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A Qualitative StudyMyhre, Malene (Frederiksberg, 2017)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are important to growth, economic development, and job creation in many nations, and especially in small countries like Denmark. According to Statistics Denmark, there are roughly 300,000 active companies in Denmark. Of these, 99.4% are classified as SMEs. International trade is important for small countries, where the economy as a rule is closely integrated (both economically and financially) with the rest of the world. Despite the recognized importance, there is little knowledge about how SMEs approach internationalization. In particularly we lack studies of what makes mature enterprises which have predominantly had a domestic orientation decide to internationalize. Through ten case studies in three industries – machinery manufacturing, food distribution, and healthcare – this study qualitatively explores the internationalization process of mature SMEs with respect to pre-entry market research, market (choice) and entry mode. Through a number of semi-structured, in-depth interviews, I examine (a) how SMEs select their market; (b) how they conduct market research, and (c) how they choose their entry mode. The analysis shows two main reasons for internationalization. Proactive SMEs have an ambition to internationalize, while reactive SMEs respond to the environment. As a consequence, there are different internationalization processes for companies that are forced to seek new markets and companies that have an ambition to internationalize. Findings show that the decision to internationalize is often determined by opportunity. In many cases, the choice of a particular market is not a deliberate strategy but the result of an unplanned chance opportunity. Furthermore, the findings reveal that most SMEs have a preference for near markets and that the motivation for internationalization is largely CEO-driven. Another finding is that SMEs find it difficult to obtain knowledge of the market. The case companies studied use various business and social ties to obtain knowledge, but they struggle to gain access to useful assistance and counseling. This proves to be a significant obstacle and forces many companies to engage in a trial and error approach. Without the right tie, for instance an agent or a business partner, the companies are reluctant to commit. Thus an important conclusion of this study is the significance of the concept of an ad hoc or non-committed internationalization process where attempts at foreign market entry are stretched over several years. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9468 Filer i denne post: 1
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The 'Big Step' HypothesesPedersen, Torben; Shaver, J. Myles (København, 2000)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Convergence in Themes from ASEAN, the European Union, IMF, OECD, the UN, and the World Bank?Greve, Carsten (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper focuses on how international public‐private partnership (PPP) policies are formulated and implemented by international organizations. PPPs for infrastructure projects are relevant and present in many countries around the world. The literature is full of studies of individual countries and various aspects of PPPs governance and finance. But what has been less emphasized in the literature is the way in which international organizations have been developing and promoting policies for PPPs. This paper makes a first attempt in trying to describe and analyze the way international organizations make policy for PPPs and to focus on perception issues related to their actions. The research questions are: How do international organizations make policy for PPPs? Do the PPP policies from international organizations converge on the same kind of themes? The theoretical lenses used will be from theories of the policy process, including the Advocacy Coalition Framework and process tracing in historical institutionalism. The empirical focus will be on international organizations’ approaches to PPPs. The paper examines policy papers from selected international organizations, including the the ASEAN countries, the European Union, International Monetary Fund, OECD, UN, and the World Bank. The methodology is to examine the most recent policy papers (documents and reports) and compare their content. The hypothesis of the paper is that international organizations converge on roughly the same themes, and that there seem to be overall agreement about the main messages and recommendations for the use of PPPs in infrastructure projects. International organizations also cooperate on certain issues in policy development for PPPs. But each organization likes to promote its own tool for PPP project scrutiny. This is not necessarily a problem, but it does beg the question if a broad policy consensus on PPPs is within reach. The paper will contribute knowledge on the degree to which international organizations’ PPP policies converge. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9196 Filer i denne post: 1
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downstream entry and expansion via franchisingPetersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S. (København, 1999)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Vaud ‐ key elements of successTSE Consulting; Institut for Produktion og Erhvervsøkonomi; PEØ; Department of Operations Management; OM (Lausanne, 2014)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The City of Lausanne and the Canton de Vaud asked TSE Consulting to prepare a report giving specific consideration to the business development possibilities for a proposed sports cluster development project. This report is a supplement to previous reports and other studies being commissioned on this topic. This report has been developed over five weeks during January and February 2014. It was prepared by TSE Consulting in Lausanne with input from TSE Academic Advisor, Troels Troelsen, an Associate Professor of Sports Economics at Copenhagen Business School. Information for this report was drawn from interviews, desk research and existing documents, combined with TSE Consulting’s experience of working with sports cities around the world. The Olympic Capital sports cluster already exists and as such this report focuses on providing some key points which will assist in the further development and enhancement of the existing cluster. The report starts with a background and understanding of the cluster as it is today and then provides some key ideas to the further development of the sports cluster in the Olympic Capital. The report provides a definition of a cluster and outlines some of the pros and cons of an industry cluster for the organisations that are operating within them. The key ideas for ensuring that the future development of the cluster is successful are described and a starting point is provided for the next step to take for each point. Final comments are then made in relation to the proposed cluster and the case studies that have been developed in relation to the cluster are outlined in the Appendices. The idea of the cluster is a very exciting start of a new expansion of the sport sector in Lausanne / Canton de Vaud. This report aims to provide ideas and background to kick start the development with very concrete recommendations so that the implementation can start over the coming months. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8904 Filer i denne post: 1
