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en empirisk analyse af information og kognitioner om fusionerJagd, Jane Thostrup (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Afhandlingen er skrevet indenfor paradigmet Pragmatismen48. Afhandlingens opbygning afspejler dette valg, og derfor består afhandlingen af sæt af videnskabelige erkendelsesrunder jf. Peirce (1901 og 1903). En videnskabelig erkendelsesrunde består af faserne: Abduktion, Deduktion, Induktion samt Verifikation eller falsifikation af Abduktionens hypotese. Afhandlingen har to videnskabelige erkendelsesrunder. Det overraskende forhold, der igangsætter afhandlingen, er en forskningsmæssig undren49 over, hvorfor der er så mange fusioner, hvis de ikke performer? Denne undren kvalificeres i søgningen af for-forståelse af problematikken via fusionsbølgeteori, konformitets-teori, herding-teori samt viden om informations læringsværdi, således at den undren, den anomali, der søges en forklaring på lyder: Hvorfor fortsætter fusionsbølgen udover ”the tipping point”?.... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8322 Files in this item: 1
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Et projekt under udviklingCampbell, John L.; Pedersen, Ove K. (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
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A case study of a commercial and open source software communityWestenholz, Ann (Boston, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper builds on a long tradition in the Scandinavian countries for using empirical case studies to analyse the way in which organizations respond to different widespread institutional logics. The paper proposes five organizational responses: resistance to new logics; replacement of an old logic for a new one; co-existence of old and new logics; competition between old and new logics; and finally, hybridization of old and new logics. Following a historical account of how a commercial and open source community has developed, the paper goes on to analyse why this organization responds in a hybridizing way to two widespread institutional logics within software development (i.e. the institutional logic of technology and the institutional logic of capitalism). In the case, the analysis identifies the combination of four elements as influential on the hybridizing process: 1) external inspiration – no external pressures or shocks; 2) organizational members as institutional audience; 3) frames following the logic of appropriateness – not only the logic of consequentiality; and 4) organizational institutional leadership defining hybrid frames. By way of conclusion, the paper discusses the need to transgress macro/structure and micro/actor dimensions, and suggests insights to be gained by combining institutional theory with the Chicago School‟s interactionist‟s approach and performance theory. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8417 Files in this item: 1
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A study of the Open Source – business settingCiesielska, Malgorzata (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This research project examines how the conflicting institutional logics are dealt with in a hybrid organisational form. The empirical setting of the study is an Open Source – business collaboration in software development projects. The idea of making a case study of the Open Source – business collaboration is interesting from both theoretical and business perspectives. Since companies realised that the world’s most talented people are distributed throughout various organisations, rather than members of a single team or corporation, the open innovation model could be neither underestimated nor ignored by the business. However, that solution brings new challenges, especially for business-oriented organisations. The challenges come from the significant differences between new open models and the classic closed-innovation model, which grew on the concept of the institution of the intellectual property rights. Open Source, on the contrary, is intrinsically an anti-corporational, pro-knowledge-sharing and creativity motivated movement. As a result, in the era of open collaboration in knowledge-integrating platforms the everyday problems are constituted of dealing with mixture of institutional backgrounds, business models and professional identities...... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8200 Files in this item: 1
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AnalyserapportHøjbjerg Jacobsen, Rasmus; Junge, Martin; Rose Skaksen, Jan (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: CEBR har i perioden august-november 2011 gennemført et analyseprojekt for Dansk Industri og Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen. Projektet har haft som formål at identificere og præsentere højtuddannede indvandrere i Danmark samt deres bidrag til de offentlige kasser ud fra individdata fra Danmarks Statistik. Undervejs har projektet været fulgt af en følgegruppe bestående af Linda Duncan Wendelboe fra Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen og Claus Aastrup Seidelin fra Dansk Industri, og forfatterne vil gerne takke for mange gode kommentarer og forslag til tidligere udkast. Endvidere takkes Sofie Bødker for god assistance på projektet. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8580 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: Hvad er informationsarkitektur? Mørk & Munk gennemgår de forskellige metaforiske konstruktioner af begrebet og kommer med deres helt egen selvstændige definition. Informationsarkitektur er en samtale, strukturation, en klassifikationskamp og et konceptuelt blend. Læs hvorfor i dette working paper om et af de meste centrale begreber videnssamfundet. For nu er vi alle informationsarkitekter: IA, I AM. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6855 Files in this item: 1
