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Innovating in Practice: A Practice-Theoretical Exploration of Discontinuous Service Innovations
(Series of Dissertations;9/2016, Doctoral thesis, 2016-08-18)The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of technology-based service innovations. The overarching research question has been: How can we understand service innovation from a practice-theoretical ... -
Effective Diversity Management on the Line – Who and How? On the role of line managers in organisations with a diverse workforce
(Series of Dissertations;8/2016, Doctoral thesis, 2016-08-17)Using three separate studies in the context of ethnic and gender diversity, this dissertation will contribute to theory and research on diversity and human resource management by extending knowledge of how line managers’ ... -
Corporate governance and international business: Essays on multinational enterprises, ownership, finance and institutions
(Series of Dissertations;06/2016, Doctoral thesis, 2016-04-29)This Thesis contributes to the literature on corporate governance in international business, with a focus on corporate ownership, corporate finance and institutions. It consists of five theoretical and empirical studies. Three ... -
Working in Tandem: A Longitudinal Study of the Interplay of Working Practices and Social Enterprise Platforms in the Multinational Workplace
(Series of Dissertations;7/2015, Doctoral thesis, 2015-09-17)This thesis aims to contribute to our understanding of the implications of the social technology use in the work settings, and through this, how value is created in organizations. If enterprise platforms shall replace ... -
Evolutionary and power perspectives on headquarters-subsidiary knowledge transfer: The role of disseminative and absorptive capacities
(Series of Dissertations;4/2015, Doctoral thesis, 2015-06-02)Through longitudinal case studies of headquarters-subsidiary knowledge transfer, I explore knowledge sender and receiver capabilities, and the underlying micro-mechanisms that have implications on knowledge transfer processes ... -
The Perils of Self-Brand Connections: Consumer Response to Changes in Brand Imageoppdrag
(Series of Dissertations;3/2015, Doctoral thesis, 2015-04-24)Companies commit considerable resources to build brand associations that resonate with consumers’ identities and facilitate strong consumer-brand bonds. This dissertation investigated a potential disadvantage of this popular ... -
Organizational form, local market structure and corporate social performance in retail
(Series of Dissertations;2/2015, Doctoral thesis, 2015-03-20)I study how organizational form and local market structure influence retail firms' corporate social performance (CSP). The theoretical model is based on agency theory, which in its origin focuses on the dyad between the ... -
Trading in Foreign Exchange Markets. Four Essays on the Microstructure of Foreign Exchange
(Series of Dissertations;2/2001, Doctoral thesis, 2001)This dissertation is a collection of four essays on the trading activities in the foreign exchange market. Trading has traditionally not been an issue in research on the foreign exchange market. This has changed during the ... -
Essays on relational outcomes in mixed-motive situations
(Series of Dissertations;7/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014-06-19)The current dissertation comprises three chapters, each of which is a separate research article, on relational outcomes in mixed-motive situations. Chapter 1 uncovers how trustors’ social-cognitive motivation to manage ... -
On governance in collaborative communities
(Series of Dissertations;12/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014-10-24)This study explores how collaborative communities are governed. It investigates governance problems and mechanisms found in collaborative communities as well as the process of designing such mechanisms. It is an exploratory, ... -
Regulation and Corporate Board Composition
(Series of Dissertations;1/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014)This thesis is in the field of corporate governance. The corporate governance structure involves laws, rules, and regulations on the distribution of rights and responsibilities among the different stakeholders in the firm. ... -
On Experiences as Economic Offerings
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International business cycles and oil market dynamics
(Series of Dissertations;9/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014)This dissertation is about understanding business cycle fluctuations in an international perspective. What causes them, and how do they transmit across borders? In essence the motivation for the dissertation can be summarized ... -
Client-consultant interaction practices: Sources of ingenuity, value creation and strategizing
(Series of Dissertations;10/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014)Service providers increasingly choose to interact with their clients. Previous studies show that client’s resources and activities can influence the service provider’s ability to create value, to be creative, and to develop ... -
Narcissus and Leadership Potential: The measurement and implications of narcissism in leadership selection processes
(Series of Dissertations;4/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014)Incorporating theoretical and empirical work from the literature on narcissism, it is postulated that narcissism poses a particular risk in leader selection settings. By appearing confident, charismatic, intelligent, and ... -
Fire Walk with Me: Exploring the Role of Harmonious and Obsessive Passion in Well-being and Performance at Work
(Series of Dissertations;08/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014)This dissertation discusses the construct of passion for work. Built on motivational theories that separate the quantity and the quality of work motivation and integration, the dualistic model of passion intends to better ... -
The role of technology, ownership and origin in M&A performance
(Series of Dissertations;2/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014)he massive value destruction for the acquiring firm shareholders found in recent studies on M&A performance puts a big question mark over M&A as a corporate growth strategy. However, not all M&A destroy value, which makes ... -
Beyond the ‘trusted advisor’: The impact of client-professional relationships on the client’s selection of professional service firms
(Series of Dissertations;3/2012, Doctoral thesis, 2012)Relationship based advantages and competitive advantages are often assumed to belong to different paradigms in management research. While authors have pointed out that companies compete and have relationships at the same ... -
Creating the Image: A Transaction Cost Analysis of Joint Value Creation in the Motion Picture Industry
(Series of Dissertations;3/2013, Doctoral thesis, 2013)This dissertation is concerned with expanding the scope of transaction cost theory from its primary concern with governance alignment to also encompass transaction value. The aim is to provide strategic management guidance, ... -
Task Complexity and Expertise as Determinants of Task Perceptions and Performance: Why Technology-Structure Research has been unreliable and inconclusive
(Series of Dissertations;5/2002, Doctoral thesis, 2002)The revolutionary developments of new technologies are not paralleled in the research on consequences of technology in organizations. Approximately four decades have passed since Woodward’s (1958) findings of relationships ...