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Sep 12 2006

Cognitive Change: An Empirical Study in the Pulp and Paper Industry

Published in Masters Thesis by GloStra Team | Comment (0)

Authors: Vaskelainen, Taneli (2006).Download file: 'Cognitive Change: An Empirical Study in the Pulp and Paper Industry.' Master’s thesis, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland

Finalist in the Finnish Strategic Management Society’s annual strategy thesis competition

The Abstract

This study researches change in managerial cognitions over time. Lately there has been a growing interest in the cognitive view of strategy within the strategic management literature. This view considers the inability to adjust cognitions to environmental changes to be a major factor explaining the demise of organizations.

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Sep 12 2006

Managerial Cognitions and Business Model Evolution in the Biotechnology Industry

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Authors:Järvensivu, Paavo and Laukkanen, Mikko (2006).Download file: 'Managerial Cognitions and Business Model Evolution in the Biotechnology Industry - Cases Amgen and Genentech.' Master's Thesis, Helsinki School of Economics HSE, Helsinki, Finland.

The Abstract

Objectives
The study aims to discover how business models have evolved in the biotechnology industry by analyzing two US-based case companies, Amgen and Genentech. Emphasis is put on managerial cognitions and their role in the coevolution of business models and the business environment.

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Sep 10 2006

Changing Sources of Competitive Advantage: Cognition and Path Dependence in the Finnish Retail Industry

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Authors: Lamberg, Juha-Antti and Tikkanen, Henrikki (2006).Download file: 'Changing Sources of Competitive Advantage: Cognition and Path Dependence in the Finnish Retail Industry' Industrial and Corporate Change 15:5, 811-846.

Nominee for the Carolyn Dexter Award (best international paper), Academy of Management 2006, Atlanta.

The Abstract

In this study, we analyze the Finnish retail industry in 1945–1995.

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Sep 10 2006

Stakeholder influences in organizational survival

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Authors: Pajunen, Kalle (2006).Download file: 'Stakeholder influences in organizational survival' Journal of Management Studies, 43:6, 1261-1288.

The abstract

Although much has been written on declines and turnarounds, virtually no research has examined stakeholders' influence in an existence threatening crisis of an organization.

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