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Self-formed Groups versus Automatically-formed GroupsRazmerita, Liana; Brun, Armelle (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Group work has been adopted as an important tool to support collaborative work in order to enhance learning processes. There is a wealth of literature related to group performance and the impact of group composition on group and individual performance. However, very few studies address the issue on how to automatically form groups. This article proposes a methodology that could be used by professors to form groups automatically taking into account different criteria as well as the students’ profile. This methodology is based on a pilot study that analyzes group composition of self-formed student groups. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8553 Files in this item: 1
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Diversity work in a Swedish MunicipalityRisberg, Annette (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper builds on a case study of diversity work in a Swedish municipality, Malmö. It focus on one aspect of the diversity work done in the municipality, that of a gender and diversity committee and its members – so called diversity ambassadors. I will describe the work of the diversity ambassadors and discuss what impact they could possibly have on the organization. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8558 Files in this item: 1
Annette Risberg paper SCOS 2012.pdf (148.0Kb) -
Reporting decision and content of the reportSormunen, Nina (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The going-concern context has been the subject of much research and discussion for many years at both academic and professional levels. The International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 570 stipulates that the auditor should consider the appropriateness of managements’ use of the goingconcern assumption and to evaluate whether there are material uncertainties with respect to entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. Regardless of what is stated in the financial statement, the auditor should comment on going-concern uncertainty in the audit report if there is a doubt about firm’s ability to continue as a going concern. There is strong evidence that the auditor’s going-concern decision is a complex task with extensive consequences. The primary purpose of this thesis is to empirically provide significant basis to get better understanding of the challenging nature of the auditor’s going-concern reporting. This thesis deals with different aspects of auditor’s going-concern reporting and contributes mainly to the line of auditing research. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8490 Files in this item: 1
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Nielsen, Bo; Nielsen, Sabina; Klettner, Alice; Boersma, Martijn (Sydney, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The business case for advancing more women into leadership is clear for companies globally. Whilst this is an issue of equality, it’s also about accessing markets, productivity and economic opportunity. ANZ has made good progress: three women sit on our Management Board; 38% of all management roles and 24% of our most senior executive positions are held by women; and females lead key global businesses and countries in our super regional growth strategy. However, further gains are now hard won and largely incremental. Looking at the results of EOWA’s 2012 Australian Census of Women in Leadership, it seems we are not alone. Given the high proportion of Australian women with a tertiary education - and indeed placed within junior and middle management ranks - the Census results demonstrate the pace of progression is far too slow. Extensive local and international research tells us there is no ‘silver bullet’. In fact, I believe as CEOs and business leaders our approach must now focus on gender balancing our businesses with a fine tooth comb. We need to go beyond high level targets, discrete programs and initiatives and engage women and men in this major opportunity. For example, at ANZ we are working to ensure women have access to a breadth of critical experiences and development opportunities throughout their careers to position them well for senior executive roles into the future. We have set targets for at least 40% female representation amongst participants in our key recruitment, talent and development programs, in addition to our medium term goal to achieve at least 40% representation of women in management overall. More broadly, senior women consistently cite an inclusive and supportive line manager as a defining factor in their progression. It follows that if we want more women in our senior ranks, constructive, inclusive and supportive leaders should become the norm in Australian business rather than the exception. Flexible work options assist in helping people balance their caring responsibilities and other commitments. But there’s more we can do to role model and promote flexibility, especially as such practices also build a more agile, productive and capable workforce. I recommend this report to all business leaders and urge all executives and directors to accept accountability for ensuring the next Census delivers better results. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8597 Files in this item: 1
