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Built-in cooperation with business communityMadsen, Dorte (, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present the design of a three year bachelor’s programme in information management. In 2006, a new educational programme in Information Management was launched at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) in Denmark: BA in Information Management (http://www.cbs.dk/im). Developing this programme was motivated by a wish to launch a programme with a specific focus on the emerging digital, global information world in which we live, and the initiation of the programme was motivated by a strong demand from the business community calling for graduates with a holistic view of information processes and practices in organisations. The paper focuses on the underlying model for curriculum design which has been developed at CBS. The model takes its starting point in the business community’s perception of the graduates’ future practice. In the bachelor’s programme in information management, the cooperation with the business community has been built into the curriculum design in the form of problem-based projects and an internship. On the basis of a survey of the business community’s perception of future practice, a qualifications profile for the programme was formulated. The importance of problem-oriented work is discussed, as well as the interplay between problem-based and discipline-based elements in the curriculum design. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8639 Files in this item: 1
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Skjold, Else (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this PhD thesis, The Daily Selection, I will be addressing the overall question of how research on wardrobes can contribute to a more effective connection between the production and the consumption of dress objects. The thesis builds on exemplary studies of people in their wardrobes, with the aim of focusing on theoretical and methodological concerns and implications. It is structured in three parts, each of which consists -‐ independently -‐ of its own introductory framing, its own literature review, its own methods chapter, its own field work study, and its own conclusive reflections. As such, the parts, when taken as a whole, represent an evolving process through which my overall research questions are being filtered and reflected. My scholarly approach builds on the fusing of fashion and dress research and design research, in this way closing a gap between dress practice as, on the one hand, symbolic discourse and, on the other, as an embodied practice that is 'physically embedded' in the material capacities of dress objects. In Part I, I frame this view by addressing the concept of dressing as a 'bodily situated practice', as defined by Entwistle (2000), combined with a processual view on design and everyday practices, as defined by Shove et al. (2008). Based on these perspectives, I contribute with my own explanatory frameworks of 'sartorial systems' and 'sensory anchoring', on which I base the entire thesis. In order to operationalise these frameworks in my field work, I have developed a personal methodology for the wardrobe method that embraces the sensory and temporal aspects of dress practice. In Part II, I filter this through the vehicle of a collaborative project with Danish designer Mads Nørgaard, wherein I observe how dress objects from Nørgaard's collection are appropriated and used in the wardrobes of informants. In this way, I point to discrepancies between the production and the dissemination of dress objects that take place in the fashion industry, and to the ways that people use and experience these objects in their everyday lives. In Part III, I conduct a series of ‘wardrobe sessions’ with informants in collaboration with a designer, in order to explore how use practice might cast reflections back onto design processes. In my concluding chapter, I argue that my thesis contributes with a more facetted and reflected set of thinking in relation to dress practice, and that this way of thinking could potentially bring about radical changes in the way dress objects are currently produced, disseminated and sold. All together, this thesis shows that in order to establish a more tight fit between the production and consumption of dress objects, there is very good reason to look into the dress practices that are taking place in people’s wardrobes. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8992 Files in this item: 1
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a network approach to examining the professional service and project-related internationalization of Danish architectural service firmsSkaates, Maria Anne (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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a survey of the international operations of Danish companiesWendelboe Hansen, Michael (København, 1996)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: One of the most significant characteristics of recent years economic development is the profound growth in international production by transnational corporations (TNCs). This paper presents the results of a major survey of the involvement of Danish industry in this internationalization process. In particular, the paper focuses on Danish investments in the emerging economies of Eastern Europe and less developed countries (LDCs), an aspect of Danish foreign investment which is highly under-researched. The main findings of the paper is that around 1100 Danish companies are involved in international production, having almost 2900 subsidiaries abroad. 350 of those subsidiaries are located in the emerging economies of LDCs and Eastern Europe. The paper observes that the Danish involvement in emerging economies is significantly below that of other OECD countries, a finding which is linked to the relative dominance of small and medium sized companies in Danish industry. The paper notes that whereas the most important emerging economy destination in the seventies and eighties was Latin America and here in particular Brazil, Danish companies now prefer to invest in Asia and Eastern Europe, Poland being the by far most important emerging economy country. In general, the paper argues that small and medium sized companies play a pivotal role in the internationalization of Danish industry, less so in LDCs, more so in Eastern Europe. The survey also confirms that the Danish investment promotion agency IFU, participating in 40% of all investment projects in LDCs, plays a pivotal role in the expansion of Danish industry into LDCs. Finally, an inquiry among 167 companies with manufacturing activities in LDCs or Eastern Europe reveals that more than 50% of all investment projects in emerging economies are undertaken mainly in order to get access to the emerging economy market. Only 18% of the investment projects are motivated with the more favorable cost conditions - mainly lower salaries - offered by many emerging economies. This finding challenges the widespread belief that Danish investments in LDCs and Eastern Europe will cause a general loss of Danish jobs and productive capacity. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7022 Files in this item: 1
