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Alabau, Vicent; Carl, Michael; Martínez, García; González-Rubio, Jesús; Mesa-Lao, Bartolomé; Ortiz-Martínez, Daniel; Rodrigues, Sofia; Schaeffer, Moritz (Edinburgh, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this work package, we evaluate the CasMaCat workbench in eld trials to study the use of the workbench in a real-world environment. We have also integrated the workbench into community translation platforms and collected user activity data from both eld trials and volunteer translators interacting with the workbench. This Deliverable covers Task 6.1 and 6.2. Task 6.1: Third eld trial at a translation agency (Celer Soluciones SL in Madrid) to evaluate the CasMaCat workbench in a real-world professional translation environment. Task 6.2: Analysis of translator feedback and activity data. Collection of feedback of translators' self-estimation through questionnaires and retrospective interviews. In addition to the originally planned third eld trial for 2014, we have also conducted an additional longitudinal study between April and May 2014 (as discussed in the last review meeting { December 2013). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9054 Files in this item: 1
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Knudsen, Line; Wenneberg, Søren B. (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
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Christensen, Bo T.; Kristensen, Tore; Reber, Rolf (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The literature in consumer psychology has tended to lack a clear separation between theoretical models of creativity and beauty evaluations of products. The present study examined whether creativity and beauty affected willingness to pay jointly or separately. In three experiments using paintings, wrist watches and designer lamps as stimuli, the present study shows how creativity and beauty both positively influence consumer willingness-to-pay for the product, but each explains different parts of the variance. Further, product complexity differentially affects consumer judgments of creativity and beauty. The results show that it is essential to develop separate models of creativity and beauty evaluations in consumer psychology, in that they seem to be distinct factors, explaining different parts of the variance in their consequences on willingness to pay, and are affected differentially by antecedent factors, such as complexity. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7940 Files in this item: 1
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A Systematic Literature ReviewDurach, Christian F.; Wieland, Andreas; Machuca, Jose A.D. (, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide groundwork for an emerging theory of supply chain robustness – which has been conceptualized as a dimension of supply chain resilience – through reviewing and synthesizing related yet disconnected studies. The paper develops a formal definition of supply chain robustness to build a framework that captures the dimensions, antecedents and moderators of the construct as discussed in the literature. Design/methodology/approach – The authors apply a systematic literature review approach. In order to reduce researcher bias, they involve a team of academics, librarians and managers. Findings – The paper (1) provides a formal definition of supply chain robustness, (2) builds a theoretical framework of supply chain robustness that augments both causal and descriptive knowledge, (3) shows how findings in this review support practice and (4) reveals methodological insights on the use of journal rankings in reviews. Research limitations/implications – At this stage, managers may benefit from seeing these relationships as clues derived from the literature. The paper is fundamentally a call for researchers to conduct quantitative testing of such relationships to derive more reliable understanding and practical applications. Practical implications – Rather than presenting empirical findings, this paper reveals to managers that visibility, risk management orientation and reduced network complexity have been the main predictive antecedents of supply chain robustness (as discussed in the academic literature). This provides a potentially important signal as to where to invest resources. Originality/value – The study is the first to develop a formal definition of supply chain robustness and to establish a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding the construct. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9123 Files in this item: 1
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Håkanson, Lars; Ambos, Björn (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This study investigates the antecedents of psychic distance. Building on original data in 25 of the world’s largest economies, we investigate potential drivers of the perceived distance among a given pair of countries. Results confirm that psychic distance is indeed a multifaceted construct which is determined by cultural, geographic and economic factors. Furthermore, our results indicate that geographic distance accounts for the largest share of the explained variance, suggesting that future studies should attribute geographic distance a more prominent role when it comes to empirically investigating international business decisions for which psychic distance perceptions may be important. They also suggest that, used in isolation, cultural distance – as measured by the so called Kogut and Singh index – is a poor predictor of distance perceptions. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6583 Files in this item: 1
