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Abstract: China’s FDI to Africa has drawn much attention recently, partially because of the high profile China has given it, and partially because of the political and economic effects it is having on Africa. This paper begins by outlining the political context which is needed to understand Chinese outward FDI, namely the introduction of the "open door” policy and, more particularly, its policy towards Africa. The paper then goes on to give an overview of Chinese FDI in Africa. The paper then turns to ask the question: Is Chinese FDI developmental? To answer this question, it examines the notion of development and argues that much of the "western FDI” debate is severely limited in as far as it concentrates on income poverty and ignores other aspects of multidimensional poverty. After giving an overview of China’s involvement in Africa, the paper turns to four case studies of Chinese FDI, examining the developmental impacts on a variety of dimensions (as far as is possible) of different types of FDI in different regimes, namely resource seeking and manufacturing in Zambia, an infrastructure project in Botswana and construction/tourism in Sierra Leone. It warns against generalising from these cases, but suggests that the developmental effects so far have been limited. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6753 Files in this item: 1
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Davis, Lee (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Abstract: Denne analyse af kapacitetsudnyttelsen af Bornholmstrafikkens færger er udarbejdet på Center for Tourism and Culture Management på Copenhagen Business School. Den er et led i en forskningsundersøgelse af sammenhængen mellem oplevelsesøkonomi og transport, som indgår i DANVIFO’s program vedrørende dette emne. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7924 Files in this item: 1
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what can organizational economics contribute?Foss, Nicolai J.; Mahnke, Volker (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Knowledge management has emerged as a very successful organization practice and has been extensively treated in a large body of academic work. Surprisingly, however, organizational economics (i.e., transaction cost economics, agency theory, team theory and property rights theory) has played no role in the development of knowledge management. We argue that organizational economics insights can further the theory and practice of knowledge management in several ways. Specifically, we apply notions of contracting, team production, complementaries, hold-up, etc. to knowledge management issues (i.e., creating and integration knowledge, rewarding knowledge workers, etc.) , and derive refutable implications that are novel to the knowledge management field from our discussion. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6863 Files in this item: 1
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What Can Organizational Economics Contribute?Foss, Nicolai J.; Mahnke, Volker (Frederiksberg, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Knowledge management has emerged as a very successful organization practice and has been extensively treated in a large body of academic work. Surprisingly, however, organizational economics (i.e., transaction cost economics, agency theory, team theory and property rights theory) has played no role in the development of knowledge management. We argue that organizational economics insights can further the theory and practice of knowledge management in several ways. Specifically, we apply notions of contracting, team production, complementaries, hold-up, etc. to knowledge management issues (i.e., creating and integration knowledge, rewarding knowledge workers, etc.) , and derive refutable implications that are novel to the knowledge management field from our discussion. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7892 Files in this item: 1
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Husted, Kenneth; Michailova, Snejina (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
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Frekvens og omkostninger for anvendelse af fysiske og digitale kanalerAndersen, Kim Normann (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8240 Files in this item: 2
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Hvorfor og hvordan?Lyck, Lise (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Turisme regnes som et af verdens største erhverv. UNWTO, der er turismens hovedorganisa-tion globalt har opgjort antal ansatte til 235 mio., dvs. 9,2 % af alle job, og turismens andel af verdens bruttonationalprodukt (BNP) til 9,7 %. Turismen fortsætter med at vokse. Økono-misk krise og finanskrise, askesky mv. har betydet kortvarige afvigelser fra væksttrenden og enkelte ændringer i udviklingen af turismedestination. Europa modtager langt de fleste turister, og turismen er derfor et meget stort erhverv i de fleste EU-lande. Fra Kommissionens side er der nu - siden turisme med Lissabon traktaten er blevet et EU anliggende - pr. 30. juni 2010 udformet et mål om, at EU skal være verdens turismedestination nr. 1 og en politik, der omfatter 21 punkter, se for eksempel Lise Lyck; ”Handlingsplan for Dansk Turisme”. Denne publikation kan købes for 150 kr. ved henvendel-se til ll.tcm@cbs.dk. Publikationen er også fremlagt på dette møde. Dansk turisme har desværre haft betydelige problemer med konkurrenceevnen og har som det eneste EU land gennem en årrække har haft en aftagende markedsandel i udenlandske overnatninger. Det er baggrunden for, at erhvervets aktører og nogle politikere har arbejdet for at erhvervet kan blive konkurrencedygtigt og bidrage mere til at skabe økonomisk vækst, velfærd og arbejdspladser i Danmark. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8476 Files in this item: 1
