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Abstract: According to the Competition Act, a merger that impedes eective competition signi cantly, in particular by creating or strengthening a dominant postition, shall be prohibited. To decide whether this is the case the authorities need a quanti able model of the relationship between the variables that are directly aected by the merger and some measure of competition. In this paper we set up and calibrate a simple model of the interaction of the retail and the wholesale markets for high-end cosmetics in Denmark based on the Matas case. The model predicts that the acquisition of Matas - comprising roughly half of the market for high end cosmetics - may have a significant on retail prices and that the authorities had good reasons for making its approval conditioned on the removal of a number of contract-based barriers to entry. Analytically the main results are: (1) In a linear model with constant marginal costs the optimal wholesale prices are unexpected by the structure in the retail sector. (2) The ect on of buyer-power induced quantity dioscounts depends on the speci c design of the scheme: A relative discount on the list price the independent shops are charged increases the average retail price; A xed reduction relative to the pre-merger price reduces the average retail price). (3) Buyer-power induced retail price maintenance (RPM) increases the average retail price. RPM increases the competitiveness and pro ts of the merged shops if producers keep whole-sale prices unchanged. If, however, the producers adjust their wholesale prices, then RMP hurts merged and independent shops alike and benefits only the producers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7516 Files in this item: 1
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Refleksioner over sammenhænge og kompleksitet i BA in Information ManagementMadsen, Dorte (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: I artiklen præsenteres den integrerede og tværfaglige kernefaglighed i BA in Information Management. Artiklen indeholder de refleksioner over sammenhænge, der ligger til grund for opbygning af uddannelsen og studiets konceptualisering, de grundantagelser, uddannelsen hviler på og de generelle og overordnede sammenhænge, der er mellem praksisfelt og uddannelsens fagområde, faglig og pædagogisk progression, forhold mellem teori og praksis, integration og tværfaglighed. Keywords: Fag, faglighed, kernefaglighed, tværfaglighed, praksisorientering, sammenhængskraft, kompleksitet, kvalifikationsprofil, studieudvikling, studieudviklingsmodel, erhvervspraksis, uddannelsesbekendtgørelsen, teoretisk refleksionskompetence, praktisk problemløsningskompetence, reflekteret praksis og produktion, progression, semestertemaer, flerdisciplinær, tværdisciplinær, nydisciplinær URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6857 Files in this item: 1
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A Study of Product Launches in the Swedish Pharmaceutical IndustryFraenkel, Stefan C. (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This research identifies a set of key success factors for sales force readiness, for driving the success of a new product launch within the pharmaceutical industry. Drawing from the analysis of fifty product launches in the Swedish pharmaceutical market, the study has succeeded in discriminating between four types of key success factors: the key factors that are important and crucial for a successful launch; the key factors that are important yet not necessarily crucial for a successful launch; the market conditions that are most ideal for a successful launch, and finally the type of newness of the product that is most suitable for successful launch. The overall aim of the research project was to provide guidance in optimizing the sales force readiness during the launch of a new pharmaceutical product. The research question is driven by the great importance and high cost of the sales force, together with the need for the pharmaceutical companies to continuously launch new products in a marketplace with increased challenges for all parts of the business. The research approach divides the research into two main parts. The first part reviews earlier studies/findings in the literature, collects empirical data in the form of six case studies and conducts six expert interviews with the purpose of formulating a Research Model. In the second part, the Research Model and its variables are quantitatively tested against fifty launched pharmaceutical products in Sweden. The study employs a bottom-up analysis method with Partial Least Squares Analysis, being predictive in nature, rather than the more conventional top-down and hypothesis-testing approach that typically employs regression analysis methods. In order to provide both practitioners and researchers with guidance on the results, its interpretation is presented in terms of its managerial implications as well as proposals for further research. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8224 Files in this item: 1
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Carnera, Alexander; Janning, Finn (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
