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The purpose of this thesis is to examine if and how CEO ownership affects firm performance on Swedish companies depending on the market conditions. We would also like to examine the question if this relationship still holds when taking the possibility of an endogeneity determined relationship into account. A quantitative approach using regression analysis and descriptive statistics have been used.
Some companies have chosen to differentiate their products by labeling them environmentally friendly, or “green”. Green products sends the message to the market that a particular company is caring for the environment, however the processes involved in making the product can be the reasons for a product being labeled green. The production processes of the final stage company in a supply chain may n
We have made a thesis about Collaboration for Innovation in the Öresund region from a Swedish perspective. The thesis is taking both regional and corporate aspects into consideration when studying this subject. The empiric material is based upon several interviews with persons having knowledge about our subject as well as a web survey including 49 companies situated in the Öresund region. We have
Issue of study: There is no clear framework for IPR negotiation to support the establishment of I-U collaboration by balancing their competing interests. For I-U collaborations within the same country, several sets of guidelines have been produced to emphasize IPR-issues in R&D collaborations. These have helped to increase awareness, but corporations and universities still report problems when
RESEARCH QUESTION: What are the main drivers and barriers affecting the Swedish energy industry and its institutional logic? PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to examine the drivers and barriers affecting the Swedish energy sector and its institutional logic. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE:The theories used for this paper, give the reader an overview of the subject and include: Dominant Logic, Invest
The automotive industry is currently witnessing a standard battle between the emerging propulsion technologies and the internal combustion engine. Almost all efforts, whether they are initiated by governments or established players of the automotive industry, have been deployed on a small-scale basis. However, an ambitious attempt is currently being made by the venture-backed company Better Place,
With this thesis we want to prove that by using a single formula for picking stocks, Joel Greenblatt’s ‘’Magic Formula’’, it is possible to achieve returns higher than those achieved by a related index. To prove this, we will construct a portfolio, according to “The Magic Formula”, and backtest the portfolio in the Swedish stock market. The test period will be March 1999 to January 2010 and we wil
If one were to study Management Consultancy, they could be spoilt for choices on what to research on. Bombarded by several images of imperviousness, merky business practices , shady deals, compromise, self service, competitive morality and many other forms of euphemisms, the researchers, would see these notions, appear loud and resplendent, especially when, ‘seen through’ client consultant relatio
Abstract Title: Prescription for a Brand in Change Seminar Date: 2010-06-03 Course: BUSM08, Master Thesis in International Marketing and Brand Management Authors: Helena Bjarne, Linn af Klint and Anna Philipson Advisor: Ulf Elg Keywords: Branding, Change, Corporate Brand, Internal Brand Building Purpose: The purpose with our research is to study the internal work process with a brand in order to s
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how corporate branding as the organizational resource with different dimensions used for attracting employees. Corporate branding is the cutting-edge organizational and marketing research field and lacking of empirical work, many researches make focus on the relationship between the organizations and its customers, few empirical researches make the contribu
Title: Resistance and uncertainty in change processes. How can dialogue and participation be used to ensure a successful implementation of a change initiative? Author: Cathrine Westlie Eidal Advisor: Charlotte Simonsson Problem: Resistance and uncertainty towards change are the main problems why change initiatives fail. There is also a lack in the literature when it comes to how the employees perc
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In 2000 Copenhagen in Denmark and Malmö in Sweden got connected by the 18km long Øresund Bridge. The bridge’s explicit purpose was not only to physically connect Denmark and Sweden but also to support the development of the cross-border region, the Øresund Region. The Øresund Region contains many knowledge intense organizations, entities and inhabitants holding a lot of knowledge. Today these acto
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PURPOSE The purpose of this thesis is to investigate why companies currently are not using social media for IR in Sweden. More specific, we are studying driving and inhibiting factors that are influencing Swedish companies to use, or not to use, this communication technology for IR. METHOD Our thesis addresses the attitudes towards using social media for IR among Swedish companies listed on the OM
Thesis purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the interdependencies within the process of partner selection in the fashion and design sector and the emanating criteria for finding the ideal co-branding partner in order to use co-branding as a strategic brand activation tool. Methodology: Multiple Case Study Theoretical perspective: Brand Building and Brand Activation, Relationship Ma
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The communicating home concept has been defined by identifying the dominating communication technologies to/from and in the homes, the most important customer behavior and user needs, the dominating products and the dominating actors of the industry. The evaluation of the communicating home industry has been performed with a five forces framework analysis and theories regarding value migration and
The aim of this study is two folded. We wish to investigate if there is a value premium from hedging jet fuel exposure for American and European airlines. We also seek to answer if airlines can affect their probability to default by using Risk Management. During the period 2003 – 2006 there existed a value premium for airlines that hedged their expected future consumption of jet fuel. This premium