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Foss, Nicolai Juul (København, 1997)[More information][Less information]
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Ooi, Can-Seng; Stöber, Birgit (, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper compares the branding strategies of Berlin and Singapore. The respective authorities in these cities are actively marketing, branding and transforming their cities, so that these locations will be perceived as culturally vibrant, technologically advanced and attractive for investors, tourists and creative workers. While Berlin and Singapore share the same goals, they also share similar problems – how can they convince a world that is critical and cynical about the commercial images presented through their place brands? How can they convince the world that their cities are really exciting and truly creative? The arts and culture – both popular and high – are used in place branding to address some of these challenges. This paper also concludes that place branding and its authenticity must be understood in context. The emerging reality of the place means that the brand should also reflect the local entangled social, economic and political issues; the brand, in order to be authentic, should also communicate the commercial and the vision of the place. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7773 Files in this item: 1
Creative Encounters Working Papers 6.pdf (250.3Kb) -
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Abstract: The thesis is a thorough empirical study of discourses, fantasies, and patterns of interaction in highinvolvement knowledge work. My interest in the issue was sparked by a fascination with the intensity and contradictory nature of working life for many high-skilled workers. I was curious about the ambiguities and paradoxes existing within the same dynamic, and I was puzzled by the fact that such tension-ridden and precarious machinery could keep functioning despite its constant episodes of breakdown – be they emotional or organizational. My intention was to find a gaze and a language which could capture these ambiguities and tensions, rather than insisting on classical dualisms such as profit versus meaning, instrumentality versus authenticity, power versus freedom, and influence versus vulnerability...... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8061 Files in this item: 1
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Expo 2010 – Performing and regulating ‘Danishness’Ren, Carina; Ooi, Can-Seng (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Using the concepts of auto-communication and micro-orientalism, this article argues that nation branding at World Expos produces and propagates notions of difference and otherness. By use of the Danish ‘Welfairytales’ pavilion at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai, we show how national Self is performed in two versions. One attempts to communicate ‘the good Danish life’ to the Danes themselves, while the other claims Occidental superiority. The case shows how the Danish exhibition is performed and regulated as sustainable and authentic and how in spite of its seemingly dialogical and interactive layout, a number of auto-communicative and micro-orientalist practices are enacted. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8557 Files in this item: 1
Ooi_2012.pdf (163.7Kb) -
Nistrup Madsen, Bodil; Erdman Thomsen, Hanne; Halskov, Jakob; Lassen, Tine (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In our paper we present a project, the aim of which is to develop innovative and advanced methods for dynamic and automatic extraction of knowledge about concepts from texts and for automatic construction of ontologies. The project builds on and further develops the results of the CAOS project - Computer-Aided Ontology Structuring - which was carried out at Copenhagen Business School in the period 1998-2007. Terminological ontologies differ from other types of ontologies by comprising feature specifications and subdivision criteria. We have formalised subdivision criteria that have been used for many years in terminology work, by introducing dimensions and dimension specifications. In the CAOS prototype, facilities for semiautomatic checking of inconsistencies were developed. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8283 Files in this item: 1
TKE-2010-HET_BNM_JH_TL.pdf (370.7Kb) -
the efficacy of institutional discourseZinner Henriksen, Helle; Viborg Andersen, Kim (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: During the mid to late 1990s, shaping diffusion of B2B e-commerce was a key priority for governments and business associations. Viewing e-commerce as the key to continuous economic growth and a vehicle for transformation to the digital economy, national action plans were formulated to accelerate the standard development and adoption of e-commerce. This chapter argues that the Danish EDI Action Plan from 1996 cemented structural problems for the ongoing adoption and diffusion of newer B2B technologies due to a discrepancy between goals and actions, imbalanced partner allocation in standard development and an overwhelming focus on the public sector despite ambitions to fuel the overall business adoption of B2B e-commerce. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6475 Files in this item: 1
utility_ inf working paper.pdf (381.9Kb) -