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Den bornholmske transformationRennison, Betina Wolfgang; Green, Lea Goldin (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Det kommunale landkort gennemløber netop i denne tid en markant forandring. Strukturreformen initierer en omvæltning af den offentlige sektor ikke set siden kommunalreformen i 1970’erne. Nye tider er på vej. Nye grænser trækkes – være det sig geografiske, opgaverelaterede, stillingskategoriske, organisatoriske- og styringsmæssige. Dette working-paper er et bidrag i diskussionen om strukturreformen og den generelle moderniseringsproces i den offentlige sektor. Det griber fat i en kommunal enhed, der allerede har gennemløbet en del af de omvæltninger, som landets øvrige kommuner pt. står overfor, nemlig Bornholms regionskommune. I paperet foretages en uvildig undersøgelse af regionskommunens nye styreform og administrative organisering, der er igangsat i kølvandet på kommunensammenlægningen i 2003. Working-paperet er desuden publiceret som en rapport i BUPL-regi (Januar 2005). Rapporten/working-paperet er således skabt på initiativ af BUPL (Forbundet for pædagoger og klubfolk), særligt BUPL-Bornholm. En tak skal derfor lyde til BUPL (Lars Feldt, Ulla Kjærgaard og Leif Kjærgaard) for finansiering af projektet og for information omkring aktuelle problematikker og udfordringer i og omkring Bornholms regionskommune. Vi takker desuden de interviewede fra regionskommunen for at have givet os en indsigt i facts, problemskitseringer og scenarieopstillinger – og på den måde bidraget til at give analysen kraft. Forud for rapporten er foretaget et pilotprojekt, der fungerer som inspirationskilde og vidensgrundlag for nærværende rapport/working-paper. Der skal derfor lyde en stor tak til de deltagende studerende for et grundigt analytisk og indsigtsfuldt arbejde. Rapporten/working-paperet henvender sig til såvel praktikere i og omkring Bornholms regionskommune, som forskere, konsulenter, studerende og øvrige interesserede i organisations- og strukturforandringer samt styrings- og ledelsesmæssige problematikker i en kommunal sammenhæng. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6361 Files in this item: 1
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22 video-analytical views "in situ" in the development-department of an IT firmSiggård Jensen, Sisse (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
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the role of institutions and regional innovation systemsLorenzen, Mark; Foss, Nicolai Juul (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
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Some Foundational IssuesFoss, Nicolai J. (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Abstract This talk addresses the interaction of knowledge and organization in IB research, particularly research on the MNC. The argument is made that although the MNC literature is quite advanced with respect to its treatment of firm-level knowledge, several connected problems remain. In particular, there has been an over-emphasis on knowledge flows and an under-emphasis on knowledge stocks; the microfoundations of MNC knowledge are unclear; and there is a no clear understanding of the causal relations between knowledge stocks and flows and organizational control. A control theory approach that may resolve some of these problems is then sketched. Keywords The MNC, knowledge, organizational control, control theory. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7305 Files in this item: 1
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Frederiksen, Frode; Hansson, Finn; Wenneberg, Søren (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The internal scientific evaluation of knowledge claims done by peer review is todayhas for the last 20 years been supplemented by new methods of knowledge assessment. These methods are usually taken from other sectors such as the public administration and the corporate sector. Because of their different backgrounds compared to the peer review method, it is necessary to critically examine them in relation to assessment of quality. But this also calls for a new understanding of science and knowledge. The article starts by briefly explaining this new understanding, before going into more details on the new methods of knowledge assessment and the perspectives behind them. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6357 Files in this item: 1
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an organizational economics perspectiveFoss, Kirsten; Foss, Nicolai Juul (København, 1998)[More information][Less information]
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how much do they really differ? And how does it matter?Foss, Kirsten; Foss, Nicolai J. (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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Foss, Nicolai J. (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper is the Introductory chapter to my forthcoming book, Knowledge, Organization, and Property Rights: Selected Essays of Nicolai J Foss, to be published by Edward Elgar in 2008. It provides a brief bio-statement and then discusses and places in context the various papers in the collection. The papers in the book are listed in the Appendix. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7437 Files in this item: 1
