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A Survey of Danish ManufacturersHsuan, Juliana; Frandsen, Thomas; Raja, Jawwad (Frederiksberg, 2016)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Modularity has been proposed as a powerful way of managing complexity. The emerging literature points to the importance of modularity of service architecture, with case based studies in logistics and healthcare. Little is known about the relationship between product and service modularity and their effects on business performance, both empirically and theoretically. This paper explores the relationship between product and service modularity and their effects on business performance based on a survey of Danish manufacturers. We provide empirical and theoretical insights into the emerging fields of service modularity and industrial services. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9415 Filer i denne post: 1
pub_P&OM 2016_Hsuan et al.pdf (252.0Kb) -
Rabbiosi, Larissa (København, 2008)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper explores theoretical and empirical ambiguities in the literature concerning the impact of foreign subsidiary autonomy on intra-MNE knowledge transfer. We argue that understanding the interdependences between subsidiary autonomy and the use of different communication systems – e.g. person-based and electronic-based communication systems – is crucial to putting forward new insights in the debate. Based on the recent literature on strategic management, we hypothesize that the two communication systems call for different degrees of subsidiary autonomy and vice versa. Using a data set consisting of 307 dyads between foreign subsidiaries and their parent companies, we find that two distinctive configurations positively affect the extent of knowledge transfer from foreign subsidiaries to their parent companies. The first is the combination of a high degree of subsidiary autonomy and the use of person-based mechanisms, and the second is the combination of low subsidiary autonomy and the use of electronic-based mechanisms. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7455 Filer i denne post: 1
smg wp 2008-16.pdf (766.3Kb) -
Rose, Caspar (København, 2002)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Laursen, Keld (Aalborg, 1996)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The paper explores firstly the impact of technological change on trade growth at the country level, using trade statistics and statistics on patenting activity in the US, across 20 countries for 17 manufacturing sectors. Secondly, using structural decomposition analysis, the paper examine whether the degree to which countries get access to sectors with above average growth in technological opportunity has any impact on growth in aggregate market shares of exports. The results demonstrate that there is a positive relationship between change in trade performance and change in technological capabilities across countries for 8 ‘technology intensive’ sectors over the period 1965-1988. It is also shown that there appear to be some (however weak) relationship between the degree to which countries get access to sectors with above average growth in technological opportunity and growth in aggregate market shares. However, there seems to be a much stronger positive relationship between growth rates in trade performance and the individual ‘national innovation system’s’ ability to actively move into technological sectors offering above average technological opportunity. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8122 Filer i denne post: 1
8778730120.pdf (137.3Kb) -
Laursen, Keld (Frederiksberg, 1996)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Gammelgaard, Jens (, 2002)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Nielsen, Bo Bernhard; Nielsen, Sabina (, 2009)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Nationality diversity and international experience constitute two related yet distinct sources of competence among upper echelons. While both TMT international experience and nationality diversity increases the likelihood of firms expanding outside their home region, our results show that TMTs with international experience are more likely to expand abroad via greenfield investments, whereas nationally diverse TMTs are more likely to engage in international acquisitions and joint ventures. This highlights the need to treat TMT nationality diversity and international experience as two different characteristics influencing foreign entry mode decision. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7938 Filer i denne post: 1
SMG WP 2009-08.pdf (316.1Kb) -
Filges, Trine; Larsen, Birthe (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Kanniainen, Vesa; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2007)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper identifies several distortions which create barriers to entrepreneurship. First, in addition to the innate entry cost, there are entry costs caused by regulation. Second, union wage policies raise the opportunity cost of entrepreneurship. Third, inefficiencies in the transmission of tacit knowledge between generations of entrepreneurs can arise: with access to within-family ownership transfer, the outside market for entrepreneurship operates as a lemon’s market. This problem becomes relevant when the economic life of a business idea exceeds the active life of an entrepreneur. barriers to entrepreneurship, tacit knowledge, occupational choice URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7711 Filer i denne post: 1
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Petersen, Christian; Plenborg, Thomas (København, 2008)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This study focuses on methodological errors that arise when firm valuation is carried out in practice. Violation of assumptions underlying the valuation models are examples of methodological errors. We analyze valuation spreadsheets from five Danish financial institutions (i.e., stockbrokers and corporate finance departments) in order to trace if firm valuation models are properly applied. We conclude the following: (i) Methodological errors often cause valuation models to generate estimates that differ significantly from the theoretically correct value; and (ii) Firm value estimates were biased due to a variety of methodological errors. The implications of those errors may be significant. Investors are exposed to poor recommendations. Financial institutions such as investment bankers and stockbrokers may be exposed to bad reputation and lawsuits. Accounting firms that do not carry out firm valuation correctly (for example in testing goodwill for impairment) also run the risk of litigations. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6746 Filer i denne post: 1