Bennedsen, Morten; Wolfenzon, Daniel (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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Connectivity and Catch-up in Emerging Market EconomiesLorenzen, Mark; Mudambi, Ram (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
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41_ML_Bangalore_vs._Bollywood_Final.pdf (225.6Kb) -
Family Ties and Embeddedness in the Indian Film Industry in BollywoodLorenzen, Mark; Taeube, Florian A. (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Theoretical and empirical research on entrepreneurial networks is largely outcome-oriented and little integrated with family firm research. In this paper, we draw on social network and entrepreneurship literatures in order to investigate how family businesses build and make use of a variety of embedded and arm’s-length ties. We present novel data self-collected in qualitative, inductive fieldwork from more than 50 interviews in mainstream film production in Bollywood. Our findings contrast with extant research by showing that in the socio-cultural context of India the use of embedded ties is higher than predictions in the Page 3 / 55 Creative Encounters Working Paper #40 theoretical literature and empirical findings in cross-country studies suggest. Moreover, we show that the ‘Indian’ family is an institution that dominates embedded ties. The Banyan tree symbolizes this interconnectedness of the different branches of an Indian family compared to the plain structure of a birch tree describing Hollywood, where embedded ties can be different from familial ties. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8005 Files in this item: 1
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Levinsen, Karin; Madsen, Sabine (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Ud fra aktionsforskning af faget Informationsbehandling på bachelorprogrammet HA/DØK ved Copenhagen Business School undersøger vi i denne artikel hvilke barriere de studerende oplever i forbindelse med læring af holistisk systemudvikling og hvorfor. Siden 1980’erne har man i (dele af) litteraturen anset den ’gode’ systemudvikler for at være en, der kunne fungere som brobygger mellem brugere og programmører og navigere ubesværet inden for og imellem anvendelses- og problemområdet (dvs. mellem brugernes og IT systemets område og opgaver). HA/DØK uddannelsen blev udviklet for at uddanne studerende med brobyggerkompetencer. En summativ kvalitetsvurdering har dog vist, at der eksisterer et misforhold mellem den uddannelsesmæssige intention og de studerendes faktiske læring og eksamenspræstationer på faget Informationsbehandling. Vores undersøgelse af dette misforhold viser, at mens de studerende er gode til at tænke og handle udfra problemområdet,så kæmper alle studerende uanset fagligt niveau med at nå de læringsmål, der omhandler forståelse for og inddragelse af viden om anvendelsesområdet. Vi foreslår, at de studerendes vanskeligheder skyldes, at de pga. HA/DØK studiet tilrettelæggelse allerede er proficiente funktionalister når de starter på Informationsbehandling, mens de i forhold til anvendelsesområdet må betegnes som novicer. Vi opridser forskellige alternativer til at hjælpe de studerende med at overvinde barriererne og/eller opfylde læringsmålene. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6500 Files in this item: 1
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Organizational challenges for CSR communication in social mediaEtter, Michael; Morsing, Mette; Castello, Itziar (Amsterdam, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Purpose: Social media hold promises for companies to engage with a variety of stakeholders about CSR issues and thereby enhance stakeholder relationships. However, by implementing a social media strategy companies face different constraints. With this paper barriers diminishing stakeholder dialogue in the Web 2.0 are identified. Design and methodology: With a single case in‐depth‐study we analyze the implementation of a communication strategy of a recently launched CSR‐twitter‐account of a European based pharmaceutical company leading in CSR. Data is derived from interviews with four managers with central roles in strategy formulation and implementation. Findings: Five factors diminishing stakeholder dialogue are identified: Lack of resources, unfamiliarity with social media, managerial scepticism, internal guidelines and culture, and external regulations. These barriers prevent basic principles of relationship building online, such as regular updates or conversational human voice. Research limitations: With a single case study the representative value of the results is limited. However, the results give valuable insights into the challenges and concerns management faces when implementing a CSR communication strategy in social media. Practical implications: The results show that organisational constraints have to be addressed in order to implement a successful social media strategy. We therefore argue that corporate communications has to increasingly emphasis organisational aspects. Originality: To date, only little research has been done about CSR communication in social media. Furthermore, the research paper presents highly relevant and new findings by drawing the attention to organizational rooted challenges of corporate communication and strategy implementation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8530 Files in this item: 1