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A framework for analyzing innovation in the context of holiday package industryBudeanu, Adriana (Frederiksberg, 2012)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper has the starting point in the acknowledgement that a closer examination of the operational elements related to holiday packages may reveal advanced opportunities for advanced innovation. The investigation confirms that such opportunities exist in the intangible aspects of tourism products and production. Summarizing these findings, the paper proposes a framework that enables better insights into the nature of tourism innovation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8545 Filer i denne post: 1
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Some lessons from German FDI in HungaryDörrenbächer, Christoph (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Redskab til kontrol eller udvikling af offentlige organisationer?Hansson, Finn (København, 2005)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Det er en gennemgående tese i denne undersøgelse af interne evalueringer, at en af de vigtigste kendetegn ved den New Public Management -dominerede udvikling af den offentlige sektors reguleringspolitik, som Danmark såvel som en række andre OECD lande har gennemlevet, er en omfattende brug af alle mulige former for evalueringer og tilsvarende vurderings- og kontrolsystemer til styring og regulering af offentlige institutioner og aktiviteter. Den overordnede samfundsmæssige baggrund for denne udvikling består af en sammenkædning af grundlæggende ændringer i forholdet mellem videnskab og samfund, udvikling af mere og mere komplekse reguleringssystemer og måske vigtigst, hastige ændringer i samfundenes værdigrundlag (individualisering, se Beck 1999) – alt sammenholdt med voksende økonomiske problemer for den offentlige sektor i en globaliseret økonomi. Et af de mest karakteristiske træk ved NPM i forhold til tidligere politiske strategier for udvikling af den offentlige sektor er den meget omfattende og i nogle sammen¬hænge systemati¬ske anvendelse af evalueringsmetoder, af refleksive kontrol og reguleringssystemer, det som Power (1997) sammenfattende betegner som ’the audit society’. Overgangen fra styring af offentlige institutioner og organisa¬tioner via generelle politiske målsætninger og økonomisk rammestyring til en moderniseringsproces, hvor udviklingen er styret af et quasi-marked i form af brugerefterspørgsel og resultaterne skal dokumen¬teres i form af produktbeskrivelser, kon¬trakter (con¬tract management) og opfyldelse af kvalitetsmål, har krævet ibrugtagning af en række metoder og teknikker til organisationsudvikling og styring af produkterne kvalitet, som tidligere kun yderst sjældent har været anvendt af offentlige institutioner og organisationer. Mens NPM strategien med privatisering og deregulering viste sig at have begrænset rækkevidde, så efterlod den en omfattende brug af evalueringer og dermed en arv, som i første omgang blot fremtrådte som et teknisk hjælperedskab i udvikling og omlægning af offentlige institutioner, den systematiske brug af evalueringer som kontrol og styringsredskab. Efter en periode viste det sig imidlertid at blive til noget, der er mere end et teknisk hjælpemiddel. Evalueringer er kommet for at blive og har i denne proces fået en langt mere og mere selvstændig rolle og funktion – de er ikke længere blot et redskab til justering og feedback – men fremstår mere og mere som den nye centrale metode for organisationsudvikling i store såvel som små offentlige organisationer. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6389 Filer i denne post: 1
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Petersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S.; Liesch, Peter W. (København, 2002)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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The Impact of Commission’s Proposed Data Protection Regulation: Appendix to Deliverable D5.1Savin, Andrej (Bruxelles, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The European Commission recently proposed a General Data Protection Regulation,1 which is meant to replace the EU Data Protection Directive2 and to thoroughly reform and modernize the EU privacy regulatory framework. The Regulation, if adopted, would introduce a number of changes, several of which would considerably alter the current privacy setting.3 First, the current Directive would be replaced with a Regulation, achieving EU-‐wide harmonization. Second, the scope of the instrument would be widened and the provisions made more precise. Third, the use of consent for data processing would be limited. Fourth, Data protection “by design” would be distinguished from data protection “by default”. Fifth, new fundamental rights would be introduced and the old ones clarified. Sixth, new rules on controllers’ and processors’ duties, on supervisory authorities and on sanctions would be introduced. Finally, the Commission would obtain significant new powers to adopt delegated acts. This appendix explores the impact that the proposed Regulation might have on interoperability of user-‐generated services.4 Since the proposed Regulation is an instrument of high complexity, only those provisions of direct relevance for the project and Work Package 5 will be analysed here. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8866 Filer i denne post: 1
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A Multiple Case StudyChristensen, Irene; Karlsson, Christer (Frederiksberg, 2016)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: While fast product development with early prototyping and reduction of both cycle time and lead time are major concerns, there is little research on ramp up management. This paper examines the structural complexity of the ramp-up processes including the interactions with suppliers and analyses the degree of fragmentation in the process planning and execution. Resource dependence theory (RDT) is used as central explanatory framework for inter-organisational interdependencies formation throughout the planning and execution of the ramp-up activities and milestones. This study aims at exploring inter-firm resource dependence connections in production initiation and its influence upon the effectiveness of manufacturing ramp-up. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9339 Filer i denne post: 1