wp_2008-03.pdf (229.2Kb) -
Når best practice konflikter med kulturen. Løsning af implementeringsproblemer gennem anvendelse af kendte CSF i et aktionsforskningsforløbSalling Pedersen, Allan (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) fremhæves ofte som et IT-governance best practice framework, men det er tilsyneladende vanskeligt at implementere. ”Many organizations that decide to implement ITIL fail completely [...]” (Pereira og da Silva 2010). Dette vurderes som et væsentligt IS-forskningsproblem. ITIL-litteraturen anviser bl.a. Critical Success Factors (CSF) som en løsning. Baseret på et identificeret litteraturgap blev det besluttet at undersøge, om kendte CSF kunne løse problemet. På den baggrund er der gennemført et aktionsforskningsprojekt, hvor ITILimplementeringsproblemet søges løs ved hjælp af kendte CSF. Der blev udvalgt en egnet caseorganisation, og det blev besluttet at fokusere på ITILs Change Management proces. Et et stigende pres fra IT-revisionen medførte et behov for succesfuld ITIL-implementering, og IT-ledelsen var opsat på at løse dette problem ”én gang for alle”. Aktionsforskningen gav (især) i begyndelsen positive resultater, og der kunne præsenteres handleanvisninger til forbedret operationalisering af CSF. Imidlertid opstod der problemer længere inde i forløbet. Det blev tydeligt, at selv de bedste CSF ikke kunne løse problemerne. En bredere afsøgning af teorien viste, at organisationskulturen kunne udgøre en forklarende faktor, og der blev identificeret et litteraturgap i form af manglende viden om kulturens indvirkning på ITIL-implementeringen. I den sidste del af aktionsforskningen blev sammenhængen mellem kultur og implementeringsproblemerne derfor undersøgt. Resultaterne viste, at kulturen delvist kunne forklare problemerne, og på den baggrund blev der opstillet handleanvisninger for diagnosticering og ændring af kulturen. ITIL-implementeringen var kun delvist en succes, men under aktionsforskningen blev der alligevel etableret en række holdbare rutiner, der stadig bruges flere år efter. De afviger fra, hvad der opfattes som ITIL best practice, men de har givet en række IT-governancegevinster, og IT-revisionen var tilfredse. Desuden udtrykte såvel ledelse som medarbejdere tilfredshed med resultaterne. På denne baggrund, blev der opstillet handleanvisninger til organisationer, der ønsker IT-governance-gevinster, uden at skulle ændre en konfliktende kultur. Resultaterne bidrager til ITIL CSF-teorien, og til ITIL-frameworket generelt, ved at inddrage teori om organisationskultur for at forbedre ITIL-implementering som et led i bedre ITSM og IT-governance. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9132 Filer i denne post: 1
Allan_Salling_Pedersen.pdf (3.551Mb) -
Frygell, Linda; Hedman, Jonas; Carlsson, Sven (Honolulu, 2017)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper presents a longitudinal case study of a multi-national company’s Customer Relationship Management implementation in China, Poland, Russia, Middle East, Dubai, Pakistan, Iran, Korea and Japan. Although the cooperation has extensive experience in implementing systems in its different global subsidiaries, and has planned the implementation well, the implementation was not a complete success. The study has identified that the cultural factor are important, but not stressed enough in the current CRM literature. Understanding the difference between the organizational culture in which the system is developed and the national culture in which the system is implemented, as well as having a strategy for how to embrace and control/adjust to cultural values, is vital for a successful system implementation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9431 Filer i denne post: 1
J_Hedman_HICSS50_paper0570.pdf (276.1Kb) -
The Case of the Pre-nominal Genitive in EnglishAnker Jensen, Per (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8237 Filer i denne post: 1
gengram_Dokumentation final+code.pdf (341.5Kb) -
Rosholm, Michael; Scheuer, Christian; Sørensen, Anders (København, 2007)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper investigates the impact of globalization, in the sense of increasing international trade, on the demand for skills in Danish manufacturing companies. The study is based on a unique data set that enables us to develop rich measures of international outsourcing and import penetration. Moreover, the data also allows several strategies to strengthen the causal interpretation of our results. The main finding of the analysis is that it is of crucial importance to distinguish imports - both in the form of outsourcing and overall imports - by country-of-origin. We find that international trade with low-wage countries leads to skill-upgrading. This is especially pronounced for import penetration with a ceteris paribus contribution of around fifty percent to skill-upgrading. Moreover, we find that import penetration in goods originating from high-wage countries lead to skill-downgrading. This latter result suggests that Danish manufacturing has comparative advantage in skill intensive production when compared to low-wage countries, but in unskill-intensive production when compared to high-wage countries. Skill-upgrading, Low-wage country outsourcing, Low-wage country import penetration, Comparative advantage URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7709 Filer i denne post: 1
artikel 20.pdf (389.3Kb) -
Scheuer, Christian; Sørensen, Anders; Rosholm, Michael (København, 2007)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper investigates the impact of globalization, in the sense of increasing international trade, on the demand for skills in Danish manufacturing companies. The study is based on a unique data set that enables us to develop rich measures of international outsourcing and import penetration. Moreover, the data also allows several strategies to strengthen the causal interpretation of our results. The main finding of the analysis is that it is of crucial importance to distinguish imports - both in the form of outsourcing and overall imports - by country-of-origin. We find that international trade with low-wage countries leads to skill-upgrading. This is especially pronounced for import penetration with a ceteris paribus contribution of around fifty percent to skill-upgrading. Moreover, we find that import penetration in goods originating from high-wage countries lead to skill-downgrading. This latter result suggests that Danish manufacturing has comparative advantage in skillintensive production when compared to low-wage countries, but in unskill-intensive production when compared to high-wage countries. Skill-upgrading, Low-wage country outsourcing, Low-wage country import penetration, Comparative advantage URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7625 Filer i denne post: 1