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Moeran, Brian (Frederiksberg, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This working paper examines the role of international book fairs in the global publishing industry, and in particular their relation to the publishing cycle, chain and field. It outlines some relevant historical features, as well as main functions, of fairs, before describing in detail the daily activities of an independent academic publisher at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Analysis of the book fair takes place at two levels. The first focuses on the importance of visibility in a fair’s timing and location, as well as in the location and size of participants’ stands, inclusion in the fair catalogue, business deals, and social gatherings. The second examines the book fair as a tournament of values, or ritual tournament, in terms of its framing, membership and currency. The argument presented is that the currency of copyright is not dissimilar to a form of gift exchange and that, as a result, a book is both commodity and gift. It is in the shadow of the gift that the commodity of the book is produced, distributed, sold and read. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8150 Files in this item: 1
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Moeran, Brian (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This working paper examines the role of international book fairs in the global publishing industry, and in particular their relation to the publishing cycle, chain and field. It outlines some relevant historical features, as well as main functions, of fairs, before describing in detail the daily activities of an independent academic publisher at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Analysis of the book fair takes place at two levels. The first focuses on the importance of visibility in a fair’s timing and location, as well as in the location and size of participants’ stands, inclusion in the fair catalogue, business deals, and social gatherings. The second examines the book fair as a tournament of values, or ritual tournament, in terms of its framing, membership and currency. The argument presented is that the currency of copyright is not dissimilar to a form of gift exchange and that, as a result, a book is both commodity and gift. It is in the shadow of the gift that the commodity of the book is produced, distributed, sold and read. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7795 Files in this item: 1
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Moeran, Brian (, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This working paper examines the role of international book fairs in the global publishing industry, and in particular their relation to the publishing cycle, chain and field. It outlines some relevant historical features, as well as main functions, of fairs, before describing in detail the daily activities of an independent academic publisher at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Analysis of the book fair takes place at two levels. The first focuses on the importance of visibility in a fair’s timing and location, as well as in the location and size of participants’ stands, inclusion in the fair catalogue, business deals, and social gatherings. The second examines the book fair as a tournament of values, or ritual tournament, in terms of its framing, membership and currency. The argument presented is that the currency of copyright is not dissimilar to a form of gift exchange and that, as a result, a book is both commodity and gift. It is in the shadow of the gift that the commodity of the book is produced, distributed, sold and read. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7779 Files in this item: 1
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A response to Marianne de Laet’s “Anthropology as social epistemology”Ratner, Helene (, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: As her title indicates, Marianne de Laet suggests that social epistemology could be thought of as anthropology, in terms of how this mode of knowing has helped flesh out the social dimensions of scientific knowledge. She does so firstly, by accounting for how anthropological methods and concepts have contributed to science and technology studies (STS) by providing an alternative to “believing the natives” i.e., scientists, hence challenging positivist and objectivist accounts of science. She then specifies selected analytical insights of anthropology. The concepts ‘culture’ and ‘practice’, she argues, enable us to learn how “knowledge is social in an epistemic sense” (2012, 421). She concludes her argument by questioning the distinction between epistemology and ontology, maintaining that anthropology is social epistemology. De Laet touches several key debates in the history of STS and much of her commentary on the sociality of knowledge is difficult to disagree with. There are however, also some elements in her argument with which I wish to engage critically. These include the relationship between anthropology and STS and the relationship between the concepts of culture and ontology. I will do so by drawing my inspiration from a contemporary a debate across STS and anthropology that — like de Laet — regards entanglements of epistemology and ontology, practice, and materiality. This project is also known as post- ANT and empirical philosophy in STS (Mol 2002; Gad and Bruun Jensen 2010, 55-80; Law and Hassard 1999) and lateral, multi-natural and ontological engagements in anthropology (Maurer 2005; Riles 2000; Strathern 2004 [1991]; Carrithers et al. 2010, 152-200; Viveiros de Castro 2004, 463-484). De Laet mentions some of the same sources. I will focus my commentary on these debates’ implications for the concept of culture and “our terminological tinkering” (2012, 420). My aim is to provide a different account of what anthropology has to offer STS and, as a consequence, to keep some interesting tensions open between the conceptual and the empirical, between “us” and “them”, which I believe de Laet resolves too quickly. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8691 Files in this item: 1