Michael_Etter_2_paper.pdf (174.2Kb) -
Schneider, Cédric (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper describes and analyzes the occurrence and extent of oppositions initiated against plant biotechnology patents granted by the European Patent Office (EPO). The opposition mechanism is a legal procedure that allows any third party to challenge the validity of patents awarded by the EPO. Results indicate that the opposition rate is far greater in plant biotechnology than in other emerging industries. Consistent with theoretical predictions, the empirical findings suggest that opposed patents are disproportionately those that score high on features that proxy for their “value” or “quality”. In contrast to previous findings, however, the results show that large-volume applicants are more likely to be opposed. Because the boundaries of plant biotech patents are ill-defined, large patent portfolios do not promote cooperative behavior such as licensing or settlements. The analysis rejects the hypothesis that awardees are subject to “nuisance” or “frivolous” oppositions. Instead, the opposition procedure serves as an error correction mechanism. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8220 Files in this item: 1
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Andersen, Steffen; Harrison, Glenn W.; Lau, Morten Igel; Rutström, Elisabeth E. (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We make the case that psychologists should make wider use of structural econometric methods. These methods involve the development of maximum likelihood estimates of models, where the likelihood function is tailored to the structural model. In recent years these models have been developed for a wide range of behavioral models of choice under uncertainty. We explain the components of this methodology, and illustrate with applications to major models from psychology. The goal is to build, and traverse, a constructive bridge between the modeling insights of psychology and the statistical tools of economists. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7571 Files in this item: 1
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Andersen, Steffen; Harrison, Glenn W.; Lau, Morten Igel; Rutström, Elisabet E. (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We make the case that psychologists should make wider use of econometric methods for the estimation of structural models. These methods involve the development of maximum likelihood estimates of models, where the likelihood function is tailored to the structural model. In recent years these models have been developed for a wide range of behavioral models of choice under uncertainty. We explain the components of this methodology, and illustrate with applications to major models from psychology. The goal is to build, and traverse, a constructive bridge between the modeling insights of psychology and the statistical tools of economists. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7800 Files in this item: 1
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Supply Chain ManagementGammelgaard, Britta; Bentzen, Eric; Aagaard Andreassen, Mette (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This report is based on the survey "Industrial Companies in Denmark – Today and Tomorrow", section IV: Supply Chain Management - Practices and Performance, question number 4.9 on performance assessment. To our knowledge, this survey is unique, as we have not been able to find results from any compatible survey. The International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS) does bring up the question of supply chain management, but unfortunately, we did not have access to the database. Data from the members of the SCOR-model, in the form of benchmarked performance data, may exist, but are nonetheless not public. The survey is a cooperative project "Benchmarking Danish Industries" with CIP/Aalborg University, the Danish Technological University, the Danish Technological Institute and Copenhagen Business School as consortia partners. The project has been funded by the Danish Agency for Trade and Industry. The present survey was developed and conducted in the period of 2001-2003. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6292 Files in this item: 1
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Draft VersionHansson, Finn; Brenneche, Nicolaj Tofte; Mønsted, Mette; Fransson, Torsten; Copenhagen Business School. CBS; Institut for Ledelse, Politik og Filosofi; LPF; Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy; LPF (Frederiksberg, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this report the key findings of an extensive literature review and an empirical survey of collaboration projects within the fields of sustainable energy and climate change are presented. The main objectives of the report is 1) to develop an analytical framework of innovation systems and to identify important managerial and organisational challenges pertinent to collaboration projects linking actors from within the Triangle of Knowledge (Innovation, Education and Research) and 2) to report on major collaboration patterns and on the basis hereof identify the most important types of collaborations known by the partners of SUCCESS. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7760 Files in this item: 1
WP1b-2009.pdf (1.152Mb)