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Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
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Successful African Firms and Institutional Change (SAFIC) ProjectMcCormick, Dorothy; Kamau, Paul; Thomsen, Lotte; Maalu, Jackson; Upadhyaya, Radha; Nyukuri, Wamalwa (Frederiksberg, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Few would deny that the business environment plays an important role in the success or failure of firms everywhere. Social, political, and economic institutions are crucial determinants of business environment and to a firm’s ability to set and implement strategies. Factors such as political stability, the health of the macro---economy, the state of the infrastructure, and the availability of needed skills affect firms’ cost structures and ultimately their profits. African business environments are rapidly changing. From being viewed as the ‘hopeless Continent’ at the turn of the 21st century, Africa is now seen as a place of many opportunities (Economist, 2000, 2010). The Successful African Firms and Institutional Change (SAFIC) project was born out of the recognition that although African business environments remain to some extent challenging, it is clear that they are changing rapidly. The research project aims to investigate how and why African firms are able to be successful in such changing business and institutional environments. The project also focuses on firm specific characteristics that are rarely discussed in the context of African firms. In this project, we are conducting primary research in three African countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia. Researchers have since 2012 been studying two sub--sectors in each country. One – food processing – is common to the three countries; the second has been selected due to its importance for each country’s political economy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9526 Filer i denne post: 1
kenya_cbp_final_13_04.pdf (2.141Mb) -
Refleksioner over sammenhænge og kompleksitet i BA in Information ManagementMadsen, Dorte (København, 2006)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
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A Study of Product Launches in the Swedish Pharmaceutical IndustryFraenkel, Stefan C. (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
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Strong Core Values, Delegation and AccountabilityJuul Andersen, Torben; Shaw, Gregory L. (Frederiksberg, 2014)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
JUUL ANDERSEN_WP 4 2014.pdf (508.9Kb) -
Carnera, Alexander; Janning, Finn (København, 2004)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Den bornholmske transformationRennison, Betina Wolfgang; Green, Lea Goldin (København, 2005)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
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22 video-analytical views "in situ" in the development-department of an IT firmSiggård Jensen, Sisse (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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the role of institutions and regional innovation systemsLorenzen, Mark; Foss, Nicolai Juul (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Some Foundational IssuesFoss, Nicolai J. (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
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Frederiksen, Frode; Hansson, Finn; Wenneberg, Søren (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
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an organizational economics perspectiveFoss, Kirsten; Foss, Nicolai Juul (København, 1998)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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how much do they really differ? And how does it matter?Foss, Kirsten; Foss, Nicolai J. (København, 1999)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Using eye Tracking to Further user Interface DesignPram Nielsen, Louise (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The primary focus of this PhD dissertation is an eye-tracking experiment examining target-user performance on so-called dual-entry modes representing Danish taxation terminology, to determine whether terminological ontologies should be included in the user interface. The conventional concept-oriented articles of term banks, which describe the meaning of a term by means of text, are combined with concept-oriented diagrams, which represent the meaning of a term by means of a terminological ontology displaying the underlying concepts, relations and characteristics. The latter provides the target users with overview and allows for the inference of consistent definitions, which in principle should benefit the target user. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9168 Filer i denne post: 1
Louise Pram Nielsen.pdf (7.491Mb) -
Foss, Nicolai J. (København, 2008)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
smg wp 2008-23.pdf (192.5Kb) -
The Case of Knowledge about Foreign EntryLyles, Marjorie; Pedersen, Torben; Petersen, Bent (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
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Meaning, Nature, Origins, and ImplicationsFoss, Nicholai J. (Frederiksberg, 2011)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
Nicolai J Foss_SMG WP 12_2011.pdf (490.6Kb) -
Foss, Nicolai J. (København, 2005)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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 Filer i denne post: 1
smg wp 2005-001.pdf (386.9Kb)