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Bechmann, Ken L. (Frederiksberg, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Formålet med denne rapport er at give en overordnet beskrivelse af anvendelsen af optionsaflønning i danske børsnoterede selskaber med fokus på udviklingen over tid frem til og med 2006, dvs. rapporten vil indeholde helt nye resultater i forhold til tidligere undersøgelser. Tilsvarende vil rapporten også indeholde en beskrivelse af, hvad der karakteriserer den optionsaflønning, der senest er blevet tildelt. Rapporten vil dermed primært være ”afrapporterende” og vil ikke indeholde fortolkninger eller diskussioner af disse resultater. I stedet vil rapporten, for de særligt interesserede, i flere tilfælde indeholde referencer til artikler, hvor sådanne diskussioner tidligere er foretaget og/eller, hvor de præsenterede resultater er behandlet mere detaljeret. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8282 Files in this item: 1
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Risager, Ole (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: 1. Brief Introduction The two companies D/S Svendborg and D/S 1912 have for almost a century been the parent companies of the A.P. Møller Group. These companies were founded by Mr. Arnold Peter Møller and his father Captain Peter Mærsk Møller. They were in the beginning entirely into shipping. In 1912, the fleet consisted of 6 vessels. Much has happened since the company was founded: The A.P. Møller Group has by any standards become the biggest company in Denmark. Moreover, "Svendborg" and "1912" have recently been merged into one company "A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S". However, as we shall be concerned with the performance of the company also in the past we will repeatedly make reference to the historic parent companies. As "Svendborg" and "1912" grew bigger they expanded into a number of other businesses. It is common to split the main businesses of the APM Group into three broad categories: URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7627 Files in this item: 1
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Hilger, Jan (, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The Apparel Industry was one of the first globally operating industries. Already in the early 1970ies did European fashion companies extend their manufacturing workbenches into lower cost neighbouring countries, making it one of the first industries to have a globally distributed network. In the first decade of the 21st century, the conditions for clothes manufacturing has changed considerably. The Sourcing Share of Asia increased dramatically especially since Chinas participation in the WTO in 2005 which led to the abolition of quotas. India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Malaysia and the Philippines also play a major role in the Asian Textile and Garment Market. But even so, West Europe, the Mediterranean Rim and the East European Countries still play an important role on the global textile and apparel market, maybe no longer from the volume perspective but in terms of variety, complexity and product quality, particularly for the more demanding markets. Latin America has seen a significant decline over the last decade but is developing similar strategies like Europe to compete through quality and specialty niche rather than volume. Does this mean that the West European Apparel Industry is dead? The European Textile and Garment industry has undergone a severe decline since 1970 which nearly made it extinct in some of the EU founding economies. The labour intensive manufacturing segment which is almost not existent in Western Europe today particularly suffered. The only uncritical area where specifically one country in Western Europe is still defending its share, possibly due to changed sourcing practices and a recently increased presence on the global marketplace is the textile sector in Italy, which has even seen a rise in both volumes and employees over the last decade. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7771 Files in this item: 1
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Pettersson, Michael; Møller Jensen, Jan (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Denne rapport, ‘Arbejdsgivernes erfaringer med HD-uddannelsen’, er udarbejdet af Lektor Michael Pettersson, Center of Market Economics, Copenhagen Business School og Lektor Jan Møller Jensen, Institut for Marketing & Management, Syddansk Universitet for og i samarbejde med HD-Fællesudvalget1) Lektor Jan Møller Jensen, har forestået og været ansvarlig for udarbejdelsen af spørgeskemaer og gennemførelse af dataanalyser. Lektor Michael Pettersson har, sammen med HD-fællesudvalget, fremkommet med udkast til undersøgelsens indhold og ligeledes sammen HD-fællesudvalget konkluderet på og foreslået implementering af undersøgelsesresultaterne. Nærværende rapport er baseret på en kvantitativ spørgeskemaundersøgelse med deltagelse af 336 arbejdsgivere. Rapporten er fulgt op af en kvalitativ mere dybdegående undersøgelse, med deltagelse af et mindre antal arbejdsgivere udvalgt blandt respondenterne i denne rapport. (vedlagt som Bilag 1) Rapportens formål er at bidrage med et datagrundlag som kan udgøre basis for udarbejdelse af tiltag på HD uddannelserne. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7668 Files in this item: 1
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Toward a General FrameworkChristensen, Michael; Knudsen, Thorbjørn (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Knudsen, Thorbjørn; Eriksen, Bo (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The recent decade’s research on organizational forms has gained important headway in converging upon a few particularly important causes of the new forms that have been observed. Yet, most studies offer no explicit definition of "organizational form," and ignore the need to establish what should count as a "new form." In order to advance this research, the present paper therefore aims to provide a preliminary definition of organizational form, developed along the lines of organizational economics. A typology is provided that allows identification of alternative forms of organizing in terms of distinct architectures (topology plus dynamic rules) and a corresponding level of delegation of decision rights. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6876 Files in this item: 1