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Why Business Schools May Not Walk Their TalkRasche, Andreas; Gilbert, Dirk Ulrich (New York, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Business schools increasingly aim to embed corporate responsibility, sustainability, and ethics into their curricular and extracurricular activities. This paper examines under what conditions business schools may decouple the structural effects of their engagement in responsible management education from organizational practices. We argue that schools may be unable to match rising institutional pressures to publicly commit to responsible management education with their internal capacity for change. Our analysis proposes that decoupling is likely if schools (1) are exposed to resource stringency, (2) face overt or covert resistance against change processes, (3) are confronted with competing institutional pressures, and (4) perceive institutional demands as ambiguous. The discussion points to two implications. While decoupling may give rise to the illusion that responsible management education is progressing, it is also possible that an inconsistency between talk and action can help schools to articulate ambitions for responsible management education, which, over time, inspire recoupling effects. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8955 Files in this item: 1
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Novak, Lis (København, 1995)[More information][Less information]
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Reisch, Lucia A.; Roed Nielsen, Kristian; Watson, Rosina; Wilson, Hugh (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This report is a Deliverable (D 6.4) within the EU-InnovatE research project. According to the project’s Description of Work (DOW), the aim of this report is to contribute to the development of policy tools supporting end-user integrated and end-user lead sustainability innovations (referred together in our work as the umbrella term Sustainable End-user Innovation - SEI). The authors’ task is to “recommend new policy instruments and tools” and “suggest how to optimize existing policies and tools beyond the prevailing information paradigm, including novel instruments encouraging user sustainability innovation”. As examples of the latter, the DOW lists user innovation platforms, ‘incubators’ of companies to support inventive users, regional activities to support user-entrepreneurs, competitions and activities of venture capital funds, pro-bono activities of consulting companies and the like. Through our prior work deliverables, D 6.1 and D 6.2, we identified further policy tools that could be implemented in order to promote SEI - focusing on the barriers and drivers of SEI from a motivational, ability and opportunity perspective. These include, e.g., open source competitions, DIY courses and groups, crowdsourcing and -funding and a myriad of other options (see D 6.1). Based on our observations from a series of interviews with EU and national-level policymakers their recommendations are to primarily focus on firstly, increasing awareness of SEI, secondly, develop flexible funding opportunities for SEI and thirdly, identifying effective mechanisms for diffusion of inventions created by SEI. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9331 Files in this item: 1
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the anthropology of marketing and marketing anthropologyMoeran, Brian (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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The Case of Business School RankingsRasche, Andreas; Hommel, Ulrich; Cornuel, Eric (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Drawing on the case of business school rankings, we study how institutions are maintained and remain persistent despite their contested nature. We argue that rankings as institutions can be maintained through subtle disciplinary practices that freeze power relations in recipient organizations. Our analysis rests on a Foucauldian understanding of control emphasizing that rankings discipline (1) by enhancing the visibility of individuals’ performance, (2) by defining ‘normal’ behavior, and (3) by shaping how people understand themselves and the world around them. We show that these three disciplining effects support rankings’ durability, reproducibility, and communicability enhancing their overall stability and diffusion. Our arguments demonstrate that rankings’ relevance and impact is not entirely based on the legitimacy they are able to offer to ranked schools. Rather rankings impel a variety of disciplinary effects within business schools which help to stabilize and diffuse the institution. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8729 Files in this item: 1
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On the social context of text and knowledge production in the workplacePogner, Karl-Heinz (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper aims at giving a more detailed description and discussion of two concepts of "community" developed in the research areas of text production/ writing and social learning / information management / knowledge sharing and comparing them with each other. The purpose of this theoretical exer-cise is to determine the degree to which the concepts of discourse commu-nity and community of practice are suitable for investigating the social and organizational context of text and knowledge production. Finally, the paper examines the explanatory value of the two concepts for analyzing text and knowledge production at different Danish workplaces (a consulting engi-neering company, a university department and a bank) and discusses their significance in the context of co-located as well as geographically distrib-uted communities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7320 Files in this item: 1
