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a refection of corporate strategyJørgensen, Heidi; Vintergaard, Christian (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Logically it seems that companies pursuing different business strategies would also manage their relationships with other firms accordingly. Nevertheless, due to the lack of research in the field of network strategies, this link still remains inadequately examined. Based on the well-known framework of organisational behaviour developed by Miles and Snow (1978), this paper argues that the patterns of network behaviour practiced by firms greatly depend on the business typology of the company. That is, a company’s business typology will to a certain degree dictate the network identity of the company. In this paper evidence is provided, that the relation between a company’s strategy, structure and processes in fact have a considerable influence on its pattern of network behaviour. Three case studies from the Danish biotech industry exemplify and illustrate how a company’s strategy is directly correlated with how it manages its strategic network relations, which consequently affects its network identity (Eisenhardt 1999). It is argued in this paper that the level of relational embeddedness, incentives for establishing strategic relations and the relation between the number of non-redundant and redundant relations are the most dominant elements distinguishing the types of network behaviour in relation to the business typology. The paper thus strives to argue how different business typologies develop a network identity on the basis of their network behaviour. Due to the correlation between a company’s strategy, structure and processes and its pattern of network behaviour, knowing how to manage this relation becomes essential, especially during the development of new strategies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6368 Files in this item: 1
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A Route to a New Negotiating Order in High Performance Work Organizations?Hull Kristensen, Peer (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Contrary to a widely held view, rather than seeing the certification of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) as a barrier to increasing employee participation, this article views new ways of structuring participation as a necessary step towards making improvements in OHS management systems. The article first considers how work organization has changed and then in a similar way traces how bargaining has shifted from being distributive to become integrative to create a fundamental change in the negotiation regime. Finally, by analysing an OHS-certified firm in greater depth, the article shows how solutions for improvements in OHS management and notable bottom-up formulations of OHS benchmarks may help us discover how the organizational form of firms in which high-performance work organization can be developed through new participative structures. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8204 Files in this item: 1
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The Case of Mobile Service ProvidersEngel Nielsen, Lars; Mahnke, Volker (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Many companies in high technology fields engage with alliance partners to reduce risks, create synergies and learn. While the challenges of managing individual alliances are well documented, little is known on how to manage several R&D alliances simultaneously. Multiple alliance strategies can be observed in several companies engaged in the cross section of telecommunication and mobile technology where increased complexity magnifies managerial challenges. Drawing on modern portfolio theory, this paper offers a model for managing portfolios of R&D alliances. In particular, an analysis of a technology platform leader reveals how companies can reduce several types of risks associated with new technology and gain synergies by engaging in several alliances simultaneously. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6493 Files in this item: 1
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The case of Mobile CommerceMahnke, Volker; Overby, Mikkel Lucas (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Many companies in the cross section of telecommunication and mobile technology engage in R&D collaborations to manage uncertainty, create synergies and learn. While the challenges of managing individual collaborations are well documented, little is known on how to systematically manage several R&D collaborations simultaneously. We use modern portfolio theory as an analogy to show how companies active in mobile telecommunication manage risks and create synergies by simultaneously engaging in several inter-firm collaborations. Keywords: Portfolio theory, risk, synergy, R&D collaboration, mobile commerce URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6502 Files in this item: 1
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An empirical analysis of science-industry collaboration in a pharmaceutical companyVedel, Jane Bjørn (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In recent years, the concept of ‘strategic research’ has played a prominent role in Danish public research policy. This thesis investigates how strategic research develops in a pharmaceutical company. Politicians and policy makers have tended to see science-industry collaboration as the main strategic tool for stimulating national growth and job creation. They have also anticipated that companies and politicians in the future will have an increasingly important role in specifying societal and industrial problems that can be solved through science-industry collaborations. Hence, strategic research is today closely associated with what is termed ‘demand-driven innovation’. Science-industry collaboration has also attracted interest in industry, for instance, in pharmaceutical companies. However, here we find quite different ideas about strategic research and science-industry collaboration. Rather than representing a tool for providing short-term solutions, pharmaceutical companies have seen science-industry collaboration as a device for building long-term platforms of innovation. Arising from a curiosity concerning the differences between policy and corporate practices of strategic research, this thesis asks the following questions: What characterizes strategic research in a private company? Through which practices does strategic research (and science-industry collaboration) develop? What characterizes the management of strategic research? URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8881 Files in this item: 1
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a research AgendaMichailova, Snejina; Husted, Kenneth (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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A theoretical perspectivePetersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S.; Benito, Gabriel R.G. (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Internalisation theory informs us about why and when multinational enterprises (MNEs) internalise foreign operations, but has less to say about how the internalisation should be prepared and exercised when foreign market operations initially are carried out by local, outside agents. Drawing on insights from managerially-oriented literature, this paper explores the role of management in situations where the market transaction costs of using outside agents are negligible at market entry, but grow over time. A key question pertaining to this situation is: what management instruments may ensure persistent concurrence between changing pressure for internalisation in a foreign market and the effectuated internalisation of an MNE in that market? Management instruments and strategies that potentially support ‘staged internalisation’ include appropriation of the local outside agent’s financial assets (including equity) as well as non-financial assets in relation to user rights, customer relations, and value added activities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7454 Files in this item: 1
