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the roles of knowledge sources and organizational instruments for knowledge creation and transferFoss, Nicolai Juul; Pedersen, Torben (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
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Björkman, Ingmar; Fey, Carl F.; Minbaeva, Dana; Park, Hyeon Jeong; Pedersen, Torben (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Minbaeva, Dana; Pedersen, Torben; Björkman, Ingmar; Fey, Carl F.; Park, H.J. (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
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Controlling Intervention Hazards in the Network MNCFoss, Kirsten; Foss, Nicolai J.; Nell, Phillip C. (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The MNC literature treats the (parent) HQ as entirely benevolent with respect to their perceived and actual intentions when they intervene at lower levels of the MNC. However, HQ may intervene in subsidiaries in ways that demotivate subsidiary employees and managers (and therefore harm value-creation). This may happen even if such intervention is benevolent in its intentions. We argue that the movement away from more traditional hierarchical forms of the MNC and towards network MNCs placed in more dynamic environments gives rise to more occasions for potentially harmful intervention by HQ. Network MNCs should therefore be particularly careful to anticipate and take precautions against “intervention hazards.” Following earlier research, we point to the role of normative integration and procedural justice, but argue that they also serve to control harmful HQ intervention (and not just subsidiary opportunism). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8380 Files in this item: 1
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Hansen, Michael W.; Pedersen, Torben; Petersen, Bent (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The paper addresses the question of which implications MNC strategies have to FDI linkage effects in developing countries. Two contrasting MNC strategies reflecting an integration-responsiveness dichotomy are scrutinized as to their job effects on local linkage partners in developing countries. It is hypothesized that compared to investments undertaken by MNCs following strategies of global integration, investments of MNCs pursuing local responsiveness create more jobs but imply less job upgrading in developing countries. The hypotheses are tested on a sample of Danish MNCs with extensive investments in developing countries. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7468 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: The research motivation for this study is to improve the understanding, scholarly and my own, of wireless service adoption as services enters and leaves users’ hands and minds. Wireless devices and services are enabling an unprecedented intertwinement of human actions and information systems in everyday life. Current IS research has so far paid scant attention to studying technologies which transcends the organizational domain. Little emphasis has also been provided beyond the absolute point of acceptance and adoption of artifacts. Nevertheless, many new wireless services transcend traditional use spheres. With this emerges the strong need to follow the shaping of user engagements with new mobile data services. This is the key phenomenon of interest in this dissertation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7804 Files in this item: 1
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mobile decisions aids, task complexity, and decision effectivenessHeijden, Hans van der; Sangstad Sørensen, Lotte (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Tscherning, Heidi (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The development of mobile devices has occurred with unprecedented pace since the late nineties, and the increase of generic services has proliferated in most developed countries, driven by the expanding technological capabilities and performance of mobile platforms. This dissertation investigates how consumer objectives, orientation, and behavior can aid in explaining the adoption and use of a new type of mobile devices: “app phones”. This dissertation focuses its effort on two focal influences of adoption and use; social influences and competing forces. Through a qualitative case study and field study this dissertation explores early adoption and use of iPhones. The case study is a one-shot cross-sectional case study that investigates five individuals, related through the same social network, and their decision to adopt an iPhone prior to its release in Denmark. This adoption decision engenders high switching costs as adopters lack references to imitate and need skills to unlock and jailbreak their iPhones to make them work on Danish networks. The specific purpose of the case study is to explore how social influences impact mobile users’ early adoption decisions, as it is well known in the literature that people with similar characteristics, tastes, and beliefs often associate in the same social networks and, hence, influence each other. The field study is cross-sectional with multiple snapshots and explores fifteen individuals part of the same university study, who receives an iPhone for a period of seven months short after its release in Denmark. The specific purpose of the field study is to explore how competing forces of iPhone usage influence assimilation, i.e. the degree to which the iPhone is used, over time. The dissertation, furthermore, contains a systematic literature review. The main contribution of this dissertation is reported through four articles and is directed at both academic researchers and practitioners. The study emphasizes the importance of social influences and competing forces in the investigation of adoption and use of certain mobile devices. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8342 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: This paper analyzes the 44 papers included in the proceedings of the 5th ICMB conference in Copenhagen 2006. The purpose of the paper was to investigate to what extent the conference fulfilled its objectives which was to compare previous expectations with present realities along the following four areas: (1) business models, (2) the influence of m-business on private and work life, (3) the impact of regulation, and (4) the re-composition of the value network. In the analysis we apply the well-known framework by Lyytinen and Yoo for studying nomadic computing. In addition to this we also classify the papers in relation to type of artifact investigated, application area, and research methodology. The analysis show that the main focus lay on the use and adoption of mobile services – over 60% of the papers address. Few papers address the impact of service on any level of analysis. Business model is a recurring topic in 17 of the papers. There is lack in theorizing of the artifact, e.g. many just study mobile devices, but do not describe what type they study. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7752 Files in this item: 1
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Rights, responsibilities and secondary schooling in urban MexicoBlasco, Maribel (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Benito, Gabriel R. G.; Petersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S. (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: An enduring characteristic of extant literature on foreign operation modes is its discrete choice approach, where companies are assumed to choose one among a small number of distinctive alternatives. In this paper we use detailed information about the operations of six Norwegian companies in three key markets (China, UK and USA) as the basis for an exploration of the extent to which, and how and why, companies combine clearly different foreign operation modes. We examine their use of foreign operation mode combinations within given value activities as well as within given countries. The study reveals that companies tend to combine modes of operation; thereby producing unique foreign operation mode “packages” for given activities and/or countries, and that the packages are liable to be modified over time – providing a potentially important optional path for international expansion. Our data show considerable variation across cases; ranging from extensive use of mode combinations to a singular focus on a specific mode of operation. The study contributes to a refinement of our understanding of the path of internationalisation, and throws up a number of awkward theoretical questions about the process. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8219 Files in this item: 1
Benito_Petersen_Welch_SMG_WP_9_2010.pdf (237.6Kb) -
Bentzen, Eric (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Serviceydelser er en ydelser mange virksomheder, store som små, tilbyder deres kunder. Efterspørgslen efter en serviceydelse vil opstå mere eller mindre tilfældigt i løbet af en arbejdsdag, og set fra virksomhedens side vil den kunne kategoriseres efter kundernes ankomstmønster, ventetiden i køen, serviceopgaven og endelig hvornår man forlader køen. Den simple struktur i et køsystem kan betragtes som en proces hvor kunder udefra ankommer til en ydelse de efterspørger. Hvis ydelsen er optaget, må kunden vente indtil de kan blive serviceret. I det følgende vil vi se på strukturen: Ankomstproces -> køstruktur -> serviceproces URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6289 Files in this item: 1
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Blomgren-Hansen, Niels (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Modelling the e¤ects of mergers in the retail sector. According to the Danish Competition Act, a merger that impedes ef- fective competition signi cantly, in particular by creating or strengthening a dominant postition, shall be prohibited. To decide whether this is the case the authorities need a quanti able model of the relationship between the variables that are directly a¤ected by the merger and some measure of competition. In this paper we set up and calibrate a simple model of the inter- action of the retail and the wholesale markets based on a concrete case (the acquisition and merger of 250 shops previously organized in a vol- untary chain of shops comprising roughly half of the market for high-end cosmetics in Denmark). The model predicts that an unconditioned merger was likely to have a signi cant impact on retail prices, in particular through possible abuse of buyer-power, and that the authorities had good reasons for conditioning its approval on the removal of a number of contract-based barriers to entry. Analytically, the main results are the following: (1) In a linear model characterized by heterogenous products and constant marginal costs the optimal wholesale prices are una¤ected by the structure in the retail sec- tor. (2) The e¤ect on of buyer-power induced quantity discounts depends crucially on the speci c design of the rebate scheme: A relative discount on the list price the independent shops are charged increases the average retail price; A xed reduction relative to the pre-merger price reduces the average retail price). (3) Buyer-power induced retail price maintenance (RPM) increases the average retail price. RPM increases the competitive- ness and pro ts of the merged shops if producers keep wholesale prices unchanged. If, however, the producers adjust their wholesale prices, then RMP hurts merged and independent shops alike and bene ts only the producers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7986 Files in this item: 1