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Lyck, Lise (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Advisory board for cand.soc studiet i service management bad på mødet den 22.06 om udarbejdelse af en kort oversigt over uddannelser og forskning inden for niveau 3 (højere uddannelse i Danmark). Nærværende notat tilstræber at præsentere hovedlinjerne inden for service og turisme uddannelses- og forsknings området. Notatet bygger på oplysninger fra nettet samt telefonsamtaler med de omfattede uddannelsesinstitutioner i Danmark. Endvidere er benyttet materiale fra Lise Lyck (2003); Turismeudvikling og Attraktioner i et Strategisk Perspektiv, kapitel 1, Nyt fra Samfundsvidenskaberne. Herudover indgår Universitetsloven, lov nr. 403 fra 2003 som ramme for de højere læreanstalters strategi. Endelig inddrages beretning fra rådet for erhvervsøkonomiske uddannelser til belysning af niveau 2 uddannelserne. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8480 Files in this item: 1
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Kaiser, Ulrich; Kongsted, Hans Christian; Rønde, Thomas (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We measure the quantitative importance of labor mobility as a vehicle for the transmission of knowledge and skills across firms. For this purpose we create a unique data set that matches all applications of Danish firms at the European Patent Office to linked employer-employee register data for the years 1999-2002. The Danish workforce is split into "R&D workers", who hold a bachelor's or a master's degree in a technical field, and "non-R&D workers". We find that mobile R&D workers ("R&D joiners"') contribute more to patenting activity than immobile R&D workers. Furthermore, R&D workers who have previously been employed by a patenting firm ("patent exposed workers") have a larger effect on patenting activity than R&D workers without this experience. Patent exposed R&D joiners constitute the most productive group of workers: for firms that patented prior to 1999, one additional worker of this type relates to an increase in the number of patent applications of the new employer by 0.0646. This corresponds to a 14 percent increase in the mean number of yearly patent applications. We also find that mobility of R&D workers increases the joint patenting activity of the donor and recipient firms, confirming the importance of labor mobility for innovation in the economy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7704 Files in this item: 1
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Jeppesen, Lars Bo; Laursen, Keld (Frederiksberg, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper introduces a model of knowledge sharing of lead users located in a public and unrestricted community of users. While existing literature on knowledge sharing focuses on allocation and collaboration processes inside or among companies we extend this to the community level. We then focus on how key agents — lead users — facilitate knowledge sharing in this setting and the features that moderate such sharing. Our results show that lead users are central to search and integration of knowledge from different external sources of relevance to their communities. Inside the community lead users are active in both “giving and taking” knowledge. Further, as users build up experience they tend to give more knowledge, thus suggesting a dynamic pattern of knowledge sharing in which increases in experience make way for important knowledge diffusion processes in the community. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7870 Files in this item: 1
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The Role of Institutions and Policy in Sustaining CompetitivenessMaskell, Peter (Frederiksberg, 1996)[More information][Less information]
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From Cost Reduction to Knowledge SeekingMaskell, Peter; Pedersen, Torben; Petersen, Bent; Dick-Nielsen, Jens (Frederiksberg, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: A corporation’s offshore outsourcing may be seen as the result of a discrete, strategic decision taken in response to an increasing pressure from worldwide competition. However, empirical evidence of a representative cross-sector sample of international Danish firms indicates that offshore sourcing in low-cost countries is best described as a learning-by-doing process in which the offshore outsourcing of a corporation goes through a sequence of stages towards sourcing for innovation. Initially, a corporation’s outsourcing is driven by a desire for cost minimization. Over a period of time the outsourcing experience lessens the cognitive limitations of decision-makers as to the advantages that can be achieved through outsourcing in low-cost countries: the insourcer/vendor may not only offer cost advantages, but also quality improvement and innovation. The quality improvements that offshore outsourcing may bring about evoke a realization in the corporation that even innovative processes can be outsourced. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7885 Files in this item: 1
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Rundt om begrebets meta-teoretiske karakteristikaØrts Hansen, Carsten (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Det er relativt let at konstatere, at ledelsesteknologier indtager en stadig større rolle i virksomheder og organisationer. De gode historier om ledelsesteknologi kommer i en lind strøm fra forskningsinstitutioner, konsulenter samt virksomheder og organisationer, der med succes anvender en ledelsesteknologi. Balanced Scorecard, Videnregnskaber, Capability Maturity Model, Activity Based Costning, Benchmarking m. fl. er således velkendte og udbredte ledelsesteknologier i såvel offentlige som private organisationer. På trods heraf, er forståelse af hvad der er teknologi ofte en diffus størrelse, ikke mindst fordi tilgangene til, hvad der menes med teknologi, er meget forskellige. Med andre ord kræver spørgsmålet om, hvad der egentlig forstås ved en ledelsesteknologi, en nærmere analyse, og i denne artikel introduceres forskellige måder at betragte en ledelsesteknologi på, og det tydeliggøres, hvilke meta-teoretiske antagelser der kan anlægges og diskuteres ud når vi tager om ledelsesteknolgier. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6764 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: Denne artikel handler om internationalisering af ledelsesteknologier/viden gennem casestudier. Med klare budskaber og empirske beviser, udgør casestudier ofte nutidens sande og autoriserede viden om, hvordan virksomhedsledere skal opfatte verden og hvad de skal indrette deres handlinger efter. Arbejdet med at skabe casestudier kan sammenlignes med at putte skibe i flasker; vores autoriserede og sande ledelsesviden er som skibene, fordi, når først vores viden er inde i flasken som en vedtaget sandhed ser det ud som om den altid har været der og altid vil blive der. Imidlertid er arbejdet med at skabe casestudier et minutiøst og fantasifuldt arbejde, der får arbejdet med at bygge skibe i flasker til at blegne. Det skyldes ikke mindst at arbejdet ikke sker på et hyggeligt bord med lup og pincet som man måske kender det fra scenen med Poul Reichardt i ”Olsenbanden”, men derimod udfolder sig i en kompleks videnskabelig arena med forskere, tekster og praktikere. I artiklen bliver casen SoftCorp betragtet som et laboratorium, hvilket længe har været et feltråb blandt forskere, når talen falder på refleksion omkring videns skabelse (Hacking 1992, Latour 1983, Latour & Woolgar 1979). Interessen kan også siges netop at baseres på den kendsgerning, at laboratoriet i sig selv er en central notation i vores forståelse af objektiv/sand viden og af forskningen og dens udvikling. I denne artikel er argumentet således at casestudiet er center for selv samme mekanismer og processer som laboratoriet, der skaber sand og objektiv viden og det netop er dette element der gør casestudiet til en vigtig aktør i internationaliseringen af (erhvervs-)forskningens videns skabelse. På baggrund af artiklen kan læseren derfor forvente at lære to ting: forvent at lære noget af forskere og ledelsespraktikere og forvent at lære meget om forskere og ledelsespraktikere. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6767 Files in this item: 1
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Fosfuri, Andrea; Rønde, Thomas (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We study a situation in which an R&D department promotes the introduction of an innovation, which results in costly re-adjustments for production workers. In response, the production department tries to resist change by improving the existing technology. We show that firms balancing the strengths of the two departments perform better. This principle is employed to derive several implications concerning the hiring of talents, monetary incentives, and technology investment policies. As a negative effect, resistance to change might distort the R&D department’s effort away from radical innovations. The firm can solve this problem by implementing the so-called ”skunk works model” of innovation where the R&D department is isolated from the rest of the organization. Resistance to change, innovation, skunk works model, contest. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7691 Files in this item: 1
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Davis, Lee (Frederiksberg, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper investigates in an exploratory manner the licensing strategies pursued by firms whose business model is based on developing and licensing out their intellectual property rights (IPRs). These are not traditional suppliers, since they do not engage in production or commercialization, but focus solely on invention. While considerable anecdotal evidence exists about these IP vendors, there has been no systematic investigation of how they use licensing to appropriate value from their investments in R&D. In this paper, we suggest that the licensing strategies they pursue can be differentiated along two main dimensions: whether the driving force behind the inventive process is “technology push” or “market pull”, and the degree to which the innovative activities carried out by the IP vendor are mutually dependent upon the innovative activities of the other relevant market players. On this basis, four main licensing strategies are identified. We investigate the relative benefits and costs of these four strategies, and the factors affecting licensing choices. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7878 Files in this item: 1
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Davis, Lee (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper investigates in an exploratory manner the licensing strategies pursued by firms whose business model is based on developing and licensing out their intellectual property rights (IPRs). These are not traditional suppliers, since they do not engage in production or commercialization, but focus solely on invention. While considerable anecdotal evidence exists about these IP vendors, there has been no systematic investigation of how they use licensing to appropriate value from their investments in R&D. In this paper, we suggest that the licensing strategies they pursue can be differentiated along two main dimensions: whether the driving force behind the inventive process is "technology push" or "market pull", and the degree to which the innovative activities carried out by the IP vendor are mutually dependent upon the innovative activities of the other relevant market players. On this basis, four main licensing strategies are identified. We investigate the relative benefits and costs of these four strategies, and the factors affecting licensing choices. Key words: Intellectual property, licensing, strategy JEL Codes: O31, O32, O34 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7266 Files in this item: 1
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Maskell, Peter (Frederiksberg, 1996)[More information][Less information]
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Malmberg, Anders; Maskell, Peter (Frederiksberg, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The concept of localized learning outlines how local conditions and spatial proximity between actors enable the formation of distinctive cognitive repertoires and influence the generation and selection of skills, processes and products within a field of knowledge or activity. The localized learning argument consists of two distinct yet related elements. One has to do with localized capabilities that enhance learning while the other concerns the possible benefits that firms with similar or related activities may accrue by locating in spatial proximity of one another. In this essay, we disentangle these two inherent elements of the concept, review some of the critique that has been raised against it, and sort out some misunderstandings that we think are attached to its present use. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7884 Files in this item: 1
DRUID_05_19.pdf (110.2Kb)