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Author: Ville Airo (2010).Download file: Regulation and Coordination in European Generic Medicines Industry: A Fuzzy Set Analysis Masters thesis, Aalto University School of Science and Technology

The global pharmaceutical industry is changing. A number of factors, like rising health care costs, indicate that the importance of generic medicines is growing. The European companies have particularly been affected by the harmonization of inner markets and changes in legislation. Therefore, the main research problem of the thesis is: what kind of business environment favors generic medicines industry. Secondary problems of the thesis discuss the industry dynamics at the European level in more detail through regulatory and other factors.

Author: Emmi Tuomainen (2009).Download file: Competitive Actions and Profitability in the U.S. Forestry Industry Masters thesis, University of Tampere

Profitability is an extremely important issue for every company as it is an essential part of its continuity. Competitive actions taken by a company have an influence on the company’s performance and thus its profitability. It is not, however, clear what kind of actions promote and what kinds of actions, on the contrary, hinder the profitability of a company.

Author: Sihvonen, Antti (2010).Download file: Success Strategies in Declining Industries Masters thesis, Aalto University School of Economics, Department of Marketing and Management

The Abstract

Objective of the study

The broad aim of this research is to understand how organizations can succeed in declining industries. This is examined from the viewpoint of strategy, where strategy types are used to explain success in declining industries. In particular, this research aims at uncovering what kind of strategies lead to success in certain kinds of decline conditions. Existing research on this topic has focused on population ecology and strategic management. This research aims at linking these two discourses to produce an investigation of how a member of a distinct population can succeed, when the population faces decline.

PhD Juha Mattsson has won 2nd prize in the Sloan Industry Studies 2008 Dissertation Award Competition.

Authors: Pietinalho, Lauri (2008).Download file: Evolution of Interorganizational Networks: Evidence from Pulp and Paper Industry in 1992–2006 Masters thesis, Helsinki University of Technology

The Abstract

Interorganizational alliance and cooperation networks are the backbone of contemporary economy. With concentration on their core competencies, economic actors are increasingly depended on each other. Implications of these networks to individual firms have been widely studied by organizational and management scholars, however, with a connotation of network stability.

Authors:Juha-Antti Lamberg, Kalle Pajunen, Petri Parvinen and Grant T. Savage (2008).Download file: 'Stakeholder management and path dependence in organizational transitions'Management Decision 46:6, 846-863. Open access post-print version.

Authors:Juha-Antti Lamberg, Henrikki Tikkanen, Tomi Nokelainen and Henri Suur-Inkeroinen (2008).Download file: 'Competitive dynamics, strategic consistency, and organizational survival'Strategic Management Journal, 30:1, 45-60 Open access post-print version.

Authors: Mattsson, Juha T.; Järvinen Joonas M. J. (2008).Download file: 'Specialize? Or diversify? Or do Both? - Niche Width Strategies in Emerging, Technology Based Industries' Paper presented at the Scancor 20th Anniversary Conference, Palo Alto, Nov 21-23, 2008

Authors:Pajunen, Kalle (2008).Full text: 'The nature of organizational mechanisms'Organization Studies, 29 (11): 1449–1468.

Authors:Jaakko Aspara (2008).Download file: 'Creating and Capturing Design Value' Note that the article starts on page 28 of the linked volume.

Abstract

Design research, as well as related fields such as consumer and marketing research, have lacked comprehensive conceptualizations of how the use value of the products of an individual company translates into economic value for that company.