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Holst, Anders; Nalholm, Morten (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper an investigation of the pricing of callable annuities with interest-only (I-O) optionality is conducted. First the I-O optionality feature of callable annuities is introduced. Next an algorithm for pricing callable annuities with I-O optionality using the finite difference methodology, is formulated. This is then used to investigate optimal strategies of I-O bonds and impacts on prices from the I-O optionality. It is found that the I-O feature necessitates a simultaneous valuation of all elements of the callable I-O bond. Following this, the Greeks of the I-O bond are investigated. It is found that they are affected by the I-O feature, but only to a limited extent. Finally, a model of heterogenous prepayment decisions is incorporated into the framework. The model is extended to model heterogeneity in the I-O exercise decisions. The incorporation of heterogeneity in borrower decisions is found to lead to reasonable causalities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7149 Files in this item: 1
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Rahbek Pedersen, Esben (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to develop a model of how managers perceive the responsibilities of business towards society. The article is based on the survey responses of more than 1,000 managers in eight large international firms. It is concluded that the managerial perceptions of societal responsibilities differ in some respects from the mainstream models found in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business ethics literature. The article is an output of RESPONSE: an EUand corporate-funded research project on managerial perceptions of CSR. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7126 Files in this item: 1
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Martensen, Anne; Hansen, Flemming (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The paper reports findings from a larger study of sponsors and their relationship to sponsored parties. In the present reporting, the focus is on sponsors. Rather than evaluating such sponsorships in traditional effect hierarchical terms, a conceptual Sponsor Value Model is specified as a structural equation model where the drivers are attitudes towards the sponsorship and emotions towards the sponsorship. It is found that the two classes of variables describe different aspects of the perception of sponsorships, and that they both contribute significantly to the overall value of sponsoring for a particular company. In the present paper, two cases are shown for two major sponsors. The specified Sponsor Value Model is estimated by a partial least squares (PLS) method. It is found that the two sponsors are perceived differently, both in terms of emotional and attitudinal responses. It is also found that the emotional responses aroused by the sponsorships are at least as important as those ascribable to attitudinal elements. Key words: Sponsorship, emotional response, attitudes towards sponsorship, structural equation model URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6642 Files in this item: 1
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The Role of Fundamentals Using a Regime-Switching ApproachNielsen, Steen; Overgaard Olesen, Jan (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
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A Case of Danish Multinationals and their Subsidiaries in P.R. China and IndiaWorm, Verner; Xu, Xiaojun; Shinha, Jai b.P. (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: By drawing on a selective review of literature, we propose that the culture of Danish multinationals and transnational organizations interface with the Chinese and Indian societal and managerial cultures in order to create hybrid cultures in Danish subsidiaries in P. R. China and India. The hybrid culture moderates the relationships between the forms of knowledge and internationalization of multinationals on one hand and the transfer of knowledge on the other. It is postulated that stable cultural frames of the Danes and Chinese managers, both having stable cultural frame, will require long drawn efforts to overcome the cultural distance and transfer the various forms and levels of knowledge in the initial years of the subsidiaries. On the other hand, Indians’ style of switching their cultural frames will create less entry problems but more recurring problems once Danish multinationals will get going. Once the postulates are empirically validated, potential implications for strategic interventions are briefly discussed. Keywords: Knowledge transfer, culture, MNCs. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7400 Files in this item: 1
cdp2005-02worm.samlet.pdf (195.7Kb) -
Thyssen, Ole (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7722 Files in this item: 1
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Foss, Nicolai J.; Stieglitz, Nils (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We survey the resource-based view in strategic management, focusing on its roots in economics. We organize our discussion in terms of the Gavetti and Levinthal distinction between a “high church” and a “low church” resource-based view, and argue that these hitherto rather separate streams are increasingly overlapping. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8172 Files in this item: 1
CBS Forskningsindberetning SMG 261.pdf (200.4Kb)