Christensen_Karlsson_EurOMA2016.pdf (256.7Kb) -
a taxonomy of knowledge transfer costsHusman, Tina Brandt (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Foss, Nicolai Juul (København, 1997)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Vendelø, Morten Thanning (København, 2002)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Hierarchies, Logics and Foundations of Social Order Seen Through the Prism of EU Social RightsMossin, Christiane (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: It has been the purpose of this dissertation to analyze a contemporary battlefield of law, the field of EU social rights, from a political-philosophical point of view. It is the conviction of the dissertation that law is deeply and inescapably conceptually connected with fundamental features of social order. Law and social order are not presumed to be identical, but to be mutually constitutive. The interrelations between the two do not merely concern the rights and obligations explicitly laid down in the law, but fundamental presumptions regarding the nature of human beings, overall purposes of social order, hierarchical and dynamical features of society and the possibility at all of regulation, its logics and sources of authority. On the basis of a historical-conceptual understanding of law according to which law, social structure and metaphysical presumptions are inescapably intertwined, the dissertation derives from the binding provisions of law certain essential features of social order. More precisely, the dissertation demonstrates that from a political philosophical point of view, EU social rights can be said to imply the contours of a particular social order. Significantly, the essential features in question are derived through detailed analyses of EU social rights - through critical investigations of definitions of right-holders, material scope, legal core concepts, exclusions and justifications, complexities and ambiguities of interpretation. The general point is the following: Political philosophical features of social order may not only be derived from the overall constitutional aspects of law (in the case of EU-law: fundamental principles inscribed in the Treaty; the constitutional architecture of EU-law), but are implied in the detailed material web of secondary law. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9111 Filer i denne post: 2
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With police in making space for creativityHartmann, Mia Rosa Koss (Frederiksberg, 2014)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: What does it mean to be innovative in public organizations? Scholars and policy makers call for public sector organizations to become innovative, whether this is through increasing collaboration, exploring networks or recognizing the innovation that occurs in government. This study contributes to this discussion a critical perspective arguing that much of the innovation that occurs in public organizations may come about in ways that are intentionally silenced by the organization and therefore dependent on the tactical creation of space for everyday creativity. It does so through an 18-month ethnographic study informed by Foucault’s concepts of governmentality and discourse, as well as his history of the emergence of police within the state, and by De Certeau’s theory of everyday practice and metaphor of the city. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9043 Filer i denne post: 1
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A Relational Processual Investigation Moving Beyond the Conceptual Horizon of Welfare ManagementPallesen, Eva (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This dissertation investigates welfare creation and leadership from a radically processual thinking as a basis of imagining other conceptual horizons than the ones feeding current governmental rationalities. It basically argues that since welfare is not an entity delivered, but is continuously becoming in an unfolding middle between managers, employees and citizens, we need to go beyond conceptual frameworks that draw their assumptions from a thinking which basically treats welfare as a thing. The dissertation therefore starts out by denaturalizing the assumptions and divisions of an entitative, extensive reasoning and discusses how this thinking frames the idea of creation in a welfare context. This leads to a discussion of the idea of welfare creation as the realization of a mental model: Here, the dissertation locates as a problem that when ‘the new’ is placed in changing mental models of practice, creation tends to slip out of practice. Creation then becomes a matter of separating oneself from the situation in order to be able to decide upon a new way to relate to practice at a time and space distance of it. So, at the same time as creation slips out of practice, the relational also slips out of creation. In an attempt to push back together what has been split in this reasoning, the dissertation activates process philosophy as a lever of imagining other conceptual frames of welfare creation - how welfare creation may be thought radically relationally-processually beyond the idea of realization a mental model. By taking the path from Bergson’s distinction between intensive and extensive multiplicity to Brian Massumi’s concept of newness and the deleuzian-spinozian concept of affect, the dissertation aims to carve out a notion of creation that can be helpful in this endeavor. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9147 Filer i denne post: 1
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Fatum, Rasmus; Pedersen, Jesper; Norman Sørensen, Peter (, 2012)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: We investigate the intraday effects of intra-marginal intervention in a horizontal band on the exchange rate spread. Official intraday data on Danish intervention transactions in the ERM II, the Exchange Rate Mechanism of the European Union, facilitates our analysis. We show that intervention purchases and sales both exert a significant influence on the exchange rate spread, but in opposite directions. Intervention purchases of the small currency, on average, narrow the spread while intervention sales of the small currency, on average, widen the spread. This is a novel finding that differs from those of existing studies that find intervention always widens the exchange rate spread and increases market uncertainty. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9103 Filer i denne post: 1
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Pedersen, Dorthe (København, 2000)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]