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Panel Data Evidence on EuropeDahl, Christian M.; Kongsted, Hans Christian; Sørensen, Anders (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: What has been the quantitative effect on productivity growth of information and communication technology (ICT) in Europe after 1995? Based on a multi-country sectoral panel data set, we provide econometric evidence of positive and significant productivity effects of ICT in Europe, mainly due to advances in total factor productivity. In contrast to the US, this impact of ICT has happened against a negative macro economic shock not related to ICT. Our main result is in contrast to the established consensus in the growth accounting literature that there has been no acceleration of productivity growth in Europe, mainly due to the performance of ICT-using sectors. One important advantage of using econometric methods is that we can distinguish between growth effects from ICT and macro economic shocks; a feature that growth accounting methods cannot handle. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7991 Files in this item: 1
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Onarheim, Balder; Christensen, Bo T. (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The paper investigates the question of screening ideas in the ‘fuzzy front end’ of engineering design, examining the validity of employee voting schemes and related biases. After an employee-driven innovation project at {Company Name removed for review}, 99 ideas were to be screened for further development. Based on the concept of ‘wisdom of the crowds’, all ideas were individually rated by a broad selection of employees, and their choices of ideas and idea categories compared to those of a small team of senior marketers. The study also tested for two biases: visual complexity and endowment effect/ownership of ideas. The study shows that the crowd wisdom of employees significantly correlates with the preferences of the marketing team: overall, in top 12 selected ideas and in choice of idea categories. This match increases when including only the ratings of the most experienced employees. The experienced employees also proved to be less affected by visual complexity in the ideas presented. The endowment effect was potent in that every employee proved to be more likely to select their own ideas over others, but this effect disappeared when aggregating across the crowd of employees. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8255 Files in this item: 1
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Holck, Jesper; Holm Larsen, Michael; Kühn Pedersen, Mogens (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The main research interest in Open Source Software (OSS) has been in answering the questions of why individuals and organizations without economic compensation contribute to OSS projects and how these projects are organized. In this paper we instead focus on managerial decisions for acquisition of OSS and discuss potential barriers for widespread use of OSS. Based on existing literature and a small case study, we develop and discuss the hypothesis that a major barrier may be the "customer" organizations’ uncertainty and unfamiliarity with the relationships with OSS "vendors". To develop viable models for these relationships is an important challenge, which we will deal with in a research project, of which this paper should be seen as a first step. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6511 Files in this item: 1
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the case of EstoniaMeyer, Klaus; Sinani, Evis (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Lean Management in the Construction IndustryBrinch Jensen, Kenneth (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Ledelsesteknologier såsom Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma og Activity Based Costing må fremtræde som konkrete, stabile, funktionelle og homogene løsninger, hvis de skal kunne fange både interesse og finansiering i forretningsverdenen. Studier af disse ledelsesteknologiers møde med organisationspraksis viser imidlertid, at disse teknologier er præget af stor ustabilitet og heterogenitet på tværs af implementeringer. Benders & Van Veen (2001) argumenterer for at ledelsesidéer besidder en kvalitet, der kan kaldes for ’fortolkningsmæssig levedygtighed’. Med dette skal forstås, at ledelsesidéerne har en evne til at tilpasse sig lokale forhold og interesser. Argumentet er endvidere, at denne kvalitet er mere afgørende for idéens overlevelse end idéens indhold..... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8163 Files in this item: 1
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In Searching the Meaning of Chineseness in Greater ChinaCheung, Gordon C. K. (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Among the people in Greater China (People’s Republic of China [PRC], Taiwan and Hong Kong), needless to say, economic incentive, political relations and business relations all conjure up an ethos of relations, if not close bonds, among Hong Kong, Taiwan and the PRC. The rise of China matters to everyone who lives in Greater China. Hong Kong is already part of China. Taiwan, according to the PRC, cannot be independent without running the risk of a war. Yet, my question is that are those Chinese the same in Greater China? Do they have different identities? If living with China is inevitable, do they need to search for a new identity to face the challenges? Keywords: Chineseness, Greater China, identity, national boundaries, Hong Kong, Taiwan URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7396 Files in this item: 1
