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Filges, Trine; Kennes, John; Larsen, Birthe; Tranæs, Torben (København, 2005)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper studies labour market policy in a society where differently gifted individuals can invest in training to further increase their labour market productivity and where the government seeks both effiency and equity. Frictions in the matching process create unemployment and differently skilled workers face different unemployment risks. We show that in such an environment, training programmes that are targeted to the unemployed complement passive transfers (UI benefits), unlike a general training subsidy. Combining passive subsidies with a training subsidy conditioned on the individual being unemployed (for a while) - the typical Active Labour Market Programme - implies a favorable trade-off between equity and efficiency which encourages high spending on training. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7511 Filer i denne post: 1
wp 2005.11equity.pdf (230.2Kb) -
Lunde, Jens (København, 2004)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Abstract. In Denmark, taxation of residential property returns varies considerably with the type of ownership and type of tenure in terms of the way income is calculated, the types of taxes applied and tax rates, which range from 0 % to above 60 %. Together with other housing subsidies this disparity in taxation contributes to the pronounced lack of tenure neutrality in the Danish housing market. The paper illustrates how tax rules alone create distortions and imbalances in the housing and residential property markets and discusses as well the magnitude of the imbalances. The method used is the application of a set of return and user cost equations. The tax aspects of the long-standing rather unequal treatment of private rental dwellings, social rental dwellings, owner-occupied dwellings and private co-operative dwellings, which have drawn decisive tracks in the markets, are discussed. The lowering of the tax rate for the return of institutional pension savings to 15 % which came into effect in 2001 has created a substantial advantage for pension funds compared with private investors with regard to investments in rental residential properties. The owner-occupiers’ user costs and subsidization are shown to depend on their capital structure and to a large extent they depend on whether the owners’ most obvious savings alternatives are either personal investments with heavily taxed returns or institutional pension savings with lightly taxed returns. Also private co-operative associations are tax exempted, and this fact in combination with the prospects of improved legal conditions for raising loans to finance the individual apartments will almost certainly lead to this form of tenure – as "tax free ownership" – capturing part of the market for owner occupation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7154 Filer i denne post: 1
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Lundquist, Lita (Frederiksberg, 1990)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Horst, Maja (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The objective of this paper is to explore the associations made in mass mediated articulations of biotechnology. It serves as the basis for further analyses of mass mediated controversies and the purpose is to establish a map of the landscape of mass mediated articulation of biotechnology. Which kinds of genetic research and technology are articulated in what way? What can be associated to what in the mass mediation and when is it portrayed as controversial? In short this is a study of associations in the news production that serves as a way of establishing an empirical archive for further work. It is based on a relational ontology inspired by French philosopher Bruno Latour, supplemented with the method of content analysis developed within sociology of mass media. The aim is to study the production of networks of articulation in mass media by looking at the outcome (the articles), which they produce. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6366 Filer i denne post: 1
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A Cross-sector Study of Financial Service Companies and Manufacturing CompaniesSanden, Guro Refsum (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Situated at the intersection of sociolinguistics and international business and management studies, this PhD project focuses on language management in two different industry sectors, namely the financial service sector and the manufacturing sector. Employing a multiple case study design consisting of two matched pair cases, the study examines the means by which language is managed, i.e. language management tools, in the two financial service companies Nordea and Saxo Bank and the two manufacturing companies Grundfos and ECCO. The contribution of the thesis lies in capturing the effect of industry sectors on corporate language management – a level of analysis which has largely been overlooked in previous research. The findings indicate that industry sectors embody great explanatory power with regard to the selection of language management tools at company level. The financial service companies and the manufacturing companies were found to have three sector-level factors in common, though with somewhat different outcomes. Economic geography increases the use of English for corporate level functions in the two financial service companies owing to the companies’ presence in international financial centres. On the other hand, in the two manufacturing companies, this factor increases the need for multiple corporate languages and translation into the mother tongue spoken by the production workers in the industrial locations where English language skills tend to be scarce. In manufacturing, economic geography was also found to lead to the use of language intermediates as mediums of communication. In all case companies, global integration increases cross-border communication and the use of English for corporate level functions, which also increases selective recruitment of English-skilled employees in both sectors. Industry speak is found to be closely related to company-specific language in all case companies regardless of sector, and technological solutions are implemented in order to manage large term databases in both sectors. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9174 Filer i denne post: 1
Guro Refsum Sanden.pdf (3.766Mb) -
Korzen, Iørn (Frederiksberg, 2016)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Christensen, Bent Jesper; Raahauge, Peter (København, 2004)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: We consider a random utility extension of the fundamental Lucas (1978) equilibrium asset pricing model. The resulting structural model leads naturally to a likelihood function. We estimate the model using U.S. asset market data from 1871 to 2000, using both dividends and earnings as state variables. We find that current dividends do not forecast future utility shocks, whereas current utility shocks do forecast future dividends. The estimated structural model produces a sequence of predicted utility shocks which provide better forecasts of future long-horizon stock market returns than the classical dividend-price ratio. KEYWORDS: Randomutility, asset pricing, maximumlikelihood, structuralmodel, return predictability URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7135 Filer i denne post: 1
