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The purpose of this study is to explore and gain an increased understanding of the key success factors behind young talent acquisition and development in terms of value creation, and thus contribute to the research field of Strategy - and Human Resource literature. This will be done by a case study of AAK, a leading producer of vegetable fats, to empirically analyze how they work with talent acqui
Title: CEO Narcissism, Divestitures, and Shareholder Value: A Study on the Nordic Market Seminar date: 2019-06-03 Course: BUSN79, Degree project in Accounting & Finance, Graduate level, 15 ECTS-credits Authors: Alan Alfat, Christian Erlandsson Advisor: Håkan Jankensgård Keywords: Narcissism, Divestitures, event-study, CAR, BHAR Purpose: This study aims to investigate whether CEO Narcissi
Att använda molntjänster är en stor del av många företags vardag. I dessa molntjänster lagras ofta stora mängder personuppgifter. Den 22 mars 2018 antog den amerikanska kongressen den federala lagen ”CLOUD Act”. Lagen ger amerikanska brottsbekämpande myndigheter möjlighet att begära ut information, inbegripet personuppgifter, av en molntjänstleverantör som omfattas av amerikansk jurisdiktion, trot
For this paper we used Porter's Value Chain to examine H&M throughout a historical perspective. H&M have for many years strived to keep low prices for their customers, which is according to a Cost Leadership strategy. The fundamentals with a Cost Leadership is to always try to minimize costs, and the focus for this paper was then to see how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) specifi
Making Europe climate neutral by 2050 is the primary goal of the European Green Deal. This goal has given rise to sustainable finance and action plans for financing sustainable growth. Such commitment is ensured by the legal initiatives put forward by the Commission. The Non-Financial Reporting Directive introduced the requirements for some firms to produce a sustainability report based on disclos
Produkter vi köper påverkar miljön under hela livscykeln, från produktion till omhändertagande av avfall. Flera studier har visat att en ökad användning av naturresurser är direkt förknippad med en ökad miljöpåverkan. En omställning till mer hållbara alternativ vore därför mer fördelaktigt för miljön. Ett alternativ för en mer hållbar konsumtion är återtillverkning. Återtillverkning är en process An increase in the use of natural resources is directly associated with an increased environmental impact. It is therefore of importance to lead the manufacturing industry towards a route of material efficiency. Remanufacturing is an industrial process that brings a used product and its components back to like-new or better condition. By avoiding manufacturing of new products, great savings in vir
Purpose: This study aims to add and extend onto the existing studies regarding open innovation in SMEs but to tackle it from a neglected angle that is operating during times of uncertainty. Additionally, this study seeks to explore the mechanisms which SMEs use to reduce R&D budgets, increase the quality of innovations and continue the pace of innovations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodo
Purpose: In this study, the purpose is to explore how disruptive communication can be used as a means to overcome stigma. Methodology: This paper has analyzed four case studies in order to get a deeper understanding of the phenomenon stigma. A literature review is conducted where the concepts ‘stigma’, ‘disruptive communication’ and ‘brand identity’ is applied. The theoretical foundations were bas
Aluminum blisters are a widely used packaging type in the pharmaceutical industry, including Elanco Animal Health Inc., a major player in the animal health business. Excellent barrier properties and convenience of usage to the consumers make it an ideal solution. Unfortunately, due to lack of innovation since its invention in the 1960s, there have been certain shortcomings in it use; like lack in
Background In a world where the rate of technological change is constantly accelerating, it is getting more and more important for companies to adopt new technologies and processes to stay competitive. Most recently, the concept of Industry 4.0 has emerged as the newest technological paradigm within industrial management and has its roots in the German government’s technological strategy. On a hig
Hybrid mismatch arrangements, which exploit differences in the tax treatment of dividends and interest as well as differences in the classification of financial instruments between two or more countries, have been found to be a widely used tool in aggressive tax planning since multinational companies using hybrid financial instruments could benefit from the “double dip” phenomenon. This issue has
Background: Today, many companies use a cost-based and sometimes competition-based pricing approach. Since academia agrees that value based pricing is superior for creating profit, the problem is not in identifying an ideal pricing strategy, but to understand and facilitate the transformation process towards value-based pricing. Only a limited amount of research has so far been put on understandin
This study investigates if and how equity-based crowdfunding can benefit a start-up’s corporate brand building process. Building the corporate brand can play a significant role for the company’s establishment in the market. Although equity-based crowdfunding has grown exponentially in the Nordics, it has not been covered enough in corporate brand building literature. The scope of this research was
Incubators can widely be defined as an organization, providing moderately priced office space and central services to young companies with the goal to support the start of these firms (Allen & McCluskey, 1990). However, the variety of incubator services is high, and there is limited research in the field of customer satisfaction in incubators. Therefore, the aim of this study is to enhance the
This paper is written by Alice Myringer and Johanna Ottosson at Lund University. The title is “Who is next to be thrown into the lion’s den?” - A qualitative content analysis of the role of the creative director in a changing fashion system. The study aims to examine how journalists describe Alexander Wang’s, Raf Simons’s, Alber Elbaz’s and Hedi Slimane’s exits from their respective fashion houses
Through different blogs, social medias and apps people are sharing pictures like never before. Sales in expensive DSLR cameras have increased, and companies in the photo industry are providing customers with lessons to help them in their quest to become better photographers. From being just an object symbol of tourism it has evolved into becoming a lifestyle for many photography enthusiasts. This
Background: A “Big Room”, a way of organizing design team members through integration, can be found as one of the tools in the “Lean management” philosophy that made Toyota as a car Manufacturer successful. NCC, one of the largest construction companies in the northern European construction industry, is developing their own Big Room concept under the name of NCC Project Studio to improve building
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the concept of corporate culture and leadership at a hotel in a crisis environment. In particular, we ask to what extent this corporate culture is challenged by the leadership during a crisis situation. The study was conducted in a city hotel in Thessaloniki, Greece. The financial crisis had and continues to have a great impact in the Eurozone. The crisis m
Purpose - The primary purpose of this thesis is to generate insights into the practical relevance and existing attempts of an aligned employer and corporate brand. The literature suggests that both employer branding and corporate branding are not aligned for a consistent brand, and each of the department responsible for the respective branding concept works in separate silos without cross-function
Research question: How do the interdependencies of leadership and organizational culture influence cross-functional collaboration? Methodology: This single case study is of a qualitative nature, entailing an inductive stance bearing traces of deduction. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews among three departments within the case company and analyzed by applying the grounded
