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When to Ally with Weak PartnersOverby, Mikkel Lucas (Frederiksberg, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In many emergent markets, cross-industry alliances are necessary to develop and market new products and services. The resource-based view suggests that firms form alliances to access or acquire valuable, rare, non-imitable and non-substitutable resources, and that such access determines the level of profits. Hence, firms confronted with the choice between partners with strong versus partners with weak resource endowments should choose the former. We contest this view and argue that firms benefit from allying with weak partners at certain times. In essence, we suggest that partner selection involves assessing the relative importance of strong resource endowments and aligned strategic aspirations over time. By adopting an evolutionary approach, we show that appropriate partner selection criteria are dynamic and may involve allying with weak partners in the initial exploratory stage, with weak and/or strong partners in the development stage and with strong partners in the maturity stage. Our findings suggest that the resource-based understanding of strategic alliances should be extended to include a more profound role for a partner firm’s strategic aspiration. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7888 Files in this item: 1
DRUID_05_07.pdf (380.4Kb) -
Davis, Lee (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Kalmi, Panu; Mygind, Niels; Terk, Erik (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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an empirical investigationFoss, Nicolai Juul; Laursen, Keld (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Next Generation Management of Organizational PerformanceKane, Brian (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Managers must aspire to understand their organization in a way that allows them to take appropriate actions when necessary and to be able to utilize tools which encourage the organization to behave in a desirable way. The field of performance management deals with these objectives and is becoming increasingly pervasive. However, the author’s personal experience and substantial scholarship suggest that performance management is linked to dysfunctional behavior in organizations. Various current explanations for the link between measurement and dysfunction revolve around observability or knowledge of the transformation process, but seem simplistic and inadequate. This work examines measurement as one representational form out of many others, for example text. It is proposed that the representational form used in performance management practice is implicated with dysfunctional behavior. This demands an exploration of the relevant facets of organizational reality which influence the relationship with various representational forms. After a theoretical positioning, the relationship is explored empirically through onsite visits at two Microsoft Corporation locations in Copenhagen and Redmond. Thirty stories of performance management, based on interviews with senior managers, are presented. The stories provide the basis for establishing a rich understanding of organizational reality and the implications of using various representational forms in terms of dysfunctional behavior. These implications lead to a fundamental rethinking of the form and boundaries of performance management theory and practice, and emphasize the need for a multi-paradigmatic approach to performance management, which is presented. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8015 Files in this item: 1
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Yokoyama, Keiko (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The growing practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has led to increasing research attention in the literature to the role of CSR strategy. CSR strategy is a concept for maximizing profits or benefits for both society and the company. Studies of CSR strategy during the 1990’s and the early 2000’s were mainly limited to examining the concept of CSR, and merely discussed the needs and importance of the strategic development of CSR. Recently, strategy researchers have proposed more specific CSR strategies by applying their knowledge of strategic management. This paper first summarizes these CSR strategy studies and then proposes an approach to CSR strategy from a new perspective. This paper also identifies issues that a company may face when implementing CSR and suggests approaches to CSR strategy to overcome these issues. To overcome the CSR issues, the paper discusses (1) a framework for recognizing the contribution that CSR activity makes to corporate performance, and (2) approaches to CSR strategy for resolving tradeoffs inherent to the CSR activity. This paper proposes that a company design its CSR activity so that it expands the company’s stakeholders, resources and capabilities. Secondly, because the impact of CSR activity occurs both through external factors, such as legitimacy and reputation, and through internal factors, such as implementation and learning, efforts to stimulate the processes are discussed. Lastly, based on the above considerations, the outcome of CSR, corporate performance and the resolution of tradeoffs inherent to CSR are further examined. This paper concludes by pointing out that, from the perspective of CSR strategy, it is most important for a company to implement CSR activity regarding it as a social business, based on a careful review of its core business. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7124 Files in this item: 1
wp csr 2008-05.pdf (276.4Kb) -
Roepstorff, Anne (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
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A simple model for analysis of the business environmentMygind, Niels (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Societies all over the world are complex systems of human beings interacting with each other for making a living. Understanding these societies is essential for international business whatever the company interacts through foreign trade, outsourcing production or foreign direct investments - FDI. Choice of location makes it necessary to do an analysis of relevant foreign societies. The existing models for these analyses are often too simplified, static and without enough emphasis on key determinants for these societies – their institutions. The quality of institutions is an import part of the explanation for the level of development in different countries (WB 2002, IMF 2005, WEF 2006); but there is no simple link between institutions and economic performance (Rodrik 2004). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7062 Files in this item: 1
wp67 2007.pdf (189.0Kb) -
