: Internal sourcing, External sourcing, Institutional Isomorphism and Subsidiary knowledge. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7315 Files in this item: 1
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Petersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S. (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Meyer, Klaus (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
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the corporation, the agency, the anthropologist, and their friendsMoeran, Brian (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]