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Controlling Intervention Hazards in the Network MNCFoss, Kirsten; Foss, Nicolai J.; Nell, Phillip C. (Frederiksberg, 2011)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
Kirsten Foss_SMG WP13_2011.pdf (634.1Kb) -
Hansen, Michael W.; Pedersen, Torben; Petersen, Bent (København, 2007)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
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Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
lars_andreas_knutsen.pdf (4.838Mb) -
mobile decisions aids, task complexity, and decision effectivenessHeijden, Hans van der; Sangstad Sørensen, Lotte (København, 2002)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Tscherning, Heidi (Frederiksberg, 2011)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
Heidi_Tscherning.pdf (2.504Mb) -
Rights, responsibilities and secondary schooling in urban MexicoBlasco, Maribel (København, 2002)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Benito, Gabriel R. G.; Petersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S. (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
Benito_Petersen_Welch_SMG_WP_9_2010.pdf (237.6Kb) -
Holst, Anders; Nalholm, Morten (København, 2004)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
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Martensen, Anne; Hansen, Flemming (København, 2004)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
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The Role of Fundamentals Using a Regime-Switching ApproachNielsen, Steen; Overgaard Olesen, Jan (København, 2000)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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The Case of a Prepaid Danish CashcardHjelholt, Morten; Damsgaard, Jan (Frederiksberg, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Payment transactions through the use of physical coins, bank notes or credit cards have for centuries been the standard formats of exchanging value. Recently online and mobile digital payment platforms has entered the stage as contenders to this position and possibly could penetrate societies thoroughly and replace current physical payment standards. This paper portrays how digital payment platforms evolve in socio-‐technical niches and how various technological platforms aim for institutional attention in their attempt to challenge earlier platforms and standards. The paper applies a co-‐evolutionary multilevel perspective to model the interplay and processes between technology and institutions wherein digital payment platforms potentially will substitute other payment platforms just like the credit card negated the cheque. We present a framework for understanding the evolution and transitions of payment platforms. We demonstrate the usefulness of the framework in a in-‐depth single case study of a prepaid cash card. The learning of past experience with digital payment platforms is demonstrated to be the right starting point for investigations into how new solutions might succeed or fail in the future. Thus we finally discuss how possible venues and routes of transitions appear in current evolution of digital payment platforms URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8759 Filer i denne post: 1
Hjelholt_ITM_Com_12013.pdf (756.7Kb) -
The EU Regulator´s PerspectiveStaykova, Kalina; Damsgaard, Jan (Frederiksberg, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) is probably the most ambitious self-regulatory project aimed at creating a single integrated European digital payments market since the introduction of the Euro. SEPA aims to make EU more innovative and competitive. When considering the SEPA initiative and combining it with the disruptive and innovative nature the mobile phone permeates, the result is a market that is rapidly transforming from well-established into a state of flux. We build a model to understand and explain this transformation of the digital payment infrastructure. The model captures the formation and development of digital payment infrastructure with a particular emphasis on the regulator´s perspective. It consists of four stages characterized by slow incremental change following by short rapid bursts of discontinuity. Each stage is portrayed by its evolutionary dynamics, the nature of the payment platform, the legal implications, the regulatory asymmetry, the level of competition, and what drives the discontinuity. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8834 Filer i denne post: 1
Staykova_Damsgaard.pdf (1.781Mb) -
The Yin-Yang Process of Top-Down and Bottom-Up MechanismsJuul Andersen, Torben; Hallin, Carina Antonia; Li, Xin (Frederiksberg, 2014)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The organizational capacity to cope with unexpected changes remains a fundamental challenge in strategy as global competition and technological innovation increase environmental uncertainty. Conventional strategy-making is often conceived as a sequential linear process where we see it as a non-linear interaction between top-down and bottom-up mechanisms dealing with multiple actions taken throughout the organization over time. It is driven by intension but with a flexible balance between centralized (planned) and decentralized (spontaneous) activities. We adopt the principles of complementary Yin-Yang elements and Zhong Yong balance to explain the time bound interaction between these opposing yet complementary strategy-making mechanisms where tradeoffs and synergies are balanced across hierarchical levels. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9011 Filer i denne post: 1
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Hansen, Torben (, 2012)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Trust relates not only to customer trust in individual companies (i.e., narrow-scope trust) but also to the broader business context in which customer–seller relationships may develop (i.e., broad-scope trust [BST]). Based on two surveys comprising 1155 bank consumers and 817 insurance consumers, respectively, this study investigates the moderating influence of BST on relationships between satisfaction, narrow-scope trust, and loyalty and also examines the direct influence of BST on these variables. The results indicate that whereas BST negatively moderates relationships between satisfaction and narrow-scope trust and between narrow-scope trust and loyalty, BST positively moderates the relationship between satisfaction and loyalty. In addition, it is demonstrated that BST positively influences customer satisfaction and narrow-scope trust. C 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8858 Filer i denne post: 1
moderating_influence_torben_hansen.pdf (677.6Kb) -
Thyssen, Ole (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7722 Filer i denne post: 1
ole20thyssen20modernitetens20familie.pdf (173.8Kb) -
Foss, Nicolai J.; Stieglitz, Nils (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
CBS Forskningsindberetning SMG 261.pdf (200.4Kb) -
Kampagnestyring i Velfærdsstaten: En diskussion af trafikkampagners styringspotentialeSpeiermann, Sabrina (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Baron, Irene (Odense, 2011)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Florentsen, Bjarne; Møller, Michael; Nielsen, Niels Chr. (København, 1999)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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The Choice of Educational TypeAlstadsæter, Annette; Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe (København, 2005)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper examines the effect of taxes on the individuals' choices of educational direction, and thus on the economy.s skill composition. A proportional labour tax induces too many workers with high innate ability to choose an educational type associated with high consumption value and low effort. This increases the skill mismatch and aggregate unemployment in the economy. The government can correct for this distortion by use of differentiated tuition fees or tax rates. JEL codes: J64, J68, H21, H24 Keywords: Unemployment, matching, education, optimal taxation, tuition fees URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7562 Filer i denne post: 1
wp23-2005.pdf (207.8Kb)