endeligt_wp_peter_raahauge_2004_7.pdf (270.6Kb) -
Sørensen, Asger (København, 2005)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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A literature review and a suggestion of how to study the issueWestenholz, Ann (, 2012)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Very little research – if any – has been done to find out what happens to leadership and working live when Chinese companies settle in Denmark. This paper argues that it is worth investigating this topic, as I assume that the numbers of Chinese companies locating themselves in Denmark will increase in the coming years. The aim of the paper is firstly to give an overview of the literature that deals with the development of Chinese companies going abroad, and it is shown that the direct outward investments of China is experiencing a rapid growth. Secondly I like to look at leadership and working lives in China, and the lesson learned from the literature is that leadership and working life in China is diverse and continuously evolving. But some trends may be identified like different institutional regimes and different types of companies. Thirdly I look at leadership and working life in Denmark, and I compare leadership and working life in the two countries showing that there are many differences. These differences may have an impact on the way Chinese companies handle their encounters with ‘strangers’ when they establish themselves abroad, but we do not know if this is happening. I conclude by outlining a way of how to empirically study the interaction between Chinese and Danish managers and employees working together in a Chinese company in Denmark. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8645 Filer i denne post: 1
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Entrepreneurial leadership?Hansson, Finn; Mønsted, Mette (København, 2006)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Managing the tension between reality and employee surveysLarsson, Magnus (Frederiksberg, 2012)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper aims at an exploration of leadership in the context of pervasive organizational control, in the form of standardized measurement systems. Measurement practices are proliferating in contemporary organizations, with ever more aspects of both organizational and private life being monitored and measured (Clegg & Courpasson, 2006). These systems are generally seen as an important part of organizational control regulating and shaping both actions of organizational members, and their own self-understanding or identity (Alvesson & Willmott, 2002). The image of the iron cage of bureaucracy, where action is tightly regulated, has in part been exchanged for the image of soft controls, regulating values and identities rather than behaviors and actions. Kärreman and Alvesson (2004), however, point out how these two types of control might work in tandem, constituting a strong regulating force. In contrast to this literature that emphasize the constraints on individual agency, the leadership literature emphasize the powers of leaders to influence and shape organizations and organizational processes (Yukl,2002). Leadership is commonly associated with driving and facilitating change and development. Theories of leadership emphasize (among other things) vision, personal engagement, interpersonal relationships, and ability to empower subordinates. How, then, can leaders exercise their agency and enable change when faced with systems generally seen as regulating rather than facilitating agency? It is this paradox that we wish to explore in this paper. We take the case of employee surveys, being a common practice in western organizations, that paradoxically constitute a standardized system aiming at change and development, and explore how these are experienced and managed by leaders in various organizations. We wish to analyze in terms of leadership how these standardized systems migh on the one hand constrain leadership action, and on the other hand be utilized in change related initiatives, thereby preserving leadership agency. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8709 Filer i denne post: 1
Magnus_Larsson.pdf (186.2Kb) -
Hjerrild Carlsen, Mathilde; Høllund, Holger (Frederiksberg, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Despite the last years’ efforts to innovate public education in Denmark the Danish public school has remained hesitant to change, and relations with the surrounding world have remained in their early stages. Using Michel Callon’s concept of translation our study sheds light on the social processes that form the conditions of managing innovation among professionals. It shows how managing innovation in practice is part of a complex network of social interaction and evolves as a constant ‘translation’ aiming at enrolling opposing actors, and positioning oneself in relation to the professional identities and positions that innovation put at risk. The analytical contribution of our paper is to add comprehension to innovation management in the public sector as a process of positioning innovation in relation to a variety of human and non-human actors as well as professional identities. Innovation is shown to challenge the professional identities of the teachers and school leaders, as the teachers experience that innovation is not recognized in standardized tests and thereby jeopardizes their professional position. Onwards the paper outlines three management strategies that evolve in the social processes of the translation of innovation and the different management positions that these strategies entail. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8893 Filer i denne post: 1
Mathilde_Hjerrild_Carlsen.pdf (152.4Kb) -
How Managers Engage with Design to Transform Public GovernanceBason, Christian (Frederiksberg, 2017)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: In recent years, design has emerged as an approach to shaping public policies and services across industrialized and emerging economies. International institutions, national and local governments, foundations, philanthropies, volunteer and community organizations, and educational institutions at all levels have taken up a variety of approaches inspired by the field of design, often in response to growing pressures to innovate. But how these approaches influence public innovation – how they change the roles of public managers, how they help managers generate new ideas and solutions – and whether, as some have suggested, they might signal the rise of new governance models or paradigms – these issues have not, with perhaps a few exceptions, been rigorously explored. In this thesis, I explore these issues by examining the experiences of public managers who have pioneered the use of design approaches. More specifically, I confront three questions: • Characterizing design practice: Within public sector organizations, what does the application of design approaches entail? Why do public managers look to and commission design, and what tools, techniques, processes and methods are brought into play? • Design as change catalyst: How do design approaches, if at all, influence how public managers engage with their problems and opportunities for innovation? To what extent do design approaches help public managers achieve the changes they are striving for, and why? • Emerging forms of public governance: What form and shape do the outputs resulting from design approaches take? What are the links between design approaches and the emergence of new types of public solutions and governance models? URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9480 Filer i denne post: 1