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a case studyPogner, Karl-Heinz; Søderberg, Anne-Marie (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper is based on an explorative case study of all.department e-mails that were sent on the Intranet of a Danish university department. Following a social constructionist approach, our analysis assumes that language use shapes relations, identities, and representations. We thus investigate which social relations are expressed and constructed in the e-mail discourse and how the organizational world of the department is represented in the all.department e-mails. Our analyses of the e-mails show that the managerial voices are dominant as well as the perception of e-mail communication as a tool of information transmission. However, a few e-mails sent by employees without specific organizational functions differ significantly from the "managerial" mails. In these mails employee voices articulate a latent and unfulfilled need for a community and a forum for dialogue. The usage of the all.department e-mail communication is also related to the ongoing change of managing university departments in Denmark. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7726 Files in this item: 1
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Krause Hansen, Hans; Novak, Lis; Salskov-Iversen, Dorte; Werther, Charlotte (København, 1996)[More information][Less information]
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Humanitarian Discourse in the Age of MediatizationVestergaard, Anne (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This thesis explores the history of humanitarian organizations as agents in public life. When taking on the role as mediators between Western publics and distant sufferers, what conception of social responsibility do humanitarian organizations promote? What are the consequences of the institutional context of these organizations on the form of social responsibility that they are able to promote? In a historical perspective, what changes in these conceptualizations can we observe and to what extent can we understand them as resulting from institutional changes? These questions are asked with the assumption that the discourse of humanitarian organizations is at once a reflection of and a force in the configuration of dispositions in target publics. Enquiring about the history of humanitarian organizations as agents in public life, thus, means enquiring about the ways in which over the past 40 years, these organizations have given meaning to our relation to different sufferers and contributed to shaping our individual and collective conception of the scope and nature of our social responsibility.... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8318 Files in this item: 1
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Design, Access and Role of the ResearcherClausen, Lisbeth (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
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Melchior, Marie Riegels (, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In terms of dress and fashion Denmark is an example of a West European peripheral country within the international fashion system. Since the Middle Ages, new fashions have found their way to Denmark through the internationally oriented royal family, the purchases of well-traveled citizens, various international and national fashion reports, and the international purchases by local retailers. With varying speed new cuts, colors and styles have impressed themselves upon both the everyday and festive fashions of the Danish wardrobe. The same foreign influence applies to local fashion production. Design, craftsmanship and technology has through time been shaped under influences from abroad. But these international influences have not undermined the recurring idea of a particular Danish dress and fashion culture. In the middle of the 19th century the prevailing view was that the peasants’ festive dress represented specific national dress. By the beginning of the 21st century discussions in the Danish fashion industry and industry policy concern Denmark’s status as a fashion nation and Copenhagen as a possible new global fashion center. This is due to the growing Danish fashion culture, the textile and clothing industry’s export success, and not least the fact that Denmark is a world-leading fur exporter. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7769 Files in this item: 1
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Tackney, Charles T. (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Initially inspired by a 2009 Boston College Lonergan Fellow’s survey interest in the international use of Lonergan’s empirical method in the social sciences, the Global Lonergan Survey (GLS) is a data collection instrument available on the Internet since January 2010. This paper details the survey design as it developed through the collaborative support of many with an interest in Lonergan studies. As the first systematic, “cloud-based” assessment effort concerned with the diffusion of Lonergan's legacy in education throughout the world, the non-anonymous survey presents queries about a respondent’s academic background and teaching circumstances. Particular questions on moral conversion address those engaged in first year undergraduate instruction. There are questions designed to capture graduate student perspectives. In addition to simple binary and multiple choice questions, open-ended queries provide an opportunity for those surveyed to offer insight and provide suggestions on future implementation of Lonergan studies. The 2011 West Coast Methods Institute (WCMI) paper is an exploratory data analysis of the current valid survey sample: n=98 to date. The WCMI presentation offers summary survey outcomes to those actively involved in Lonergan studies, with a view to discussion of future steps. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8296 Files in this item: 1
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Convergence or Divergence?Bislev, Sven (København, 1997)[More information][Less information]
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en vigtig nøgle til forståelse af Japans økonomi og erhvervspolitikVittrup, Jens Peter (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]