wp8-2007.pdf (532.1Kb) -
Jeppesen, Lars Bo (København, 2002)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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An Empirical TestDahlgren, Henrich (København, 2005)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper takes an economic approach to investigate the role of geographical proximity for organizing new product development (NPD) activities within inter-firm linkages. Product development theory and the resource-based view is discussed from an inter-firm perspective and contrasted to arguments in the literature on geographical economics. The approach in this paper assumes that geographical proximity is crucial for inter-firm learning, knowledge transfer and creation of capabilities to a higher extent in inter-firm linkages with a high level of interaction, in industries where knowledge is relatively more important as a resource and where collaboration partners are important. Hypotheses are tested by means of a quantitative analysis of a data set containing information about 4842 domestic and international inter-firm linkages of Danish firms in manufacturing industries. The findings in this analysis exhibit low support for the general role of geographical proximity for organizing NPD activities within inter-firm linkages. The result suggests that geographical proximity seems to play a role in inter-firm linkages in few cases. For instance, it is shown that knowledge intensive firms exhibit a propensity for international linkages. It is further suggested closer geographical distance for inter-firm linkages with medium and high level of interaction, suppliers or customers accounting for more than one third of total purchases or sales, and for linkages lasting for at least 10 years. Key words: capabilities, economics of localization, innovation, inter-firm linkages, knowledge, product development, proximity, resources JEL-codes: L23, L60, O32 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7268 Filer i denne post: 1
lok_wp_1_2005.pdf (342.9Kb) -
a latent class estimationPedersen, Torben; Soo, Christine; Devinney, Timothy M. (København, 2002)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Laursen, Keld (Frederiksberg, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Recent theoretical and empirical analysis in the field of economic organisation has focussed almost exclusively on identifying organisational practices and complementarities between such practices, invariant to the type of activity in question. However, this paper takes its point of departure in the observation from organisational theory that more knowledge-intensive production activities often involve higher degrees of strategic uncertainty for firms and performance ambiguity in relation to individual employees. Therefore, the “organic” or “clan” form of organisation — involving the application of “new” HRM practices — is expected to yield a higher outcome in terms of performance within knowledge-intensive sectors of the economy, as compared to other sectors. Moreover, knowledge-intensive activities are likely to require the utilisation of local knowledge to a higher degree than less knowledge-intensive activities. Given that the application of new HRM practices is one way of supporting such local knowledge, it should also for this reason be expected that the application of HRM practices are more effective for knowledge-intensive production activities. A sample of 726 Danish firms with more than 50 employees in manufacturing and private services is applied. The results show that HRM practices are more effective in influencing innovation performance when applied together, rather than when applied alone. In other words, organisational complementarities obtain. Moreover, it is shown that the application of (complementary) HRM practices is more effective in what is normally perceived to be more knowledge-intensive sectors as compared to less knowledge-intensive sectors. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7897 Filer i denne post: 1
DRUID_01_11.pdf (120.9Kb) -
Laursen, Keld (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Recent theoretical and empirical analysis in the field of economic organisation has focussed almost exclusively on identifying organisational practices and complementarities between such practices, invariant to the type of activity in question. However, this paper takes its point of departure in the observation from organisational theory that more knowledgeintensive production activities often involve higher degrees of strategic uncertainty for firms and performance ambiguity in relation to individual employees. Therefore, the "organic" or "clan" form of organisation — involving the application of "new" HRM practices — is expected to yield a higher outcome in terms of performance within knowledge-intensive sectors of the economy, as compared to other sectors. Moreover, knowledge-intensive activities are likely to require the utilisation of local knowledge to a higher degree than less knowledge-intensive activities. Given that the application of new HRM practices is one way of supporting such local knowledge, it should also for this reason be expected that the application of HRM practices are more effective for knowledge-intensive production activities. A sample of 726 Danish firms with more than 50 employees in manufacturing and private services is applied. The results show that HRM practices are more effective in influencing innovation performance when applied together, rather than when applied alone. In other words, organisational complementarities obtain. Moreover, it is shown that the application of (complementary) HRM practices is more effective in what is normally perceived to be more knowledge-intensive sectors as compared to less knowledge-intensive sectors. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6892 Filer i denne post: 1
linkwp01-16.pdf (83.45Kb)