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Filges, Trine; Larsen, Birthe (Århus, 2000)[More information][Less information]
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Constructivism and constitutionismJust, Sine Nørholm; Nørgaard, Jens Lautrup (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Constructivism is one of the most successful paradigms within the social and human sciences at the beginning of the new millennium. But it is a very disputed paradigm, and critical accounts of this domi-nating –ism are proliferating. Recently, the critics have become more visible, and the paradigm is now challenged seriously. Being critics of constructivism ourselves we welcome this tendency. How-ever, we are also critical of the critique since it tends to dichotomise the debate to an unnecessary degree, and, at times, does not admit the very fertile insights that are also part of the constructivist ap-proach. In the following we shall join the critique, but in doing so we will point towards a moderated view of the ways in which the world becomes meaningful to us. Our aim is to sketch out a theoretical perspective that benefits from both the insights of constructivism and its critics, and thereby is able to realise the full explanatory potential of both. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6848 Files in this item: 1
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The Absorptive Capacities of South African Automotive Component SuppliersLorentzen, Jochen (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Innovative firms in developing countries have the odds stacked against them in more than one way. They must contend with the objective difficulties of all sorts of capital shortages and deficient infrastructures. Highly-trained scientists, well-endowed labs, seed funding, and institutions that test and certify prototypes and protect the resulting intellectual property are few and far between in the South. They must also come to terms with global value chains in which for different reasons both multinational corporations and smaller, knowledge-intensive firms typically keep R&D close to home. And finally, they are up against the broad brush of academic thought on industrial development which essentially holds that because of the technology gap between developed and developing countries, innovation proper can only really happen in the North. Thus if innovative firms appear on the radar screen at all, they are likely to register but an errant blip, the exception to the rule, that do not warrant systematic analysis. This paper analyses the absorptive capacities of automotive component suppliers in South Africa. It shows that some firms design and manufacture innovative products, while others upgrade their technological capability or merely strive to attain execution competence. It suggests that the reason for the differential performance lies in the strategic use of advanced technical skills and the kind of learning about frontier technology engendered by R&D. It further discusses the ways in which foreign-owned technology is internalised more or less easily depending on whether or not it is controlled by multinational firms or by passive investors. Section 2 reviews the literature on absorptive capacities in developing countries. Section 3 discusses innovation and the technology frontier in the automotive industry, and Section 4 briefly outlines why this is relevant to firms in South Africa. Section 5 presents data and methodology. Section 6 discusses the findings. Section 7 concludes with suggestions for further research. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6622 Files in this item: 1
itsr&dstupidapril2004.pdf (358.6Kb) -
om min socialkonstruktivistiske sejlads ud i videnskabenWenneberg, Søren Barlebo (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
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Evidence from Danish MicrodataBennett, Patrick; Ouazad, Amine (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper matches a comprehensive Danish employer-employee data set with individual crime information (timing of offenses, charges, convictions, and prison terms by crime type) to estimate the impact of job displacement on an individual’s propensity to commit crime. We focus on displaced individuals, i.e. high-tenure workers with strong attachment to their firm, who lose employment during a mass-layoff event. Pre-displacement data suggests no evidence of endogenous selection of workers for displacement during mass-layoffs: displaced workers’ propensity to commit crime exhibits no significantly increasing trend prior to displacement; and the crime rate of workers who will be displaced is not significantly higher than the crime rate of workers who will not be displaced. In contrast, displaced workers’ probability to commit any crime increases by 0.52 percentage points in the year of job separation. The effects are driven by the propensity to commit property crime, which increases by 0.38 percentage points, or about 26% of the population-wide average. The substantial post-displacement earnings losses, coupled with the effects on property crime, are consistent with Becker’s (1968) economic theory of crime. Marital dissolution is more likely post-displacement, and we find small intra-family externalities of adult displacement on younger family members’ crime. The impact of displacement on crime is stronger in municipalities with higher capital and labor income inequalities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9334 Files in this item: 1
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Leschke, Janine; Weiss, Silvana (Frederiksberg, 2017)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper examines the use of social networks and its impact on the qualitative labour market integration of young recent EU migrants from Central and Eastern European member states to EU15 countries as well as Switzerland and Norway. The literature points to both positive and negative impacts of social networks on migrant workers’ outcomes. Social networks can facilitate access to employers and information on labour regulation and rights and thereby improve the quantitative and qualitative labour market outcomes of migrant workers. On the other hand, social networks can also contribute to locking migrant workers into sectors and occupations with high shares of migrant workers, so-called niche employment. The latter can lead to suboptimal working conditions including a mismatch of skills and occupation (overqualification) and lower wages. The impact might be particularly negative for recent migrants from Central and Eastern Europe as previous research on EU cross border labour mobility has shown that they are comparatively high qualified and young. The latter might put them at a double disadvantage given that youth have particular problems in entering (quality) employment as they lack work experience which they could use to signal to employers directly and might therefor have to rely more on social networks of established migrant communities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9568 Files in this item: 1
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Exploring a New Indicator to Predict Financial PerformanceHallin, Carina Antonia; Tveterås, Sigbjørn; Andersen, Torben Juul (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper explores a new judgmental forecasting indicator, the Employee Sensed Operational Capabilities (ESOC). The purpose of the ESOC is to establish a practical prediction tool that can provide early signals about changes in financial performance by gauging frontline employees’ sensing of changes in the firm’s operational capabilities. We present the first stage of the development of ESOC by applying a formative measurement approach to test the index in relation to financial performance and against an organizational commitment scale. We use distributed lag models to test whether the ESOC can predict financial performance. Monthly data were collected from frontline employees in three different companies during an 18-month period, and the initial results indicate that the ESOChas predictive power. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8507 Files in this item: 1
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implications for transnational corporationsLal, Pranay; Jha, Veena (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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konsekvenser af at harmonisere selskabslovgivningen i EuropaBennedsen, Morten; Dam, Thea; Herby, Jonas; Nielsen, Kasper (, 2003)[More information][Less information]
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Bisgaard Munk, Timme; Svarre, Peter (København, 2003)[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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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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Strong Core Values, Delegation and AccountabilityJuul Andersen, Torben; Shaw, Gregory L. (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Purpose – The article brings attention to the importance of corporate values and concrete leadership enactment of those values as a necessary condition for effective risk management outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – The content is based on practice-based research experiences supported by relevant literatures on risk governance and values-based management complemented with insights from case analyses and empirical studies. Findings – The paper explains why formal risk management approaches have limitations and outlines how the presence of official policies and codes of conduct is insufficient to deal with dynamic and complex high-impact situations where strong core values heeded by the corporate leadership, in contrast, leads the way to better risk behaviors throughout the organization. Major disasters in British Petroleum over the past decade illustrate how a formal code of conduct failed to do the job when the leadership in reality gave first priority to profits at the expense of the stated environmental values. The prioritized code of the US Coast Guard is used to illustrate the circumstances where core values support effective crisis, disaster and risk management outcomes. Originality/value – The paper goes against conventional wisdom of imposing tighter rules and regulations with formal controls as a panacea to cope with major disasters and shows why simpler means of guiding core values combined with delegation of responsibility to act under unexpected conditions is important in both private and public enterprise. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9009 Files in this item: 1
JUUL ANDERSEN_WP 4 2014.pdf (508.9Kb) -
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
ckg-wp2004-1.pdf (140.9Kb)