problems and challenges faced by western expatriatesMichailova, Snejina (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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Bhattacharyya, Sudipta; Abraham, Mathew; D’Costa, Anthony (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper uses the structuralist framework of agriculture-industry synergy in an economy to discuss the performance of the agricultural and industrial sectors in India. The industry – agriculture relationship is argued to be integral to economic development as the agriculture sector supplies raw materials, surplus labour to the industrial sector and acts as a source of demand for industrial goods. However, in India this relationship has been complex. This paper looks at the supply side constraints in the agricultural sector and the demand side constraints in the industrial sector to assess the poor development and growth in the two sectors. It concludes that India has not followed the structuralist pattern of sectoral development and poor agricultural growth has not been conducive for demand led industrialization, adversely affecting factor markets for both labour and land. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8642 Files in this item: 1
CDP 2013-40 samlet.pdf (472.2Kb) -
Mallya, Thaddeus J.S.; Kukulka, Zdenek; Jensen, Camilla (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Peverelli, Peter J. (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The Port of Rotterdam is a typical European organisation that undertakes several activities towards China annually and has a clear understanding of what it has to offer to its Chinese counterparts, but does not always succeed in achieving rapport with those counterparts. This paper studies the identity constructs of the Port of Rotterdam in a selected number of Chinese contexts (central ministries, main ports, etc.). The methodology is narrative analysis using corpora of texts compiled for each context. The core theoretical principle1 is that identity is not a property, but a process of ongoing interaction. The identity of A can only be established in a particular context, by observing the interaction between A and parties in that context. A will thus obtain multiple identities in multiple contexts. The results can be used by the Port of Rotterdam to improve the effectiveness of its delegations to China. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7406 Files in this item: 1
peverelli-2007-19.pdf (192.3Kb) -
Lando, Henrik (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The standard of proof in criminal law a®ects retributive justice through the number of wrong convictions and wrong acquittals. It also a®ects the level of crime, since a higher standard of proof implies less deterrence and less incapacitation. This article derives an expression for the optimal standard from a trade-o® between these e®ects, and applies the expression to the crime of sexual violation against women. For this crime, social preferences for justice versus prevention of crime are elicited through a survey and inserted into the expression for the optimal standard. The result indicates that the concern for prevention of crime may have a signi¯cant e®ect on the optimal standard of proof. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6785 Files in this item: 1
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The Emergence of Stakeholder CapitalismMeyer, Klaus E. (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: An unintended outcome of transition is the emergence of new forms of governance. Stakeholders other than shareholders influence corporate management to a higher degree than in mature market economies. Employees gained influence through ownership stakes or work councils, while elsewhere investment funds or governmental authorities retain influence via equity stakes or otherwise. This paper reviews privatisation and the newly created forms of private ownership to document the evolution of stakeholder capitalism and to discuss the opportunities and dangers that it may create for businesses in the region. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7088 Files in this item: 1
int wp 2003.pdf (192.8Kb) -
Mygind, Niels (Frederiksberg, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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On Behavioral Assumptions in the Theory of the FirmFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 2001)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: I discuss and compare alternative approaches to integrating bounded rationality with the theory of economic organization, concentrating on the organizational capabilities approach, which is strongly influenced by the works of Nelson and Winter, organizational economics, particularly transaction cost economics, and, finally, a small subset of the literature on biases to judgment and cognition. I argue that, contrary to the conventional view, both the organizational capabilities approach and transaction cost economics treat bounded rationality rather “thinly,” the former being in actuality more taken up with organizational routines than individual boundedly rational behavior, the latter only invoking bounded rationality to the extent that it helps explaining incompleteness of contracting. The rich literature on cognitive biases, etc. suggests a “thick” approach to bounded rationality that may be helpful with respect to furthering the theory of economic organization. Examples pertaining to the internal organization of firms are provided. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7895 Files in this item: 1
DRUID_01_15.pdf (134.9Kb) -
Foss, Nicolai J.; Frøslev Christensen, Jens (Frederiksberg, 1996)[More information][Less information]
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Et empirisk casestudie af omstillingsforløb i fire virksomhederBeyer, Peter (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: I mange virksomheder eller måske i alle virksomheder arbejder man løbende med forbedrings- og forandringsarbejder, gerne defineret som projekter med fokus på procesarbejde og de resultater, som projekterne forventes at skulle skabe..... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8047 Files in this item: 2
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Aadne, John Harald; Mahnke, Volker (Frederiksberg, 1998)[More information][Less information]
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Slej Mikkelsen, Jakob; Lyck, Lise (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Der er ofte stor forskel mellem prognoser for turisme udviklingen og den faktiske udvikling. Denne publikation behandler prognoser vs. virkelighed for de forskellige overnatningstyper i dansk turisme. Endvidere omtales forskellige forecastmetoder kort. Forecasts får ofte en slags dobbeltrolle, nemlig at fungere som egentlig forudsigelse og at fungere som markedsføringsinstrument. Ofte kan et forventet resultat "pyntes" for at vise en markedsføringseffekt om, at "her går det godt". Dette medfører utroværdige prognoser. Som det fremgår af nærværende publikation er antallet af overnatninger i Danmark faldende fra 2003 til 2004. Ydermere er overnatningstallet, gjort op ultimo september 2005, faldet med 700.000 fra 2004 til 2005. På denne baggrund bør det overvejes at få etableret mere præcise forudsigelsesmodeller. Center for Tourism and Culture Management medvirker gerne her til, i fald der kan skaffes funding til dette. Oplægget til denne publikation er udarbejdet af Lise Lyck, mens datafremskaffelsen er foretaget af Jakob Slej Mikkelsen. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6630 Files in this item: 1
prognoser vs. virkelighed-04jan.pdf (317.8Kb)