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The Case of Knowledge about Foreign EntryLyles, Marjorie; Pedersen, Torben; Petersen, Bent (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The study explores what factors influence the reduction of managers’ perceived knowledge gaps in the context of the environments of foreign markets. Potential determinants are derived from traditional internationalization theory as well as organizational learning theory, including the concept of absorptive capacity. Building on these literature streams a conceptual model is developed and tested on a set of primary data of Danish firms and their foreign market operations. The empirical study suggests that the factors that pertain to the absorptive capacity concept – capabilities of recognizing, assimilating, and utilizing knowledge - are crucial determinants of knowledge gap elimination. In contrast, the two factors deemed essential in traditional internationalization process theory – elapsed time of operations and experiential learning – are found to have no or limited effect. Key words: Internationalization, knowledge gap, absorptive capacity, learning box. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7302 Files in this item: 1
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Meaning, Nature, Origins, and ImplicationsFoss, Nicholai J. (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Assumptions about the knowledge held by economic agents have been an integral part of the theory of economic organization since its inception. However, recent work—here called “knowledge governance”—has more explicitly highlighted knowledge as both an independent and dependent variable. Thus, a spate of work in management research and new institutional economics has highlighted dimensions such as complementarity, complexity, tacitness, and so on of knowledge assets and shown how knowledge assets, thus dimensionalized, has explanatory value with respect to economic organization. However, knowledge may also be seen as being caused by governance mechanisms and structures; specifically, incentives, allocations of decision rights, organizational structure and so on influence the search for knowledge, and the creation, sharing and integration of knowledge. More philosophically, the concern with the role of knowledge in the context of economic organization prompts a reevaluation of a number of the fundamental assumptions that are often used to guide theory-building in the economics of organization (e.g., Bayesian and game theoretical foundations). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8379 Files in this item: 1
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Foss, Nicolai J. (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: An attempt is made to characterize a "knowledge governance approach" as a distinctive, emerging field that cuts across the fields of knowledge management, organisation studies, strategy and human resource management. Knowledge governance is taken up with how the deployment of administrative apparatus influences knowledge processes, such as sharing, retaining and creating knowledge. It insists on clear behavioural foundations, adopts an economizing perspective and examines efficient alignment between knowledge transactions with diverse characteristics and governance structures and mechanisms with diverse capabilities of handling these transactions. Various open research issues that a knowledge governance approach may illuminate are sketched. Although knowledge governance draws clear inspiration from organizational economics and "rational" organization theory, it recognizes that knowledge represents various challenges to more "closed" social science disciplines, notably economics. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7446 Files in this item: 1
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The Center for Strategic Management and GlobalizationFoss, Nicolai J. (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper tells the story of the emergence of distinct research around the theory of the firm at Copenhagen Business School within the last two decades, focussing on elements of continuity in the thinking of key CBS persons in the period. It discusses the current research agenda of the Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, a research agenda that may be described as multi-level research in international strategy, based on the economic theory of the firm and strategic management theory, and with a strong emphasis on micro-foundations and knowledge governance. The paper relates the narrative to organizational learning theory. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7435 Files in this item: 1
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Grandori, Anna (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The paper builds on existing empirical research on knowledge transfer and sharing in inter-firm and intra-firm networks, for constructing a comparative framework. The first comparative question addressed is: what types of organizational network can govern what types of knowledge network? Both the cognitive difficulty of communication and the incentive to give information turn out to be fundamental in finding an answer. The variables influencing those two dimensions are discussed ( divergence in knowledge and preference, computational and epistemic complexity). The second comparative question is what the differences are between intra-firm and interfirm knowledge flows and knowledge governance mechanisms. The results of our analysis downplay the exclusive properties of firms in knowledge transfer/sharing respects hypothesised by the ‘knowledge-based theory of the firm’, and call for a more ‘continuous’ (rather than ‘discrete’) and ‘combinatorial’ (rather than ‘idealtipical’) notion of governance mechanisms and forms. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6920 Files in this item: 1
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a consulting process during 1987-2000 at the State & University Library of DenmarkMaula, Marjatta (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]