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Are Entrant Firms Exposed to a 'Shock Effect'?Pedersen, Torben; Petersen, Bent (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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implication of growing cross-border interdependenceNarula, Rajneesh (København, 2002)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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A Framework and an Agenda for Social Media Research in ISWang, Cancan; Medaglia, Rony; Sæbø, Øystein (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: As the body of Information Systems (IS) research on social media grows, it faces increasing challenges of staying relevant to real world contexts. We analyze and contrast research on social media in the e-government field and in IS research, by reviewing and categorizing 63 studies published in key journal outlets, in order to identify and complement research foci and gaps. We find that, in comparison with egovernment social media research, IS studies tend to adopt an abstract view of the individual user, focus on a monetary view of value added by social media, and overlook the role of contextual factors. We thus propose an extended framework for mapping social media research, by including a focus on the role of context and environment, and identify a research agenda for future studies on social media-related phenomena relevant to real world contexts. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9240 Filer i denne post: 1
Wang_Medaglia_Sæbø_OASIS_2015_FINAL.pdf (339.5Kb) -
Helth, Poula (Frederiksberg, 2018)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The thesis presents the essence of my study of how leaders transform their practice through aesthetic performance. The background of the study is leaders' need for learning in and through practice, as an alternative to learning in classrooms and to leadership education programs. The study is based on theories of aesthetic performance and transformative learning, and on empirical studies through interventive methods within action research and ethnography. Transformative learning in my study has been developed based on aesthetic performance addressing leaders’ learning in practice. This kind of learning happens when leaders become aware of the potential for transformation of their leadership practice when they experiment with aesthetic performance integrated in a learning process. The greatest impact in relation to organisational transformation is, when leaders base their learning on a collective of leaders, which seems to underpin leaders’ feeling of togetherness and encourage a shared understanding of the prerequisites for changes in the organisational practice. Transformative learning takes place when leaders sense what emerges and affect others in a way that lead to changes of their practice. In three separate topics, my study firstly explores how aesthetic performance affects leadership at a personal level, secondly enhances transformation of leaders’ practice in the daily organisational context and thirdly helps leaders to handle dilemmas when an overall learning design is combined with the aesthetic. In my study of leaders’ practice through the different topics, one topic builds on another. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9595 Filer i denne post: 1
Poula Marie Helth.pdf (3.447Mb) -
Balarezo, Jose Daniel (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This project investigates the uses and effects of scenario planning in companies operating in highly uncertain and dynamic environments. Whereas previous research on scenario planning has fallen short of providing sufficient evidence of its mechanisms and effects on individual or organizational level variables, this research corrects this void by investigating the dynamics of organizational learning through the lenses of a corporate scenario planning process. This enhances our scientific understanding of the role that scenario planning might play in the context of organizational learning and strategic renewal. Empirical evidence of the various difficulties that learning flows has to overcome as it journeys through organizational and hierarchical levels are presented. Despite various cognitive and social psychological barriers identified along the way, the results show the novel and counterintuitive ways in which an organization uses scenario planning in balancing the tension between exploration and exploitation. Moreover, this research proposes two novel mechanisms designed to enhance learning flows. At the core of this dissertation are four papers which in combination solidify our theoretical understanding of scenario planning while simultaneously presenting a more nuanced account of the individual behaviors and social dynamics underpinning organizational learning. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9189 Filer i denne post: 1
Jose Balarezo.pdf (2.405Mb) -
How serial acquirers build organizational knowledge for information systems integrationHenningsson, Stefan (Frederiksberg, 2014)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper develops a knowledge-based model of information systems (IS) integration in acquisitionbased growth programs. Previous research has found important differences in the acquirers' abilities for acquisition IS integration, and that these differences play key roles in explaining the economic benefits of acquisition-based growth. A knowledge-based view of acquisition IS integration contributes explanation to how differences in abilities arise. Our knowledge-based model is developed by an analytic induction approach, comprising both deductive and inductive analysis of the industry group Trelleborg. The analyses yield five propositions that explain the building of knowledge for acquisition IS integration by the mechanisms of routine refinement, superstitious learning, expertise building, sub-activity refinement and related expertise building. Together, the five propositions form a knowledge-based model of acquisition IS integration. The model suggests that ‘serial acquirers’ form the knowledge necessary for attending to an IS integration challenge over a series of heterogeneous acquisitions. Differences in acquirers’ abilities for acquisition IS integration that depend on knowledge variations are therefore persistent and hard to overcome for the inexperienced acquirer. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9068 Filer i denne post: 1
Henningsson 2014 Learning to acquire.pdf (773.6Kb)