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Sep
25
2008
Evolution of Interorganizational Networks: Evidence from Pulp and Paper Industry in 1992–2006Published in Untagged by GloStra Team | Comment (0)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 AbstractInterorganizational 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.
Feb
08
2008
The financing of explorative and exploitative activities: A comparative study of the Finnish post-IPO high-tech companiesPublished in Masters Thesis by GloStra Team | Comment (0)Peni, Mikko (2008).Download file: 'The financing of explorative and exploitative activities: A comparative study of the Finnish post-IPO high-tech companies' Master's Thesis, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland The AbstractCompanies that engage in explorative activities face challenges of organizing the financing to balance time asymmetry between expenses and incomes. Investments in explorative activities may bind relatively significant amount of resources while earnings from these activities are uncertain. Exploitation, indeed, often has an opposite impacts.
Aug
28
2007
The evolutionary phases of knowledge transfer and inter-organizational competitive advantage in Finnish-Chinese strategic alliances in the diagnostics industryPublished in Masters Thesis by GloStra Team | Comment (0)Liang, Fang (2007).Download file: 'The evolutionary phases of knowledge transfer and inter-organizational competitive advantage in Finnish-Chinese strategic alliances in the diagnostics industry' Master's Thesis, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland. The AbstractGlobalization has changed and will continue to shape the ways firms carry out their economic and profit-seeking activities. However, going it alone into a new country or business sector is always full of unpredictable risks.
Aug
27
2007
Success and survival of Finnish new biotechnology firmsPublished in Masters Thesis by GloStra Team | Comment (0)Järvinen, Joonas (2007).Download file: 'Success and survival of Finnish new biotechnology firms' Master's Thesis, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland. The AbstractFuture prospects of the global biotechnology industry are commonly considered excellent. However, the current situation of the Finnish biotechnology industry is somewhat alarming; its growth has almost ceased. Therefore, in order to turn the development of the Finnish industry, it is important to study the determinants affecting firm success and survival.
Jul
27
2007
Scenario development: The case of the Russo-Baltic food retail marketPublished in Masters Thesis by GloStra Team | Comment (0)Lauerma, Mikko (2007).Download file: 'Scenario development: The case of the Russo-Baltic food retail market' Master's Thesis, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland. The AbstractFirms interact on two dimensions, with their direct competitors and with their suppliers and customers. Especially in industries where supply chains have an important role, firms are very dependent on their suppliers one side and their customers on the other. A firm’s power within the value network influences he amount of value it is able to appropriate from it.
Sep
12
2006
Cognitive Change: An Empirical Study in the Pulp and Paper IndustryPublished in Masters Thesis by GloStra Team | Comment (0) 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 The AbstractThis 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.
Sep
12
2006
Managerial Cognitions and Business Model Evolution in the Biotechnology IndustryPublished in Masters Thesis by GloStra Team | Comment (0)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 AbstractObjectives
May
12
2005
Competitive dynamics and strategic development in thePublished in Masters Thesis by GloStra Team | Comment (0)Wagner, Sven (2005).Download file: 'Competitive dynamics and strategic development in the The AbstractThe study aims at describing leadership change in the pharmaceutical industry from the viewpoint of competitive dynamics and strategic development from 1985 to 2004 using a case study approach on Merck & Co and Pfizer Inc. Previous studies have described leadership change in terms of competitive aggressiveness considering large data samples. |
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