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Henningsson, Stefan; Yetton, Philip (, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Acquisitions are standard components of the growth strategies of many organizations. Frequently, acquisitions raise important questions concerning how and to what extent the acquisition’s information technology (IT) needs to be integrated into the IT of the acquirer. We investigate how the initial conditions of business and IT alignment in the acquirer and the acquisition affect the complexity of the post-acquisition IT integration process, in acquisitions of business units by multi-business organizations. Adopting an IT alignment model for multi-business organizations, we explain the complexity of IT integration paths in two acquisitions made by the industry group Trelleborg AB. We identify four initial business and IT strategic alignment conditions where the IT integration process is a simple one-step process exploiting existing business and IT capabilities. Low compliance with these conditions leads to increased complexity because additional business and/or IT capabilities have to be developed to leverage the full potential of the acquisition. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8628 Files in this item: 1
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Ernø-Kjølhede, Erik; Husted, Kenneth; Mønsted, Mette; Wenneberg, Søren Barlebo (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
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Pedersen, Ove K.; Kjær, Peter; Åkerstrøm Andersen, Niels (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
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A Focus Group StudyHellström, Tomas; Husted, Kenneth (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper argues that knowledge mapping may provide a fruitful avenue for intellectual capital management in academic environments such as university departments. However, while some research has been conducted on knowledge mapping and intellectual capital management in the public sector, the university has so far not been directly considered for this type of management. The paper initially reviews the functions and techniques of knowledge mapping and assesses these in the light of academic demands. Secondly, the result of a focus group study is presented, where academic leaders were asked to reflect of the uses of knowledge mapping at their departments and institutes. Finally a number of suggestions are made as to the rationale and conduct of knowledge mapping in academe. Keywords: Knowledge mapping, academic, intellectual capital management, focus group, research management URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7313 Files in this item: 1
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Michea, Adela; Varnes, Claus Juul (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This study adds to business model innovation literature by exploring the adaptability of dominant logics of corporate mindsets. The purpose is to analyze how a company can rethink itself based on the premises of servitization: how the mindset of a manufacturer can be reconfigured when changing the business model from product to service innovation and adapting a service logic for its entire business. A field study was conducted in the form of two workshops and interviews with middle-level managers of Vestas Wind Systems, a global wind turbine manufacturer. The study indicates that it is cognitively possible to change the business model of a manufacturing company. Furthermore, the results showed that mindsets can be mapped, but they change depending on the framing. Interestingly, each mindset possesses a different businesslogic, as the components of the business model framework interact differently in a product than a service situation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8844 Files in this item: 1
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Pettersson, Michael; Schmidt, Marcus (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Denne undersøgelse er igangsat med henblik på at få et reelt billede af hvordan HD studerende på landsplan ser ud. I meget korte træk kan nævnes fra undersøgelsen, med 610 respondenter; Besvarelserne om hvilken organisation/virksomhed de studerende kommer fra, rejser spørgsmål om HD er tilpasset markedet i dag, om vi reelt er dækkende (off.ansatte). Med udgangspunkt i uddannelsens længde, er længden hensigtsmæssig. Nogle af de traditionelle segmenter (ingeniørerne) fravælger HD (1.del) til fordel for alternativer. Spørgsmål om der var forskelle mellem de forskellige HD. Spørgsmål om metode-indlæring blev som et væsentligt element fremhævet for at sikre såvel fagligt fokus som kvalitetsniveau. HD har et godt omdømme, vigtigt at fastholde det faglige niveau. De studerende lægger stor vægt på en international anerkendelse ligesom spørgsmål om en international anerkendt titel. Af spørgeskemaet fremstår at de studerende selv initierer beslutningsprocessen om valg af HD studiet. Spørgsmål om mulighed for customization sammenkædet med fleksibilitet og vejledning. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7670 Files in this item: 1
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Viken, Monica (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The focus of this thesis is an analysis of the legal aspects and use of surveys in trademark and marketing practice litigation in Norway. I examine the legal relevance of surveys and analyse how they are considered as evidence by the courts and administrative bodies. Human behaviour can be defined within a legal context by interpreting legal sources and also by developing a survey based on the market place. In this thesis, I compare the use of survey findings as evidence of human perceptions in the context of the average consumer who represents the opinion of the relevant group. If the factual public opinion of the respective group of addressees is taken into consideration, the rules are interpreted with a basis in the market place (reality), and not within a formal legal framework (abstraction)... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8367 Files in this item: 2
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An Integrated Research reviewCumberland, Flemming (Frederiksberg, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The market penetration problematic has been subject to consideration in the scientific literature, however, hitherto not on the basis of a coherent and applied theory. Based on selected fields of theory, e.g. ex ante it is presumed that such theories may contribute to the development within the market penetration problematic, and this forms the purpose of this scientific article, i.e. to critically evaluate and compare the basics of such theories, analytic argumentation and fields of application. A meta-theoretical argumentation will apply, as such contributions containing estimated of potential theoretical and methodological flaws – have been surprising limited in numbers. Selected perspectives are not only considered a product of the scientific context, i.e. perspective, within which they were developed, but additionally in relation to the perspective utility value as framework of analysis and terms in this context.. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8141 Files in this item: 1
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The History of the Internal Market as a Technicalization of Politics and a Politicization of the TechnicalFrankel, Christian (, 2010)[More information][Less information]
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Toward a Dynamic Property Rights PerspectiveFoss, Nicolai J.; Foss, Kirsten (Frederiksberg, 1998)[More information][Less information]