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The QualiGlobe Experience of Production EfficiencyHolm Larsen, Michael; Lynggard, Hans Jørgen B. (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper addresses the issue of using product models to support product lifecycle activities with particular focus on the production phase. The motivation of the research is that products are produced more costly and with longer lead-time than necessary. The paper provides a review of product modelling technologies and approaches, and the overall architecture for the Product State Model (PSM) Environment as a basis for quality monitoring. Especially, the paper focuses on the circumstances prevailing in a one-of-a-kind manufacturing environment like the shipbuilding industry, where product modelling technologies already have proved their worth in the design and engineering phases of shipbuilding and in the operation phase. However, the handling of product information on the shop floor is not yet equally developed. The paper reports from the Brite-Euram project (No. BE97-4510) QualiGlobe focusing on the development activities of the PSM architecture. An example discusses how to handle product related information on the shop floor in a manufacturing company and focuses on how dynamically updated product data can improve control of production activities. This prototype example of welding a joint between two steel plates serves as proof of concept for the PSM architecture. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6517 Files in this item: 1
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Commercial Opportunities and ChallengesØrts Hansen, Carsten; Grønsted, Peter; Lindstrøm Graversen, Christian; Hendriksen, Christian (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This report forms part of the ambitious CBS Maritime research initiative entitled “Competitive Challenges and Strategic Development Potential in Global Maritime Industries” which was launched with the generous support of the Danish Maritime Fund. The competitiveness initiative targets specific maritime industries (including shipping, offshore energy, ports, and maritime service and equipment suppliers) as well as addresses topics that cut across maritime industries (regulation and competitiveness). The topics and narrower research questions addressed in the initiative were developed in close dialogue between CBS Maritime and the maritime industries in Denmark. CBS Maritime is a Business in Society (BiS) Platform at Copenhagen Business School committed to the big question of how to achieve economic and social progress in the maritime industries. CBS Maritime aims to strengthen a maritime focus at CBS and create the foundation for CBS as a stronger partner for the maritime industries, as well as for other universities and business school with a devotion to maritime economics research. The competitiveness initiative comprises a number of PhD projects and five short term mapping projects, the latter aiming at developing key concepts and building up a basic industry knowledge base for further development of CBS Maritime research and teaching. This report attempts to map the opportunities and challenges for the maritime industry in an increasingly accessible Arctic Ocean. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9269 Files in this item: 1
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the japanese experience in international comparisonHutchison, Michael; McDill, Kathleen (Cambridge, Mass., 1999)[More information][Less information]
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Lando, Henrik (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: It is natural to suppose that delegation and incentives are complementary both in the sense that when more decisions are delegated to a lower level of an organizational hierarchy, more use should be made of incentives at that level, and in the sense that more use of incentives should be accompanied by more delegation. This issue is analyzed within a Principal-Agent framework in which there are two decisions to be made: an effort decision which can only be made by the Agent, and some other decision which can be made by either the Principal (i.e. be centralized) or by the Agent (i.e. be delegated). Within this framework it is shown that delegation and incentives are not necessarily complementary instruments; some decisions should be centralized when incentives are introduced. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6813 Files in this item: 1
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Leonard, Jenny; Zinner Henriksen, Helle (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Enterprise Systems have become the default support systems for business processes in commercial organisations. Their promise of increased efficiency and effectiveness fits well with profit-based strategic objectives, and can be linked directly to customer choice. The last fifteen years have seen extensive implementation of Enterprise Systems in the University sector. While efficiency and effectiveness may be important in this sector, they are not linked directly to customer choice – the concept of a customer is complex, and choices may include many influences which are unaffected by administrative processes. Using one Australian and one Danish University as examples, an analysis of the benefits from using Enterprise Systems in Universities and in supermarkets is undertaken. There are some differences in the nature of those benefits. More importantly, differences in links between those benefits and the effect on customer choice are pronounced, with significant impacts for research and practical implications of Enterprise Systems. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8484 Files in this item: 1
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