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Identifying with fun and family in the time of changes and downsize

Title: Identifying with fun and family in the time of changes and downsize. Seminar date: June 1st, 2009 Course: Masters thesis in Business Administration Programme for Managing People, Knowledge and Change, 15 University Credit Points (15 ECTS). Author: Ellert Örn Erlingsson and Elvar Ólafsson Advisor: Sara Louise Muhr Key words: Cultural family metaphor, Resistance, Cynicism, Organizational iden

Boom...Bust...Bounce: Understanding Morale Through it All. A conceptual model of morale.

The purpose of this paper is to develop and propose from a social constructivist perspective a dynamic model for the concept of morale as it exists within two Swedish organizations. The impetus for doing the study comes from the current emphasis on maintaining or improving morale given the need for redundancies in the face of an economic recession. Further, to address the claims made that improvem

Knowledge Sharing In Innovation Practice - A Community's Perspective

As a PhD research proposal, this paper is centered on the critical aspects of knowledge sharing and innovation under the background of global competition. By presenting an array of perspectives for understanding knowledge sharing and innovation, I get a close look at the problem within organizational control that goes central into innovation practice and knowledge sharing activities. To capture th

The Becoming of a Mask: Elimination of Plurality

This Master Degree Project, presented as a Research Proposal, is critically portraying a couple contemporary Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) practices belonging to the Performance Management System: i.e. Performance Appraisals and Feedback. The SHRM function is being critically discussed against its’ history of development and secondly how this function acts as a representative of the ‘

Obligationers avkastningsspread - En replikationsstudie

Syftet med arbetet är att replikera metod för estimering av spread och konkursriskpremie ur artikeln ”Explaining the Rate Spread on Corporate Bonds” av Edwin J. Elton, Martin J. Gruber et al på obligationsmarknaden utgiven i EUR år 2001-2007 och på så vis kontrollera om deras metod ger ett liknande resultat på ett annorlunda urval av obligationer. Vi använder oss av ett kvantitativt angreppssätt f

Currency Carry Trades - Prudent Investments or Just a Lottery?

Objectives: The objective of this study is to find out whether currency carry trades are prudent investments or a pure lottery. To consider currency carry trades as a prudent investment strategy they have to fulfill at least one of the following two criteria • The risk-adjusted performance of currency-carry trades should match or outperform the risk-adjusted performance of the equity indices. I.e.

Resultatmanipulering i svenska börsföretag - - Styrelsesammansättningens påverkan på Earnings Management

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur sammansättningen av företagsstyrelsen påverkar earnings management inom svenska börsbolag noterade på Large- och Mid Cap. Uppsatsen grundar sig på Earnings Management teorier samt styrelsesammansättningens roll och påverkan vid användandet av Earnings Management. Den modifierade Jones Cash flow modellen har använts för att identifiera diskretionära accrual

The Role of Negative eWOM in a High Involvement Decision Context

The main purpose of this thesis is to uncover the relationship that exists between the formation of purchase intentions and the factors that influence the process of intent formation; a specific focus will be given to the discovery of the impact of negative eWOM within a consumer’s pre purchase decision context. The thesis uses an inductive and qualitative design. The authors propose and apply two

Carbon Labeling as a Green Marketing Strategy

The purpose of this thesis is to shed light on the effectiveness of the carbon labeling phenomenon for winning consumer trust in comparison to the effectiveness of generic eco-labeling, taking into consideration the increasing green washing image that consumers have of environmental labeling strategies. The goal of this paper is to give recommendations on whether the use of carbon labeling can hel

Stock Markets from the Perspective of Efficient Market Hypothesis

This study investigates the profitability of insider trading in the Thai stock market. The data set is taken from the 50 largest companies in the Thai stock market, the SET50. The time period to be investigated that has been chosen for this research paper is the year 2007. The method used to investigate if insiders can make abnormal profits is the market model. The results show that Thai corporate

Corporate Identity in relation to Culture and Image in the Returns Department of IKEA Malmö

The growing focus on customer relationship forces enterprises to tailor their processes in a more customer oriented way. The concept of customer relations is a topic of marketing studies, but it has strong implications on organization studies because of its role in the formation of employee understanding. “Customer orientation” is said to be at the very heart of the IKEA way, especially in Returns

Köp 2 liter mjölk, få en utrotningshotad tiger på köpet! En studie om hur företag bör agera genom CM för att nå Generation Y.

Uppsatsens syfte är att analysera hur företag bör agera genom CM för att nå Generation Y. Vidare är också syftet att utreda CM och framtida CM-möjligheter för företag. I förlängningen innebär även detta att bidra till förståelse för hur Generation Y reagerar gentemot varumärkesallianser företag och välgörenhetsorganisationer emellan. Metoden utgår ifrån är ett abduktivt angreppssätt, innefattandes

Garantiersättning vid nyemissioner - Effektivt prissatt?

Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka huruvida garantiersättningen vid nyemissioner på den svenska marknaden, är korrekt prissatt i relation till det värde garantin skapar för aktieägarna och således även den risk garanterna exponeras mot. I de fall en ineffektiv prissättning kan påvisas, avser vi utreda om utvalda variabler har en signifikant påverkan.

Förändring av en kunskapsintensiv försäljningsenhet

Vår studie syftar till att undersöka hur kunskap överförs inom en försäljningsenhet, med avsikt att etablera en gemensam förståelse för hur kundvärde kan skapas. Vidare vill vi öka förståelsen för vilka nyckelfaktorer som påverkar potentialen till förändring för att uppnå önskad arbetsprocedur. Metod: Vi har valt att utföra en fördjupad fallstudie med ett abduktivt förhållningsätt gentemot teoreti

PERFORMANCE OF STOP-LOSS RULES VS. BUY-AND-HOLD STRATEGY

The purpose of this study is to investigate the performance of traditional stop-loss rules and trailing stop-loss rules compared to the classic buy-and-hold strategy. The evaluation criteria of whether stop-loss strategies can deliver better results are defined as return and volatility. The study is conducted on daily equity returns data for stocks listed on the OMX Stockholm 30 Index during the t

Accounting and Auditing reforms in transition economies: The case of Azerbaijan

This master thesis analyzes the accounting and auditing reforms in the Post-Soviet world. It is the very interesting issue, because comparing with the rest of Europe and Asia the former soviet countries have extra challenges in this process. They are not only trying to adopt international accounting and auditing standards, but also move away from command economy which is not an easy task. The regu

The Social Construction of Crisis: Constructed realities of employees at Scandinavian Airlines in they face of organizational change

Abstract Title: The Social Construction of Crisis: constructed realities of employees at Scandinavian Airlines as they face organizational change Seminar Date: 3 June 2008 Course: (BUSM18) Thesis Degree Project, Managing People, Knowledge and Change Authors: Andrew Donham and Abdul Al Mukit Advisor: Tony Huzzard Company: SAS Ground Service of SAS Group AB Five key words: Social Construction, Scand