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Westenholz, Ann (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
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Thoughts from DenmarkBlasco, Maribel; Tackney, Charles T. (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Denmark is among the world’s most competitive nations. At the same time it has a strong tradition of citizenship‐oriented tertiary education. Nevertheless, we are currently witnessing the erosion of this tradition, arguably as a result of neoliberal ideologies ushered in by globalization and internationalization processes. These processes have stirred domestic fears, evident in government reports, about the need to improve Danish higher education to ‘meet the challenges of globalisation’. Concrete instances of possible erosion include recent directives to examine and grade group work on an individual basis, the abolition of the ‘13’ grade for individual or group performance, and the introduction of measurable skills via “learning objectives,” for all tertiary education courses. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7921 Files in this item: 1
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Bülow-Møller, Anne Marie (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The article examines the role played by the corporate website while a company – Arla – attempted to restore an image tarnished by unethical behaviour. The company’s strategy focussed on dialogue: it introduced a large number of authentic employees in their natural role as cook, dairy farmer, etc., and made them available to readers as experts providing inspiration and advice, or as writers blogging about the world of company, or as responsible people answering readers’ frank questions about their practices in an open forum. It is argued that the electronic platform allowed the company to substitute their image as a faceless monopoly with a humanized, personalised version. However, it should also be questioned if, in the long run, it was the image campaign rather than the visible efforts of the company to behave with consideration that brought about the desired change. Keywords: Image restoration, corporate communication, consumer dialogue URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6850 Files in this item: 1
wp 2006-011 working paper milk.pdf (130.9Kb) -
Christensen, Bo T. (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Two studies tested whether introducing images to designers during the design process lead to more useful design solutions as evaluated by the end-users willingness-to-use the final design. It was hypothesized based on theories in cognitive science and design that there were at least two paths from images to usefulness. One path concerns analogically transferring within-domain properties to the design solution. The other path concerns mentally simulating end-user characteristics and preferences and inclusion of the user in the resulting design. Study 1 supported that random images led to increased outcome usefulness, and supported both hypothesized paths, by using withindomain products and end-user images as input. Study 2 showed that the image categories competed for attention, and that the within-domain product stimuli attracted the most attention and was considered the most inspirational to the designers. The practical use of the technique may lead to only marginally original products perhaps limiting its applicability to incremental innovation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7941 Files in this item: 1
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Key note présentation at the ESU Conference, 2009, Benevento, Italy, September 8th – 13thHjorth, Daniel (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
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from visual communication to visual interactionNielsen, Janni (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Munch, Jakob Roland; Rose Skaksen, Jan; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We propose a complementary approach to analyze the impact of immigration on the wages of native workers. Using linked employer-employee data from Denmark for a relatively long time period (1993-2004), we study the consequences of an increased use of immigrants at the most disaggregate level – the workplace. We find that an increase in the share of workers from less developed countries at the workplace has a signifi cantly negative effect on the wages of natives – also when controlling for potential endogeneity using both fi xed effects and IV. The use of immigrants from more developed countries also appears to be correlated with wages. However, these correlations disappear when controlling for unobserved fi rm and worker characteristics and are thus likely to reflect selection rather than a causal effect of these immigrants. Finally, we find a positive impact on the wages of native workers from having Eastern European co-workers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7638 Files in this item: 1
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Viborg Andersen, Kim (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]